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

Science (and Swans) in the Stars
Birds

Science (and Swans) in the Stars

A new kind of violent star collision has been identified near the Cygnus constellation.

What the Island Scrub-Jay Means for Conservation
Birds

What the Island Scrub-Jay Means for Conservation

New research shows how one species is evolving in an unusual way.

Why Do Birds Masturbate?
Birds

Why Do Birds Masturbate?

Tom Price aims to answer an unorthodox, and little-studied, question about avian behavior.

Global Study Reveals the Extent of Habitat Fragmentation
Birds

Global Study Reveals the Extent of Habitat Fragmentation

Shattered forests are bad news for birds' survival.

Cloudy With a Chance of Cholera
Birds

Cloudy With a Chance of Cholera

Disease hit a flock of Snow Geese traveling home this weekend, with grim results.

The Peacock's 'Tuneful' Tail Feathers
Birds

The Peacock's 'Tuneful' Tail Feathers

Researchers find that peacocks use their trains to issue infrasonic cues.

A Nightingale Fairy Tale
Birds

A Nightingale Fairy Tale

There's a legend that the bird's song saved a Chinese emperor from the cusp of death.

Bald Eagle Parents Get Buried By Snow While Incubating Eggs
Birds

Bald Eagle Parents Get Buried By Snow While Incubating Eggs

Rain, shine, or snow, one Bald Eagle pair in southern Pennsylvania refused to abandon their eggs.

A Bald Eagle’s Snowy Descent
Birds

A Bald Eagle’s Snowy Descent

James Neiger finds the famed raptor mid-plunge.

Nearly a Million Songbirds Trapped in Cyprus's 'Killing Fields'
Birds

Nearly a Million Songbirds Trapped in Cyprus's 'Killing Fields'

Poachers grew gardens of acacia to conduct illegal activities on a British military base.

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