Birdathon is one of Audubon Vermont’s biggest fundraisers of the year. Our goal is to raise $30,000 each spring. We've been doing Birdathon every year since 2000.
We will gather as staff- and board-member teams to bird together as a group. We begin our journey bright and early to travel through forests, fields & along rivers and ponds to see, hear, and identify as many of our feathered friends as possible within a 24-hour period. Our staff team spends most of our day combing the hills and forests of the Green Mountain Audubon Center and Birds of Vermont Museum before venturing farther afield.
We keep a record of the number and variety of species that we find, which we publish every year. Through generous sponsorships from friends, family & Audubon supporters, we raise essential funds to maintain Audubon Vermont's education programs, science initiatives and Green Mountain Audubon Center facilities.
This year our birding group was made up of Audubon Vermont staff, board, friends, and partner organizations. We had around 25 people! This might be our biggest group yet.
While our day of birding has come to an end, we are still raising funds. If you feel inspired to give, you can do that here. Please help us spread the bird word, send this link to the birders in your life!
2025 Species List:
- Barred Owl
- Indigo Bunting
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Red-eyed Vireo
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Veery
- Eastern Phoebe
- American Redstart
- Common Yellowthroat
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Black-and -white Warbler
- Winter Wren
- Ovenbird
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Blackburnian Warbler
- Turkey Vulture
- American Crow
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Brown Creeper
- Rock Pigeon
- Scarlet Tanager
- Hermit Thrush
- Great-crested Flycatcher
- Magnolia Warbler
- Blue Jay
- Tennessee Warbler
- Louisiana Waterthrush
- Northern Parula
- Least Flycatcher
- American Robin
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Tufted Titmouse
- Northern Cardinal
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- House Wren
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Broad-winged Hawk
- Canada Goose
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Northern Flicker
- Tree Swallow
- Yellow Warbler
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Grey Catbird
- Song Sparrow
- Common Merganser
- Common Grackle
- Downy Woodpecker
- Belted Kingfisher
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Mallard
- Eastern Bluebird
- Swamp Sparrow
- Mourning Dove
- American Goldfinch
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Warbling Vireo
- Wood Duck
- European Starling
- Barn Swallow
- Great Blue Heron
- Ring-billed Gull
- Eastern Kingbird
- Bobolink
- Eastern Towhee
- Wood Thrush
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Alder Flycatcher
- Brewster's Warbler (hybrid Blue/Golden-winged Warbler)
- Killdeer
- Baltimore Oriole
- House Sparrow
- Common Loon
- Caspian Tern
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Wild Turkey
- Black-throated Blue Warbler
- Eastern Peewee
- Chipping Sparrow
- Great Egret
- Osprey
- Common Raven
- Great Black-backed Gull
Thank you to those who have supported our Birdathon, the birds (and the people working to protect them) thank you!
