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

A Bad Climate for Wood Storks
Birds

A Bad Climate for Wood Storks

Stork colonies are being squeezed dry.

In the Brown Pelican Nest
Birds

In the Brown Pelican Nest

Octavio Aburto is an unexpected houseguest of this fuzzy pair.

An Outstretched Belted Kingfisher
Birds

An Outstretched Belted Kingfisher

Alan Murphy displays the regal hunter.

A Record-breaking Year for the Great Backyard Bird Count
Birds

A Record-breaking Year for the Great Backyard Bird Count

Birdwatchers report almost half the world’s bird species in just four days.

Rediscovering a Lost Babbler
Birds

Rediscovering a Lost Babbler

A small songbird from Myanmar hadn’t been spotted for decades.

Bird Songs and Baby Babble
Birds

Bird Songs and Baby Babble

A recent genetic study reveals the parallels between birdsong and human speech.

A Young King Penguin
Birds

A Young King Penguin

Marc Lombardi gets a little prince’s portrait.

Day 64: Adios Amazonas
Birds

Day 64: Adios Amazonas

Noah meets a local expert and also says goodbye to a pair of close friends.

Audubon's Aviary Opens at the New-York Historical Society
Birds

Audubon's Aviary Opens at the New-York Historical Society

The third and final installment of The Complete Flock series opens March 6.

Swamp Creature Resurfaces in Cuba
Birds

Swamp Creature Resurfaces in Cuba

A long-lost marsh bird is found, thanks to the persistence of an ornithologist and his team.

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