The snow’s falling, the migrating birds have flown, but there’s still plenty going on at the Green Mountain Audubon Center!

We’ve planned a special Snow Day, just for families, as well as days for Family Backyard Birding, Family Wildlife Tracking, and Holiday Wreath Making – for the Birds.

For adults, join us outside for a program all about Snags, Stubs, and Rotting Logs. Or spend a winter morning wildlife-tracking, or an afternoon learning winter tree identification. For early-risers join us for some citizen-science, our monthly bird monitoring walks.

Planning ahead for February school vacation? Have the kids spend vacation days at the Audubon Center and choose from a Vacation Snow Day, Winter Tracking Exploration, or, for older kids, Winter Survival Skills.

Our popular weekday Preschool Programs feature a Predator Prowl in December, then Winter Mysteries and Snug in the Snow in the new year.

For more information, visit our Winter Calendar of Events, then call us to sign up for a winter program at (802) 434-3068.

The July-August 2008 issue of Audubon magazine highlights two Vermont landowners who are working to improve breeding habitat for the Wood Thrush and other neo-tropical migratory birds. These landowners and dozens more have been working with Audubon Vermont conservation biologists to enhance their forest management to benefit breeding birds. To read the article in Audubon, click here.

The New Forests, Wildlife & Communities Project is a partnership of Audubon Vermont, Vermont Natural Resources Council, Vermont Coverts, the Northern Forest Alliance and the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department which will be working to stem the tide of forest fragmentation and the threats it poses to Vermont wildlife. As part of this project, Audubon Vermont and Vermont Coverts have developed a series of four workshops that will help individuals manage their woodlots with an eye toward improving wildlife habitats.

The first of these workshops will be held in late January & early February and will help individuals create a vision for their forestland. Subsequent workshops will focus on identifying forest dependent wildlife, wildlife monitoring, and invasive plant control.

Learn more about the workshops.

21 of the birds that Audubon and the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) have identified as in need of top-priority conservation attention to ensure their continued survival spend at least part of their year in Vermont. They have the dubious distinction of being included on WatchList 2007, the newest and most scientifically sound list of America's birds at greatest risk. Learn More