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How Turkey Tracks and Some Imagination Can Change a Mind

How Turkey Tracks and Some Imagination Can Change a Mind

— Reflections on my Environmental Education Internship
Adaptation Amidst a Changing Climate for Forests and the Birds That Call Them Home

Adaptation Amidst a Changing Climate for Forests and the Birds That Call Them Home

— Birds are richly diverse, readily observable, and exist in an equally wide array of habitat conditions across the landscape, making them excellent storytellers of environmental shifts. And indeed, their numbers are telling us that major change is afoot.
Are We Burning Down Our House to Kill a Rat? Why the use of Second Generation Anti-coagulant Rodenticides is a bad idea, for birds and people

Are We Burning Down Our House to Kill a Rat? Why the use of Second Generation Anti-coagulant Rodenticides is a bad idea, for birds and people

— The growing use of rodenticides known as “second generation anticoagulant rodenticides” or “SGARs” is impacting Bald Eagles and other raptors. This threat is emerging at a time when populations of these magnificent birds are rebounding following decades of work to address the harm done by the pesticide DDT. There are many other ways to kill a rat (or mouse or other pesty rodent) – we should not choose poisons that also kill birds.
Sugar on Snow

Sugar on Snow

— Experiencing a Vermont Tradition
Birdathon 2023

Birdathon 2023

— It's that time of year again!
What are the Crows Doing in Winter?

What are the Crows Doing in Winter?

— "Why all those crows roost in Burlington in wintertime"- AmeriCorps member Jacob Crawford speaks to Vermont Public's Samantha Watson
Junior Conservation Techs at Work

Junior Conservation Techs at Work

— Student-led conservation actions at the Green Mountain Audubon Center
Recent Press Release from Vermont Fish & Wildlife:

Recent Press Release from Vermont Fish & Wildlife:

— Some Cliff Tops and Overlooks Closed to Protect Nesting Peregrines
Keeping the Green Mountain State Green: Vermont General Assembly Advances Important Conservation Bill

Keeping the Green Mountain State Green: Vermont General Assembly Advances Important Conservation Bill

— Audubon Vermont is working in collaboration with a partnership of environmental advocates to advance legislation to conserve 30% of Vermont’s land and waters by 2030 and 50% by 2050.
Shifting Timelines: is a Warming World Changing how Birds Migrate?

Shifting Timelines: is a Warming World Changing how Birds Migrate?

— Temperature fluctuations are affecting the food birds depend on, the timing of their migration patterns and egg laying, and even the sizes and shapes of their bodies.