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
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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

Restoring an Angry Bird Paradise
Birds

Restoring an Angry Bird Paradise

The popular video game partners with BirdLife International to save real Pacific Island habitat.

Something Strange-Winged This Way Comes
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Something Strange-Winged This Way Comes

A new fossil from the Jurassic Period suggests that dinosaurs had multiple ways to get airborne.

Rolling the Dice on Cuckoos
Birds

Rolling the Dice on Cuckoos

A new gambling market pegged to the iconic bird’s migration delivers for bettors and birds alike.

New Owls on the Block
Birds

New Owls on the Block

Jamaica Bay has its first reported Great Horned Owl nest.

8 Ways to Keep Birds from Colliding with Drones
Birds

8 Ways to Keep Birds from Colliding with Drones

And buildings, and airplanes, and wind turbines—there’s a lot in our sky to contend with.

Extremely Rare Elephant Egg Doesn't Sell
Birds

Extremely Rare Elephant Egg Doesn't Sell

Sotheby’s auction in London sought bids in the tens of thousands of dollars for its remarkably large oddity.

March of the Waddling Toddlers
Birds

March of the Waddling Toddlers

Children gather at the London Zoo to honor the penguin’s funky walk, while scientists continue to study the mechanics behind it.

Condor Found, Colorado Bound
Birds

Condor Found, Colorado Bound

A mistaken ID leads to the discovery of a valuable missing bird.

The Most Polluted Bird in the World
Birds

The Most Polluted Bird in the World

Scientists in Canada found a Cooper’s Hawk with stunningly high levels of a flame retardant in its liver.

Winter Woes
Birds

Winter Woes

After one of the coldest, snowiest winters in recent memory, rehabbers and birds alike are happy it's finally spring.

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