To view a hotspot's information on eBird, on the left side of a
hotspot's page
there's an "About" button that brings you to a page with associated
information (ex: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L751883/about). You're also
able
to suggest content for these pages.
*Kevin Tolan *(He/Him)
*Staff Biologist* at the Vermont Center for Ecostudies
Mail: PO Box 420, Norwich, VT 05055
Physical: 20 Palmer Court, White River Junction, VT 05001
Phone: (802) 649-1431 ext. 204
On Fri, Sep 18, 2026 at 11:26 AM Veer Frost <
<0000038039fb4cf6-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> I just went to hotspots dot org and was directed to eBird. There,
the
> page was mostly print so small as not to register in my brain,
though
> I found a link to Plan your visit. For location I input Vermont and
> was led to a set of world maps, clicked on what looked like New
> England, and in the upper right corner of the page that appeared I
> input Vermont. An orange and red set of fuzzy pixel-squares
appeared,
> I clicked on the approx spot I thought Vermont might be in and ended
> up in a block that ended in 'stan'. A pop up floated into view
> confirming 255 species (is this the VT total?) it sounds low as the
> climate has steadily brought more here ... I do see the comical
side
> and am sort of commemorating the ascendance of globalism over place
in
> a thankfully positive context: science. If anyone has a direct link
> to Vermont birding hot spots, please share! The singing chevrons of
> geese are night flying here (Bellows Falls), along the river. thank
> you!! Veer
> _Our ability to perceive quality in nature begins, as in
art, with
> the pretty. It expands through successive stages of the beautiful to
> values as yet uncaptured by language._ Aldo Leopold
>
>
