Sleepy-eyed Audubon Vermont staff started their birding adventure right here at the Green Mountain Audubon Center at 6am. We counted about ten birds before ever stepping off our front porch! We roamed the entirety of the Audubon propety, through all of the different ecosystems the nature center has to offer: hardwood forests, hemlock swamp, field and meadow, beaver pond, brook, and along the Huntington River. We also hiked to the Birds of Vermont Property from ours and ended our day with a drive to Geprags Community Park in Hinesburg, one of the areas we help manage for Golden-winged Warbler habitat. It's so fun and rare to have all of our staff in one place that isn't a staff meeting! We got to catch up with one another, meet interns, and share some intentional time outdoors doing what we love - birding! 

In total, we found 86 birds this year! Even though our staff has completed our group Birdathon, there is still time to donate! Please click here to support the work that Audubon Vermont does around the state. Thanks to those who have supported us through our annual fundraiser thus far! 

Our 2023 species list: 

1. Redstart 
2. Ovenbird 
3. Red-eyed vireo 
4. Winter wren
5. Veery
6. Pine warbler
7. Chestnut-sided warbler
8. Northern Parula
9. Northern Cardinal
10. Blackburnian Warbler
11. Tufted Titmouse 
12. Indigo Bunting
13. White-breasted Nuthatch
14. Brown Creeper
15. Blue Jay 
16. Common Yellowthroat
17. Black-capped Chickadee
18. Red breasted nuthatch
19. Black throated blue
20. House Wren 
21. Blue-headed Vireo
22. American Crow
23. Scarlet Tanager
24. Black and White Warbler 
25. Eastern Wood Peewee
26. American Robin
27. Common Raven 
28. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
29. Black-throated Green
30. Hermit Thrush
31. Eastern Phoebe
32. Tennessee Warbler
33. Broadwing Hawk
34. Rose Breasted Grosbeak
35. Wood Thrush
36. Hairy Woodpecker
37. Great-creasted flycatcher
38. American Goldfinch
39. Red Tail Hawk
40. Mourning Dove
41. Baltimore Oriole
42. Northern Fllicker
43. Red-bellied Woodpecker 
44. Downy Woodpecker
45. Gray Catbird 
46. Yellow Rumped Warbler
47. Red-winged Blackbird 
48. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
49. Dark-eyed Junco
50. Ruffed Grouse
51. Belted Kingfisher
52. Louisiana Waterthrush
53. Chipping Sparrow
54. Swamp Sparrow
55. Yellow Warbler
56. Tree Swallow
57. Song Sparrow
58. Alder Flycatcher
59. Eastern Bluebird
60. White Throated Sparrow
61. Turkey Vulture
62. Cedar Waxwing
63. Barn Swallow
64. Least Flycatcher 
65. European Starling
66. Canada Goose
67. Great Blue Heron
68. Nashville Warbler 
69. Warbling Vireo
70. Caspian Tern
71. Brown-headed Cowbird
72. Eastern Kingbird 
73. Ring Billed Gull
74. Bobolink
75. Golden-winged or Blue-winged Warbler
76. Eastern Towhee
77. Osprey
78. Mourning Warbler
79. Barred Owl
80. American Woodcock
81. Wild Turkey
82. Pileated Woodpecker
83. House Sparrow
84. Rock Pigeon 
85. Wood Duck
86. Common Grackle 
87. Chimney Swift
88. House Finch