Sarah Hooghuis

Youth Conservation Leadeship Coordinator

Sarah grew up in Connecticut and graduated from Skidmore College with a BA in Environmental Studies. They grew up playing in the streams and woods surrounding their home and found a love of birding later in life while driving across the country with their partner. Sarah discovered her spark bird was a Steller’s Jay in Colorado - from then on she didn’t leave for a walk without a bird guide and binoculars. Prior to joining our team as the Youth Conservation Leadership Coordinator, they served as our Outreach and Education Americorps member from 2019-2021, and returned in the winter of 2022 as a sugaring assistant for our bird-friendly maple syrup production. They come to this position with six years of experience in environmental education and communications. 

Sarah is Vermont’s Climate Watch coordinator, a nationwide community science program in which volunteers monitor an area for target bird species and collect data that can help ornithologists understand how birds are responding to climate change and shifting their ranges. She also is a certified Local Phenology Leader through Nature’s Notebook, a community science project that tracks the timing of life cycle events for plants and birds. 

Sarah describes themself as an amateur naturalist with a desire to sponge up as much knowledge about the natural world as possible. They are excited to be back at Audubon Vermont working to provide opportunities for high school and college-aged youth around the state to engage in environmental conservation.

Articles by Sarah Hooghuis

Birding at Home: Winter Hawks
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Birding at Home: Winter Hawks

— Learn about the adaptations, identification tricks and birding tips for four hawks that stick out Vermont's winters!
Snow Forts and Snowballs
Forest Classroom

Snow Forts and Snowballs

— Week 1
Birding at Home: Who's Hooting?
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Birding at Home: Who's Hooting?

— Bird for owls by ear, learn about their incredible adaptations and how you can invite them to your backyard.
Birding at Home: Colorful Visitors
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Birding at Home: Colorful Visitors

— Invite a pop of color to your feeders.
Climate Watch: Winter 2021 Survey
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Climate Watch: Winter 2021 Survey

— Our winter survey period runs from January 15 - February 15, 2021. Join us for a training on the evening of January 20!
Birding at Home: The Chickadee Crew
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Birding at Home: The Chickadee Crew

— Some birds stay in mixed-species foraging flocks over the winter.
Ode to Winter
Audubon From Home

Ode to Winter

— Showing our gratitude for winter through poetry. Ages 7+
Winter Scavenger Hunt
Audubon From Home

Winter Scavenger Hunt

— Let's celebrate our first big snowfall through exploration!