Birds

Yellow-rumped Warbler Photo: Noah Browning/Audubon Photography Awards

Birds in Vermont

Audubon Vermont works under National Audubon’s Atlantic Flyway Initiative to protect birds and their habitats in Vermont.  Our science-based approach works to save birds through conservation, education, and advocacy.  We collaborate with landowners, land managers, government agencies, and private industry to improve habitat quality for priority bird species. Birds that nest in Vermont’s forests, shrublands and grasslands benefit from our habitat restoration efforts on working lands, and Vermont’s endangered species recovery efforts have seen measurable successes throughout the State.

Bird Banding to Track Migration
Conservation

Bird Banding to Track Migration

Tracking bird migration with the MAPS bird banding station at the Green Mountain Audubon Center.

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Audubon Christmas Bird Count - Vermont Circles
Get Involved

Audubon Christmas Bird Count- Vermont Circles

The Christmas Bird Count is a great time to get together with local bird enthusiasts, to count birds, and to participate in one of the longest-running community science programs in the nation.

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Priority Birds in Vermont

National Audubon has identified 32 priority bird species within the Atlantic Flyway.  These species are threatened in terms of their long-term survival and embody a range of other birds and wildlife that share the same habitat conditions.  Vermont’s priority bird species include species that nest in forests, shrublands, and grasslands.  Learn more...

Bird-Friendly Maple Project
Working Lands

Bird-Friendly Maple Project

Collaborating to keep sugarbush habitat sweet for songbirds

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How to Stop Cats from Killing Birds
Birds

How to Stop Cats from Killing Birds

A cat owner and avian ecologist found an effective solution to a perennial problem. But will other cat owners use it?

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Birds in the News

RIP Donald Featherstone, Plastic Flamingo Inventor
Birds

RIP Donald Featherstone, Plastic Flamingo Inventor

This sculptor spread joy, two pointy legs at a time.

Tweets From Beaks
Birds

Tweets From Beaks

Twitter got a bit more literal last week when birds took center stage on a British resort company’s account.

The Men Who Save Baby Owls
Birds

The Men Who Save Baby Owls

When a nestling tumbles to earth, these guys are there to help.

Stamp of Approval
Birds

Stamp of Approval

A new set of stylized birds is coming to your mailbox.

An Appetite for Extinction
Birds

An Appetite for Extinction

Could market hunting drive the Yellow-breasted Bunting the way of the Passenger Pigeon?

Jurassic World's Dinosaurs Roar to Life, Thanks to Bird Calls
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Jurassic World's Dinosaurs Roar to Life, Thanks to Bird Calls

The Velociraptor's creepy hiss is actually a chittery penguin. Listen to the bird calls that became dino voices.

Desperate Housewives: The Bird Version
Birds

Desperate Housewives: The Bird Version

When a male Great Tit snoozes, its sperm loses.

Confessions of a Goose-Puncher
Birds

Confessions of a Goose-Puncher

Everyone loses their cool sometimes. In an op-ed in The Onion, CEO David Yarnold owns up to losing his (just the one time).

Cracking the Safe
Birds

Cracking the Safe

A woodpecker's tongue is a powerful force against tree bark.

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