Date: 10/21/24 8:01 am From: Maeve Kim <maevekim7...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] migration/less migrating birds
Yes, Pat! For the last several years, whenever I’m out in nature, I say - aloud - “Hold on. We won’t be around much longer”, and the thought gies me peace.
Maeve Kim, Jericho Center
> On Oct 21, 2024, at 10:55 AM, Patrick Phillips <phillipspatj...> wrote:
>
> Ali,
> Thanks for sharing and expressing this so well. I fear that the only
> complete reversal of all this damage is when our species has gone the way
> of the dinosaurs. Nature will always find a way- even if it is without us!
> Pat
>
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 9:33 AM alison wagner <alikatofvt...> wrote:
>
>> Dear Rachel Carson,
>>
>> You were so right about DDT and its impacts on the natural world. Your
>> work was critical, and people finally listened. Now I think of you every
>> time I hear birders say: "Where are all the birds?" or "they must be
>> nesting somewhere else," or "maybe the winds are taking them on a different
>> route north." I have been hearing birders say this for years. Springs may
>> not be silent, but the quietness is loud.
>>
>>
>> What Kaye mentioned, about being outside "pretty much from dawn until
>> dark," and NOT observing what she expects, makes a very good point. We
>> should be seeing more birds, especially in the fall due to the end of the
>> nesting season. We should all be alarmed by this trend. Recently, on The
>> Hidden Brain, there was a program that explained how by very slowly
>> altering a negative change, we are more likely to accept that change and
>> eventually reset our concept of what is expected as "normal." Specifically
>> for birds, the multitude of factors affecting their decline is staggering:
>> Outdoor cats, window strikes, light pollution, human-made chemicals,
>> climate change, habitat destruction (just to name a few). There is always
>> more we can do as individuals to lessen these threats.
>>
>> A relatively new-to-birder once mentioned seeing "a ton of White-throated
>> Sparrows" during a fall migration. To them, a ton meant 10. I have been
>> observing birds for only a mere 30+ years, and I would expect about 15
>> times that many. I wonder how many folks that have been birding for half a
>> century would interpret "a ton."
>>
>> I have seen an alarming absence of "huge" flocks of Red-winged
>> Blackbirds. In the fall of 2014, I submitted an eBird report at Charcoal
>> Creek estimating 2,000 Red-wings, which I am sure was only a fraction of
>> the actual total. I was only able to calculate the birds along the edge,
>> and the flock basically covered the entire region of the vast wetland (they
>> did not fly in single file). My scope was set and as they flew across my
>> view, I tried to count them by tens...no, fifties...no, hundreds. Next
>> they flew up into the riparian edge along the far end of the wetland,
>> banked a turn, instantly exposing the red on their wings and in that one
>> beautiful synchronized move, the deciduous trees' leaves magically turned
>> from green to peak foliage. It took my breath away. Rachel, I miss moments
>> like this.
>>
>> In more recent years, when I am in perfect Red-wing habitat, and see a
>> flock of 30, or 10, or 3, my first thought is, "there they are!" but then I
>> catch myself and rethink: "There should be many more."
>>
>> Rachel, if only you were still with us today...You are my hero, the
>> ultimate canary in a coal mine.
>>
>> Fondly,
>> Ali
>> Huntington VT
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Kaye Danforth" <000003762748b609-dmarc-request...>
>> To: "Vermont Birds" <VTBIRD...>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2024 11:08:25 AM
>> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] migration
>>
>> Our property skirts a ridgeline in the foothills to the Green Mountains,
>> and I’ve also noticed an absence of warblers this year. Usually, small
>> waves of them begin here in late August thru early October, but this year,
>> none. I’m outside in the garden almost daily pretty much from dawn until
>> dark, so it’s unlikely I’d have missed at least one or two waves moving
>> thru. I’ve been concerned.
>> Kaye with an “e" in Hinesburg
>>
>>> On Oct 20, 2024, at 11:00 AM, David Gusakov <dgusakov...> wrote:
>>>
>>> I’ve been going up Mount Philo for decades to catch the fall migration
>>> but this year have seen very little. From mid-Sept. to mid-Oct. I was
>>> up there 5 or 6 times on the most likely days with poor results.
>>>
>>> Did anyone have better luck? Any other reports on migration?
>>> Are the raptors just staying put?
>>>
>>> Thanks for any info!
>>>
>>> David Gusakov
>>
Date: 10/21/24 7:55 am From: Patrick Phillips <phillipspatj...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] migration/less migrating birds
Ali,
Thanks for sharing and expressing this so well. I fear that the only
complete reversal of all this damage is when our species has gone the way
of the dinosaurs. Nature will always find a way- even if it is without us!
Pat
On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 9:33 AM alison wagner <alikatofvt...> wrote:
> Dear Rachel Carson,
>
> You were so right about DDT and its impacts on the natural world. Your
> work was critical, and people finally listened. Now I think of you every
> time I hear birders say: "Where are all the birds?" or "they must be
> nesting somewhere else," or "maybe the winds are taking them on a different
> route north." I have been hearing birders say this for years. Springs may
> not be silent, but the quietness is loud.
>
>
> What Kaye mentioned, about being outside "pretty much from dawn until
> dark," and NOT observing what she expects, makes a very good point. We
> should be seeing more birds, especially in the fall due to the end of the
> nesting season. We should all be alarmed by this trend. Recently, on The
> Hidden Brain, there was a program that explained how by very slowly
> altering a negative change, we are more likely to accept that change and
> eventually reset our concept of what is expected as "normal." Specifically
> for birds, the multitude of factors affecting their decline is staggering:
> Outdoor cats, window strikes, light pollution, human-made chemicals,
> climate change, habitat destruction (just to name a few). There is always
> more we can do as individuals to lessen these threats.
>
> A relatively new-to-birder once mentioned seeing "a ton of White-throated
> Sparrows" during a fall migration. To them, a ton meant 10. I have been
> observing birds for only a mere 30+ years, and I would expect about 15
> times that many. I wonder how many folks that have been birding for half a
> century would interpret "a ton."
>
> I have seen an alarming absence of "huge" flocks of Red-winged
> Blackbirds. In the fall of 2014, I submitted an eBird report at Charcoal
> Creek estimating 2,000 Red-wings, which I am sure was only a fraction of
> the actual total. I was only able to calculate the birds along the edge,
> and the flock basically covered the entire region of the vast wetland (they
> did not fly in single file). My scope was set and as they flew across my
> view, I tried to count them by tens...no, fifties...no, hundreds. Next
> they flew up into the riparian edge along the far end of the wetland,
> banked a turn, instantly exposing the red on their wings and in that one
> beautiful synchronized move, the deciduous trees' leaves magically turned
> from green to peak foliage. It took my breath away. Rachel, I miss moments
> like this.
>
> In more recent years, when I am in perfect Red-wing habitat, and see a
> flock of 30, or 10, or 3, my first thought is, "there they are!" but then I
> catch myself and rethink: "There should be many more."
>
> Rachel, if only you were still with us today...You are my hero, the
> ultimate canary in a coal mine.
>
> Fondly,
> Ali
> Huntington VT
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kaye Danforth" <000003762748b609-dmarc-request...>
> To: "Vermont Birds" <VTBIRD...>
> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2024 11:08:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] migration
>
> Our property skirts a ridgeline in the foothills to the Green Mountains,
> and I’ve also noticed an absence of warblers this year. Usually, small
> waves of them begin here in late August thru early October, but this year,
> none. I’m outside in the garden almost daily pretty much from dawn until
> dark, so it’s unlikely I’d have missed at least one or two waves moving
> thru. I’ve been concerned.
> Kaye with an “e" in Hinesburg
>
> > On Oct 20, 2024, at 11:00 AM, David Gusakov <dgusakov...> wrote:
> >
> > I’ve been going up Mount Philo for decades to catch the fall migration
> > but this year have seen very little. From mid-Sept. to mid-Oct. I was
> > up there 5 or 6 times on the most likely days with poor results.
> >
> > Did anyone have better luck? Any other reports on migration?
> > Are the raptors just staying put?
> >
> > Thanks for any info!
> >
> > David Gusakov
>
So beautifully written, Ali, and so true, sadly. Like you, my decades of watching and being dazzled by birds has made me painfully aware of their precipitous decline, all courtesy of us, the humans. Rachel Carson must be turning over in her grave, thinking that we just don’t ever seem to learn.
Lucie Lehmann
> On Oct 21, 2024, at 9:33 AM, alison wagner <alikatofvt...> wrote:
>
> Dear Rachel Carson,
>
> You were so right about DDT and its impacts on the natural world. Your work was critical, and people finally listened. Now I think of you every time I hear birders say: "Where are all the birds?" or "they must be nesting somewhere else," or "maybe the winds are taking them on a different route north." I have been hearing birders say this for years. Springs may not be silent, but the quietness is loud.
>
>
> What Kaye mentioned, about being outside "pretty much from dawn until dark," and NOT observing what she expects, makes a very good point. We should be seeing more birds, especially in the fall due to the end of the nesting season. We should all be alarmed by this trend. Recently, on The Hidden Brain, there was a program that explained how by very slowly altering a negative change, we are more likely to accept that change and eventually reset our concept of what is expected as "normal." Specifically for birds, the multitude of factors affecting their decline is staggering: Outdoor cats, window strikes, light pollution, human-made chemicals, climate change, habitat destruction (just to name a few). There is always more we can do as individuals to lessen these threats.
>
> A relatively new-to-birder once mentioned seeing "a ton of White-throated Sparrows" during a fall migration. To them, a ton meant 10. I have been observing birds for only a mere 30+ years, and I would expect about 15 times that many. I wonder how many folks that have been birding for half a century would interpret "a ton."
>
> I have seen an alarming absence of "huge" flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds. In the fall of 2014, I submitted an eBird report at Charcoal Creek estimating 2,000 Red-wings, which I am sure was only a fraction of the actual total. I was only able to calculate the birds along the edge, and the flock basically covered the entire region of the vast wetland (they did not fly in single file). My scope was set and as they flew across my view, I tried to count them by tens...no, fifties...no, hundreds. Next they flew up into the riparian edge along the far end of the wetland, banked a turn, instantly exposing the red on their wings and in that one beautiful synchronized move, the deciduous trees' leaves magically turned from green to peak foliage. It took my breath away. Rachel, I miss moments like this.
>
> In more recent years, when I am in perfect Red-wing habitat, and see a flock of 30, or 10, or 3, my first thought is, "there they are!" but then I catch myself and rethink: "There should be many more."
>
> Rachel, if only you were still with us today...You are my hero, the ultimate canary in a coal mine.
>
> Fondly,
> Ali
> Huntington VT
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kaye Danforth" <000003762748b609-dmarc-request...>
> To: "Vermont Birds" <VTBIRD...>
> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2024 11:08:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] migration
>
> Our property skirts a ridgeline in the foothills to the Green Mountains, and I’ve also noticed an absence of warblers this year. Usually, small waves of them begin here in late August thru early October, but this year, none. I’m outside in the garden almost daily pretty much from dawn until dark, so it’s unlikely I’d have missed at least one or two waves moving thru. I’ve been concerned.
> Kaye with an “e" in Hinesburg
>
>> On Oct 20, 2024, at 11:00 AM, David Gusakov <dgusakov...> wrote:
>>
>> I’ve been going up Mount Philo for decades to catch the fall migration
>> but this year have seen very little. From mid-Sept. to mid-Oct. I was
>> up there 5 or 6 times on the most likely days with poor results.
>>
>> Did anyone have better luck? Any other reports on migration?
>> Are the raptors just staying put?
>>
>> Thanks for any info!
>>
>> David Gusakov
You were so right about DDT and its impacts on the natural world. Your work was critical, and people finally listened. Now I think of you every time I hear birders say: "Where are all the birds?" or "they must be nesting somewhere else," or "maybe the winds are taking them on a different route north." I have been hearing birders say this for years. Springs may not be silent, but the quietness is loud.
What Kaye mentioned, about being outside "pretty much from dawn until dark," and NOT observing what she expects, makes a very good point. We should be seeing more birds, especially in the fall due to the end of the nesting season. We should all be alarmed by this trend. Recently, on The Hidden Brain, there was a program that explained how by very slowly altering a negative change, we are more likely to accept that change and eventually reset our concept of what is expected as "normal." Specifically for birds, the multitude of factors affecting their decline is staggering: Outdoor cats, window strikes, light pollution, human-made chemicals, climate change, habitat destruction (just to name a few). There is always more we can do as individuals to lessen these threats.
A relatively new-to-birder once mentioned seeing "a ton of White-throated Sparrows" during a fall migration. To them, a ton meant 10. I have been observing birds for only a mere 30+ years, and I would expect about 15 times that many. I wonder how many folks that have been birding for half a century would interpret "a ton."
I have seen an alarming absence of "huge" flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds. In the fall of 2014, I submitted an eBird report at Charcoal Creek estimating 2,000 Red-wings, which I am sure was only a fraction of the actual total. I was only able to calculate the birds along the edge, and the flock basically covered the entire region of the vast wetland (they did not fly in single file). My scope was set and as they flew across my view, I tried to count them by tens...no, fifties...no, hundreds. Next they flew up into the riparian edge along the far end of the wetland, banked a turn, instantly exposing the red on their wings and in that one beautiful synchronized move, the deciduous trees' leaves magically turned from green to peak foliage. It took my breath away. Rachel, I miss moments like this.
In more recent years, when I am in perfect Red-wing habitat, and see a flock of 30, or 10, or 3, my first thought is, "there they are!" but then I catch myself and rethink: "There should be many more."
Rachel, if only you were still with us today...You are my hero, the ultimate canary in a coal mine.
Fondly,
Ali
Huntington VT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kaye Danforth" <000003762748b609-dmarc-request...>
To: "Vermont Birds" <VTBIRD...>
Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2024 11:08:25 AM
Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] migration
Our property skirts a ridgeline in the foothills to the Green Mountains, and I’ve also noticed an absence of warblers this year. Usually, small waves of them begin here in late August thru early October, but this year, none. I’m outside in the garden almost daily pretty much from dawn until dark, so it’s unlikely I’d have missed at least one or two waves moving thru. I’ve been concerned.
Kaye with an “e" in Hinesburg
> On Oct 20, 2024, at 11:00 AM, David Gusakov <dgusakov...> wrote:
>
> I’ve been going up Mount Philo for decades to catch the fall migration
> but this year have seen very little. From mid-Sept. to mid-Oct. I was
> up there 5 or 6 times on the most likely days with poor results.
>
> Did anyone have better luck? Any other reports on migration?
> Are the raptors just staying put?
>
> Thanks for any info!
>
> David Gusakov
Date: 10/21/24 5:54 am From: Ted Levin <tedlevin1966...> Subject: [VTBIRD] 21 October 2024: Hurricane Hill (1,100 feet), WRJ
7:04 a.m. Wind S 2 mph (gusting to 6). The grace of the sky: mottled,
crowded with color; *far *more in the heavens than the hills (color mostly
departed)—luminescent rose and orange clouds, long, thick, peeling, slowly
grade into a pink-gray and mauve above Hurricane Hill. Golden light. Copper
light. I can't stop looking up ... momentous and ephemeral, a monument to
starting the day in the dark. Along an empty road, just chickadees and me
below a Benjamin Moore sunrise. Frost-free meadow, goldfinches and
white-throated sparrows in attendance. Twelve species of birds, including
the first warbler I've seen in several weeks (yellow-rumped), mourning
dove, American crow, blue jay, black-capped chickadee, tufted titmouse,
red-breasted nuthatch, cedar waxwing, dark-eyed junco, and two hawks
(red-tailed and Cooper's).
D. O. R. (dead-on-the-road): meadow vole, still warm. Dropped by a predator
in a hurry. Hawk? Cat?
Adult retail flies into a roadside maple, a silhouetted lump on a limb,
hunched over, searching. Taunting crow, hurling invectives from afar,
drives hawk from its perch. Hawk across the meadow, escorted by ribald caws
and shrieks.
An off-Broadway production, a telluric drama complete with a protagonist
and antagonists. Chorusing blue jays, agitated, chase Cooper's hawk
downhill just above the treetops. Hawk lands in a maple, bathed in rich
light. A stud of a bird. Blue-gray above. Copper-striped underneath.
Upright and hyper-alert. Defiant. Tail well beyond the ends of the folded
wings. Eyes like embers, red as the sky. Jays keep a respectful distance
while showering insults. Enough is enough. Hawk departs ... and jays fall
silent. The play ends as it begins in an empty sky.
Date: 10/20/24 11:30 am From: Charlie Teske <cteske140...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] RWB
Bluebirds at our boxes in Hyde Park, VT today.
On Sun, 20 Oct 2024 11:29:48 -0400, Nancy A Carter <revnacarter...> wrote:
I heard an RWB singing this morning also.
On another note, some Dark-eyed Juncos arrived here a few days ago.
Nancy Carter
Northern end of Lake George
Ticonderoga, NY
On Sun, Oct 20, 2024 at 11:22 AM Barry Conolly wrote:
>
> On our early morning walk there was a single Red Wing Blackbird singing in
> the top of a tree. This is very late, these birds left our area many weeks
> ago. Is this sighting unusual for this time of year?
Date: 10/20/24 8:30 am From: Nancy A Carter <revnacarter...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] RWB
I heard an RWB singing this morning also.
On another note, some Dark-eyed Juncos arrived here a few days ago.
Nancy Carter
Northern end of Lake George
Ticonderoga, NY
On Sun, Oct 20, 2024 at 11:22 AM Barry Conolly <barryconolly1...> wrote:
>
> On our early morning walk there was a single Red Wing Blackbird singing in
> the top of a tree. This is very late, these birds left our area many weeks
> ago. Is this sighting unusual for this time of year?
Date: 10/20/24 8:22 am From: Barry Conolly <barryconolly1...> Subject: [VTBIRD] RWB
On our early morning walk there was a single Red Wing Blackbird singing in the top of a tree. This is very late, these birds left our area many weeks ago. Is this sighting unusual for this time of year?
Our property skirts a ridgeline in the foothills to the Green Mountains, and I’ve also noticed an absence of warblers this year. Usually, small waves of them begin here in late August thru early October, but this year, none. I’m outside in the garden almost daily pretty much from dawn until dark, so it’s unlikely I’d have missed at least one or two waves moving thru. I’ve been concerned.
Kaye with an “e" in Hinesburg
> On Oct 20, 2024, at 11:00 AM, David Gusakov <dgusakov...> wrote:
>
> I’ve been going up Mount Philo for decades to catch the fall migration
> but this year have seen very little. From mid-Sept. to mid-Oct. I was
> up there 5 or 6 times on the most likely days with poor results.
>
> Did anyone have better luck? Any other reports on migration?
> Are the raptors just staying put?
>
> Thanks for any info!
>
> David Gusakov
Date: 10/20/24 8:07 am From: Maeve Kim <maevekim7...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] migration
Liz Lackey’s Sept. 20 and 21 e-bird lists for Mt. Philo seem to be the best migration records this year. I didn’t compare them to past years, though.
Maeve Kim, Jericho Center
> On Oct 20, 2024, at 11:00 AM, David Gusakov <dgusakov...> wrote:
>
> I’ve been going up Mount Philo for decades to catch the fall migration
> but this year have seen very little. From mid-Sept. to mid-Oct. I was
> up there 5 or 6 times on the most likely days with poor results.
>
> Did anyone have better luck? Any other reports on migration?
> Are the raptors just staying put?
>
> Thanks for any info!
>
> David Gusakov
Date: 10/20/24 8:01 am From: David Gusakov <dgusakov...> Subject: [VTBIRD] migration
I’ve been going up Mount Philo for decades to catch the fall migration
but this year have seen very little. From mid-Sept. to mid-Oct. I was
up there 5 or 6 times on the most likely days with poor results.
Did anyone have better luck? Any other reports on migration?
Are the raptors just staying put?
Date: 10/18/24 5:32 am From: Ted Levin <tedlevin1966...> Subject: [VTBIRD] 18 October 2024: Hurricane Hill (1,100 feet), WRJ
6:51 a.m. 29 degrees, wind NNW 3 mph (gusting to 6). The full moon is low
in the western sky, bright as a newly minted quarter, bright enough to
create an almost summer-like dawn—4:30 a.m., shadows and silver
light, everything but the sweet song of a thrush. Connecticut River fog,
thick, hanging below Mosse Mountain—many visible ridgelines. White River
fog, thin as thought, unraveling; below Jericho Hill, linear and wispy, a
cloud without oomph skims the skin of the river. Before the sun: thin,
tangerine light trends to yellow. Ten species of birds: American tree
sparrow (first of the season), white-throated sparrow, American crow (four
above the muddy confluence of the White and Connecticut), blue jay,
black-capped chickadee (first bird to acknowledge dawn ... halfheartedly),
golden-crowned kinglet, American robin, purple finch (male and female),
mourning dove, and red-breasted nuthatch. American pipits ... elsewhere.
Three hushed crows high above the White River, north beyond Hurricane Hill,
flying west. Four robins on the go, flying south, tiny stains in the citrus
sunrise.
Chickadees and red-breasted nuthatches hiding black-oil sunflower seeds in
driveway crab apple. Under loose bark. In the crotch of twigs. A tree full
of seeds, a larder for the dark days. Sapsucker holes ring the crab apple,
base to summit, and spiral around the longer, thicker limbs, of which there
are many—perfect seed cavities (I think)—no competitive insects, and low
humidity to prevent germination. During warmer months, blue jay stuff
mouths full of seeds in the garden, which, if neglected, sprout in
clusters. Chickadees and nuthatches (and titmice), dainty, not gluttons,
hide thousands of seeds one at a time ... everywhere off the ground.
Remarkably, they remember where they put each one.
Date: 10/17/24 7:08 am From: Ted Levin <tedlevin1966...> Subject: [VTBIRD] 17 October 2024: Hurricane Hill (1,100 feet), WRJ
7:02 a.m. 30 degrees, wind NW 2 mph (gusting to 6). Ideal for hawk
migration—sharp-shinned, Cooper's, red-tailed, none of which I see. Meadows
sag with frost, the first of the season—bright and clear, the sky buffed by
an Arctic breeze. Lemon sunlight glazes river fog, thick but dispersing
uphill from the valley of the White. The northern ridgeline is a literal
line, the thin green tops of rolling hills barely peeking above the rising
fog—like the back of a swimming rattlesnake, stretched and buoyant. Fog,
rolling up my riverside, scattered, thin as gauze. Maples along the road,
silhouetted, faint images, highly polished on diffuse and silvery fog.
Post-modern Dauggerro types. Gloved fingers are numb. Fifteen species of
birds, including American pipit (visitors from the top of the world; a
small flock in a meadow, close to the road, tails bobbing—metronomes for a
cold morning), ruby-crowned and golden-crowned kinglets, red-breasted and
white-breasted nuthatches, American robin (groups crisscross meadow in all
directions), downy woodpecker, common raven, American crow, and blue jay
(inconspicuous all summer, now everywhere noisily and nosily hurrying and
investigating—over the treetops, across the meadows, back and forth to
feeders commandeering my deck).
Pipits look like sparrows (ground colored: brownish and buffy, lightly
streaked breasts), masquerading as thrushes (thin bills, long legs). In
flight, white outer tail feathers flash. I last saw a pipit in the Alpine
Gardens on Mount Washington (sometime in the middle '90s), the farthest
south in eastern North America they're known to nest. But during winters of
my youth, fixed to the outer beaches of Long Island, mixing with it up snow
buntings and Lapland longspurs.
Robins and yellow leaves released by frost. One heads southeast, the other
straight down—lambent specs in slanted light.
Date: 10/15/24 9:11 am From: Patrick Phillips <phillipspatj...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Champlain Island CBC volunteers needed
Terry,
I would love to do the Islands CBC, but the Burlington event (now called
the Winter Bird Count) is the same day and I am the lead for a section.
Pat
On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 11:35 AM Terry Marron <
<00000d129fea9673-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I know its a bit early, but we are in search of a few folks to help us on
> Sunday Dec 15th for the Champlain Island CBC. We cover the Champlain
> Islands, plus a few surrounding towns. We have lots of water, so waterfowl
> are frequently seen.
>
> If you are interested email Terry at <tgmarron...> mailto:
> <tgmarron...> for more info.
>
> Thanks, Terry
>
> Terry Marron
> Williston, VT
>
>
>
Date: 10/15/24 8:35 am From: Terry Marron <00000d129fea9673-dmarc-request...> Subject: [VTBIRD] Champlain Island CBC volunteers needed
Hi folks,
I know its a bit early, but we are in search of a few folks to help us on Sunday Dec 15th for the Champlain Island CBC. We cover the Champlain Islands, plus a few surrounding towns. We have lots of water, so waterfowl are frequently seen.
If you are interested email Terry at <tgmarron...> mailto:<tgmarron...> for more info.
Date: 10/15/24 5:55 am From: Ken Copenhaver <copenhvr...> Subject: [VTBIRD] Missisquoi NWR Bird Monitoring Walk
Please join us for our monthly bird monitoring walks on the refuge. Ken Copenhaver and Julie Filiberti lead the walks on various refuge trails on the 3rd Saturday of each month (except December when it is on the 2nd Saturday). The purpose of the walks is to gather long-term data on the presence of birds, their abundance, and changes in populations. Observations are entered into the Vermont eBird database where the Cornell Lab of Ornithology stores the data. These walks are appropriate for birders of all skill levels and provide a wonderful opportunity to learn about birds throughout the seasons. After 173 months of walks, we have recorded 165 species of birds.
This month's walk will be on *Saturday, October 19, from 8:00 to 10:00 AM a**t the Stephen Young Marsh Trail*. Meet at the parking lot on Tabor Rd, about 1 mile past the Visitor Center. (Note that this walk is at the Stephen Young Trail, not the Discovery Trial as was originally indicated on our website calendar.)
*Trail Description**:* The trail consists of grassy paths, gravel paths, sections with tree roots, and sections with a moderate incline. There is one spot at the beginning of the trail that descends a short but steep bank. This section can be avoided, if desired, by talking an alternate route.
*Trail Conditions:* While there shouldn't be any standing water on the trail, there could still be wet grass, so waterproof shoes are recommended.
If you have any questions, contact me at <copenhvr...>
Date: 10/14/24 5:48 am From: Ted Levin <tedlevin1966...> Subject: [VTBIRD] 14 October 2024: Hurricane Hill (1,100 feet), WRJ
6:57 a.m. 43 degrees, wind E 3 mph, gusting to 8. Raining. River fog and
low cloud ceiling merge into an untextured sky with less than a
quarter-mile visibility. The sort of morning that drove Ishmael to sea.
Flat light, low contrast, best suited for photographing wildflowers, which,
of course, there aren't any. About color: many trees—white ash in
particular—are bare; noisy red leaves line both sides of the road;
Hurricane Hill's remaining mosaic of yellow and orange turns brown by the
day. Thirteen species of birds: northern cardinal, American goldfinch,
dark-eyed junco, white-throated sparrow, chipping sparrow, song sparrow,
American crow (calls attention to itself), blue jay (more gray than blue
without direct sunlight), black-capped chickadee (perky and trusting),
tufted titmouse, mourning dove, and red-breasted and white-breasted
nuthatches. Other species were hidden in the dimly lit woods, but I was too
cold and wet to track them down.
The meadow: A flock of juncos flit across in silence. White-throated
sparrow, a raindrop on the bill, lands on the seedhead of goldenrod—the
plant sags. Sparrow plucks a few tiny seeds. Raindrip lost and replaced
several times. Goldenrod rebounds the moment the sparrow leaves. The
pattern repeats several times as more sparrows arrive. Song sparrow sings
in the rain, halfheartedly, and then abruptly stops.
Includes Nikon 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR with should bag, Circular
Polarizing filter, Lenscoat lens wraps, and Nikon 1.4x teleconverter: $1400
Covering an impressive range of telephoto focal lengths, the Nikon
200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR from Nikon is a versatile zoom well-suited for
sports and wildlife shooting.
A constant f/4 maximum aperture affords consistent illumination throughout
the zoom range and this bright design also offers increased control over
depth of field.
With the included TC-14E teleconverter, the 200-400mm VR becomes a
280-550mm f/5.6 VR lens on FX-format F-mount cameras!
It can also be used with DX models, providing a 300-600mm equivalent focal
length range or 420-840mm equivalent focal length range with the included
TC-14E teleconverter!
Features a rotating tripod collar with a Wimberly Arca-Swiss mount to use
the lens on an arca-swiss compatible gimbal or tripod head on a tripod or
monopod.
Excellent condition! Everything is in perfect working order. It has been
very gently used with utmost care. No focus motor squeaks. Super sharp and
clean glass, no marks or scratches, no mold, haze, or internal dust. You're
welcome to bring your camera and test it out.
Also available:
Gitzo GT3541XLS Professional Carbon Fiber Tripod (4 leg sections.; maximum
height: 77.95-inches.; minimum height: 3.94-inches.; weight: 4.34 lbs.)
with Lenscoat leg wraps and a Wimberley II Gimbal Head: $700
Nikon MC-36 Remote which provides simple cable remote trigger/timing
functions and can also activate the bulb function on certain Nikon SLR
cameras: $25
Nikon MC-DC2 Remote, which provides a simple cable remote trigger: $10
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Date: 10/9/24 12:20 pm From: Pamela Coleman <0000003fbb1e7534-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Night time events
Same Question as Bob, wondering for a good time to view the Aurora and if it might be visible in S VT? Thanks!
On Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 10:50:29 AM EDT, John Snell <jrsnelljr...> wrote:
Thinking about all the migrating birds going over at night while the Northern Lights are shining!! They have been magnificent this week and not over yet.
Date: 10/9/24 7:59 am From: Bob Phillips <155bphillips...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Night time events
Is there a general time frame that you have seen the lights?
On Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 10:50 AM John Snell <jrsnelljr...> wrote:
> Thinking about all the migrating birds going over at night while the
> Northern Lights are shining!! They have been magnificent this week and not
> over yet.
Date: 10/9/24 7:57 am From: Ted Levin <tedlevin1966...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Night time events
Thanks for the tip, John. I'll drag myself out of bed tonight and look.
Ted
On Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 10:50 AM John Snell <jrsnelljr...> wrote:
> Thinking about all the migrating birds going over at night while the
> Northern Lights are shining!! They have been magnificent this week and not
> over yet.
Date: 10/9/24 7:50 am From: John Snell <jrsnelljr...> Subject: [VTBIRD] Night time events
Thinking about all the migrating birds going over at night while the Northern Lights are shining!! They have been magnificent this week and not over yet.
Date: 10/9/24 5:51 am From: Ted Levin <tedlevin1966...> Subject: [VTBIRD] 09 October 2024: Hurricane Hill (1,100 feet), WRJ
6:57 a.m.: 39 degrees, wind SW 2 mph, gusting to 6. White River fog thick
enough to slice hangs between the river and the ridgeline. Above the fog,
sunlight highlights the remnants of autumn foliage—primarily yellow and
burnt orange. Between scraps of color, the limbs of pine and hemlock,
somber green and braced for winter, comb a cloudless sky. Roosting posts
for southbound owls and innumerable overwintering finches, pines in
prominence ... once again.
A scattering of white-throated sparrows and dark-eyed juncos. Noisy, unseen
blue jays. The business of chickadees. Beyond the fog, crows head toward
the sunrise, black specs in blue sky. Roadside red-tailed hawk, adult, in
maple, flushes as I wander uphill. Glides above an uncut meadow. Redtail
attracts Cooper's hawk, which escorts it over the meadow and road,
pestering not intimidating—two raptors on a crisp fall morning.
Date: 10/9/24 5:08 am From: Ian Clark <ian...> Subject: [VTBIRD] We say goodbye to the loons - new blog post
Fall is here, it is time to say goodbye to our loons. My visit to their pond yesterday is likely the last time I'll see them. Both chicks managed to get airborne and take short flights. They'll most likely leave before I get back. Check out the pix in my new blog post at: https://tinyurl.com/32pasj7s
Date: 10/8/24 7:58 am From: Ted Levin <tedlevin1966...> Subject: [VTBIRD] 03 October 2024: Grand Junction (4,940 feet), Colorado
7:09 a.m. 58 degrees, wind S 3 mph. Walking northwest toward Fruita on a
trail along the east bank of the Colorado River. The sun rises behind me
above Grand Mesa, the river in shadow. The air nose-bled dry.
Sunlight spills down the walls of Colorado National Monument, turning
scorched sandstone into a dozen shades of sun-polished rust and ochre.
Geographic kaleidoscope: Tan becomes yellow; brown becomes crimson and
coral—a momentary echo of a Vermont hillside. On the opposite end of the
Grand Valley, the Book Cliffs, 200 miles of barren buttes and coulees, fade
into the Utah distance without sunlight. Several lines of gray
silver-rimmed clouds unravel in the cerulean sky. Along the river, Fremont
cottonwood leaves, leather thick, turn yellow and spin on a suggestion.
The river, pushing pebbles, sings. A desert bighorn thrashes through
bankside shrubs and stops for a drink—squat and short, rump round and light
like sandstone. Desert cottontails, rabbits in miniature, in and out of
sagebrush shadows. Rock squirrel in a thicket, upright on a stump, dull
gray and stocky—like an out-of-shape gray squirrel.
Long shadows of sagebrush reach across the desert floor. Flowers butter
yellow. Leaves grayish green. Trunks twisted and peeling and dawn gray.
Bees in the flowers, buzzing, a final call to feed.
Too cold for reptiles but not for birds. Forty-two species, including house
finch and white-crowned sparrow (the default birds, everywhere and
noisy), three species of warblers (yellow-rumped, orange-crowned, and
Townsend's), two wrens (rock and Bewick's), blue-gray gnatcatcher (many),
vesper and white-throated sparrows, red-winged and Brewer's blackbird
(flocks on the edge of backwater ponds, constant chatter rising out of
cattails), barn swallow, least sandpiper, lesser goldfinch, lesser scaup,
mallard, belted kingfisher, great blue heron, Say's and black pheobe,
western meadowlark (a flock staggering across the sky, a bird designed for
something other than sustained, acrobatic flight), and unidentified
cormorant (either double-crested or neotropical, too far away to tell for
sure).
Tracing the Colorado south below the bank, an eagle abruptly rises out of
nowhere—a daydream lit by the sun. Head and tail immaculate. Wings long and
flat and brown. Easy, powerful strokes, barely bending its wrists. Arrow
straight, then suddenly down again, below the bank and gone, the conclusion
of a daydream.
A flock of horned larks visit an abandoned prairie dogtown. Bobbing and
weaving through short grass bent with seed. Beyond the larks, a Gamble's
quail poses on a sun-blacked stump. Beyond the miniature grassland, in wet
soil, close to a backwater, Jerusalem artichokes in flower and seed, leaves
like sandpaper. White-crowned sparrows feast on seeds, a cornucopia of
annual and perennial seeds. Several tear into seedheads of Jerusalem
artichoke. Duff adrift. Why migrate any further?
Date: 10/4/24 6:17 am From: Ian Clark <ian...> Subject: [VTBIRD] New blog post & talk in Richford Saturday
I've got a new post up with photos of the loon families. The Westons and Middletons have moved on. The Eastons are still here, check out what the chicks are up to: https://tinyurl.com/ywkycep9
The Arvin A Brown Public Library in Richford, VT, is hosting me for my slideshow, An Uncommon Look at the Common Loon, at the Richford Town Hall Saturday October 5 at 10am.
Date: 10/2/24 7:58 am From: Allan Strong <Allan.Strong...> Subject: [VTBIRD] Sally Laughlin Award for conservation of endangered species
Hi VTBirders,
At 12:00 this Saturday at Dead Creek Day, Julie Moore, Secretary of ANR will be presenting the Sally Laughlin Award for the conservation of endangered species to someone very familiar to the VT birding community. I won't name names, but this is someone who has spearheaded conservation efforts around a certain high elevation thrush species, started a new conservation organization in Vermont (entersay for ermontvay ecostudieshay), and has been intimately involved with the recovery of loons, peregrines, ospreys, and bald eagles in Vermont.
We'd love to see a nice turnout to cheer on our awardee.
Date: 9/28/24 5:49 pm From: Mamuniaangel <000002fe774c7bcd-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] great place for fall migration watching!
Yow!Angel Harris
On Saturday, September 28, 2024 at 09:33:35 AM EDT, Maeve Kim <maevekim7...> wrote:
We just spent a week at Quimby Country, in the northeast corner of the Northeast Kingdom. We’ve been there before in September, and it’s always been birdy - but this year took the prize! Check this out: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L751945/bird-list There were a few other birds IDed by Merlin but unseen (White-crowned Sparrow among others), so I didn’t report them.
QC is good during spring migration also. A few years ago, VCE had a staff retreat there and tallied 69 species in two days.
Maeve Kim, Jericho Center
Date: 9/28/24 11:47 am From: Maeve Kim <maevekim7...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] great place for fall migration watching!
I’ve never thought of that, Becky – and it’s a great idea! I’ll have to do some research about how to set one up.
Maeve
> On Sep 28, 2024, at 2:34 PM, Becky Giroux <ravenrr...> wrote:
>
> Great list of birds Maeve. Have you thought of preparing a Trip Report for the whole week? If you do, mark it as public so when someone searches for Trip Reports in Essex County they will find an exciting list of birds.
>
>
> Becky
Date: 9/28/24 11:34 am From: Becky Giroux <ravenrr...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] great place for fall migration watching!
Great list of birds Maeve. Have you thought of preparing a Trip Report for the whole week? If you do, mark it as public so when someone searches for Trip Reports in Essex County they will find an exciting list of birds.
Date: 9/28/24 6:33 am From: Maeve Kim <maevekim7...> Subject: [VTBIRD] great place for fall migration watching!
We just spent a week at Quimby Country, in the northeast corner of the Northeast Kingdom. We’ve been there before in September, and it’s always been birdy - but this year took the prize! Check this out: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L751945/bird-list There were a few other birds IDed by Merlin but unseen (White-crowned Sparrow among others), so I didn’t report them.
QC is good during spring migration also. A few years ago, VCE had a staff retreat there and tallied 69 species in two days.
Maeve Kim, Jericho Center
Date: 9/25/24 11:08 am From: Veer Frost <0000038039fb4cf6-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Birds of Summer
Sorry this was meant for JimB photographer extraordinaire...I;m a subscriber to his blog, so lucky to have his work on the listserv~
On 9/25/2024 at 1:55 PM, "Veer Frost" wrote:Just coming back to earth after a visit to this extraordinary blog post, Jim. This summer I spent moving house, the usual birding haunts (and calendar!) lost. This collection a tapestry of time in motion captured in the life cycle moments recorded by your work. The Creeper collection a treasure! so many others... incl moon at her work above those brave brand new lifeforms. A thousand thanks, Veer
On 9/23/2024 at 4:58 PM, "Jim Block" wrote:I put photos of birds taken this summer in the Upper Valley of NH and VT on a new blog post. The first 75% or so of the post is birds. The last bit has other subjects. You can see it here:
Date: 9/25/24 10:55 am From: Veer Frost <0000038039fb4cf6-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Birds of Summer
Just coming back to earth after a visit to this extraordinary blog post, Jim. This summer I spent moving house, the usual birding haunts (and calendar!) lost. This collection a tapestry of time in motion captured in the life cycle moments recorded by your work. The Creeper collection a treasure! so many others... incl moon at her work above those brave brand new lifeforms. A thousand thanks, Veer
On 9/23/2024 at 4:58 PM, "Jim Block" wrote:I put photos of birds taken this summer in the Upper Valley of NH and VT on a new blog post. The first 75% or so of the post is birds. The last bit has other subjects. You can see it here:
Date: 9/24/24 7:14 am From: Glenn Etter <glennetterjr...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Birds of Summer
Is the Harris' Hawk your falconry bird? In any case, great pictures!!
Thanks for sharing.
On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 4:58 PM Jim Block <jim...> wrote:
> I put photos of birds taken this summer in the Upper Valley of NH and VT on
> a new blog post. The first 75% or so of the post is birds. The last bit
> has other subjects. You can see it here:
>
> https://jimblockphoto.com/2024/09/summer-2024/ >
>
>
> Jim Block
>
> Etna, NH
>
>
>
Date: 9/24/24 6:51 am From: Ted Levin <tedlevin1966...> Subject: [VTBIRD] 24 September 2024: Hurricane Hill (1,100 feet), WRJ
6:27 a.m. 45 degrees, wind NE 1 mph (glove weather). Diffuse valley fog
constricts horizontal visibility; the eastern horizon scrubbed bare and
erased. The sun arrives unnoticed ... overhead, the half moon, a shiny disc
in the bleached-blue sky, and the eastern clouds washed in rose fade by the
moment. Engulfed in the rising mist. A profitable acquisition for hawks:
echolocation.
DOR (dead on the road): five-inch ring-necked snake, two years old, the
sixth ringneck of the year, four more than I've seen in nearly fifty years
in Vermont. Hurricane Hill—a bonanza for red-backed salamanders and the
subterranean snakes that eat them. Case-in-point: the construction of my
unfinished mudroom, a project that began in the summer of 2021—every scrap
of construction waste that idled on the front lawn harbored red-backed
salamanders. Someone should commission Ken Burns to film a PBS documentary
on the trials and tribulations of the building of my mudroom; the Taj Mahal
and the Pyramids of Giza took less time to complete. Neither construction
site, I imagine, hosted red-back salamanders and their principal predators.
Virginia creeper, bright red lines woven into a wilting meadow. Hay scent
fern, done for the year, pale yellow. Brittle leaves gather along the
road's edge, mainly ash, some maple and gray birch. Dog and I
scuffle through ... the sound of fall drowns out the tree crickets.
Twenty-three species of birds, including five warblers (black-throated
green, Tennessee, yellow-rumped, magnolia, and Nashville), two vireos
(blue-headed, singing, and yellow-throated), five sparrows (song, chipping,
white-throated, white-crowned, and dark-eyed junco), golden-crowned kinglet
(hovering at the end of aspen twigs), brown creeper (creeping), and eastern
phoebe.
There is lots of activity in the meadow and the blackened lilacs: a
white-throated sparrow sings a stuttering, halfhearted version of its song
as though shivering. A pulse of warblers moves through Hurricane Hill; a
small crowd picks through aspen, gathering chilled, green caterpillars—the
provisional tree.
Date: 9/24/24 5:51 am From: Teage O'Connor <badger.meli...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Free - Living Bird Magazines
I run an outdoor preschool here in Burlington and we would love to put
those magazines to use! We're actually about to put up some bird feeders so
would be great to use to imagine which birds we're likely to attract.
On Sun, Sep 22, 2024 at 8:44 PM <kj813...> <
<0000002d57029402-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> Maybe a preschool or child care center for collages?
>
>
> Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS
>
>
> On Sunday, September 22, 2024, 3:36 PM, Linda P. McElvany <
> <00000cecdd61bec7-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the idea but already been declined - no space.
> > On 09/22/2024 12:59 PM EDT Barbara Powers <barkiepvt...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Maybe your local library would like them.
> > Barbara Powers
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > > On Sep 22, 2024, at 12:38 PM, Linda McElvany <
> <00000cecdd61bec7-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello - Cleaning out (a Bit). Would love to give these 14 magazines
> from Cornell Lab of Ornithology to someone who would appreciate the
> glorious photography and in depth articles. Only advertising is "birdie"
> trips, tour companies and gear. Linda McElvany - Williston Let me know if
> interested at <lindap.mack...>
>
Date: 9/24/24 5:33 am From: John Snell <jrsnelljr...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Birds of Summer
What a treat to see all these birds AND the best photo of the lunar eclipse I’ve seen since it happened. Thanks Jim.
> On Sep 24, 2024, at 6:48 AM, Eugenia Cooke <euge24241...> wrote:
>
> Just wondering photos, Jim. Alway a delight when you share them!
>
> On Mon, Sep 23, 2024, 4:58 PM Jim Block <jim...> wrote:
>
>> I put photos of birds taken this summer in the Upper Valley of NH and VT on
>> a new blog post. The first 75% or so of the post is birds. The last bit
>> has other subjects. You can see it here:
>>
>> https://jimblockphoto.com/2024/09/summer-2024/ >>
>>
>>
>> Jim Block
>>
>> Etna, NH
>>
>>
>>
Date: 9/24/24 3:49 am From: Eugenia Cooke <euge24241...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Birds of Summer
Just wondering photos, Jim. Alway a delight when you share them!
On Mon, Sep 23, 2024, 4:58 PM Jim Block <jim...> wrote:
> I put photos of birds taken this summer in the Upper Valley of NH and VT on > a new blog post. The first 75% or so of the post is birds. The last bit > has other subjects. You can see it here: > > https://jimblockphoto.com/2024/09/summer-2024/ > > > > Jim Block > > Etna, NH > > >
Date: 9/23/24 1:58 pm From: Jim Block <jim...> Subject: [VTBIRD] Birds of Summer
I put photos of birds taken this summer in the Upper Valley of NH and VT on a new blog post. The first 75% or so of the post is birds. The last bit has other subjects. You can see it here:
Date: 9/23/24 12:53 pm From: Maeve Kim <maevekim7...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Free - Living Bird Magazines
There are often posts on Front Porch Forum from people looking for magazines with good photos, for school projects, montages, etc.
Maeve Kim, Jericho Center
> On Sep 22, 2024, at 1:02 PM, Linda P. McElvany <00000cecdd61bec7-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the idea but already been declined - no space.
>> On 09/22/2024 12:59 PM EDT Barbara Powers <barkiepvt...> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Maybe your local library would like them.
>> Barbara Powers
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>> On Sep 22, 2024, at 12:38 PM, Linda McElvany <00000cecdd61bec7-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello - Cleaning out (a Bit). Would love to give these 14 magazines from Cornell Lab of Ornithology to someone who would appreciate the glorious photography and in depth articles. Only advertising is "birdie" trips, tour companies and gear. Linda McElvany - Williston Let me know if interested at <lindap.mack...>
Maybe a preschool or child care center for collages?
Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS
On Sunday, September 22, 2024, 3:36 PM, Linda P. McElvany <00000cecdd61bec7-dmarc-request...> wrote:
Thanks for the idea but already been declined - no space.
> On 09/22/2024 12:59 PM EDT Barbara Powers <barkiepvt...> wrote:
>
>
> Maybe your local library would like them.
> Barbara Powers
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Sep 22, 2024, at 12:38 PM, Linda McElvany <00000cecdd61bec7-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> >
> > Hello - Cleaning out (a Bit). Would love to give these 14 magazines from Cornell Lab of Ornithology to someone who would appreciate the glorious photography and in depth articles. Only advertising is "birdie" trips, tour companies and gear. Linda McElvany - Williston Let me know if interested at <lindap.mack...>
Date: 9/22/24 10:08 am From: Susan Elliott <00000032e9152660-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Free - Living Bird Magazines
Local nursing homes frequently take magazines.
Sue Elliott
Sent from my iPhone
> On Sep 22, 2024, at 12:02 PM, Linda P. McElvany <00000cecdd61bec7-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the idea but already been declined - no space.
>> On 09/22/2024 12:59 PM EDT Barbara Powers <barkiepvt...> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Maybe your local library would like them.
>> Barbara Powers
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>>> On Sep 22, 2024, at 12:38 PM, Linda McElvany <00000cecdd61bec7-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello - Cleaning out (a Bit). Would love to give these 14 magazines from Cornell Lab of Ornithology to someone who would appreciate the glorious photography and in depth articles. Only advertising is "birdie" trips, tour companies and gear. Linda McElvany - Williston Let me know if interested at <lindap.mack...>
Date: 9/22/24 10:02 am From: Linda P. McElvany <00000cecdd61bec7-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Free - Living Bird Magazines
Thanks for the idea but already been declined - no space.
> On 09/22/2024 12:59 PM EDT Barbara Powers <barkiepvt...> wrote:
>
>
> Maybe your local library would like them.
> Barbara Powers
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Sep 22, 2024, at 12:38 PM, Linda McElvany <00000cecdd61bec7-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> >
> > Hello - Cleaning out (a Bit). Would love to give these 14 magazines from Cornell Lab of Ornithology to someone who would appreciate the glorious photography and in depth articles. Only advertising is "birdie" trips, tour companies and gear. Linda McElvany - Williston Let me know if interested at <lindap.mack...>
Date: 9/22/24 9:59 am From: Barbara Powers <barkiepvt...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Free - Living Bird Magazines
Maybe your local library would like them.
Barbara Powers
Sent from my iPad
> On Sep 22, 2024, at 12:38 PM, Linda McElvany <00000cecdd61bec7-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>
> Hello - Cleaning out (a Bit). Would love to give these 14 magazines from Cornell Lab of Ornithology to someone who would appreciate the glorious photography and in depth articles. Only advertising is "birdie" trips, tour companies and gear. Linda McElvany - Williston Let me know if interested at <lindap.mack...>
Date: 9/22/24 9:38 am From: Linda McElvany <00000cecdd61bec7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [VTBIRD] Free - Living Bird Magazines
Hello - Cleaning out (a Bit). Would love to give these 14 magazines from Cornell Lab of Ornithology to someone who would appreciate the glorious photography and in depth articles. Only advertising is "birdie" trips, tour companies and gear. Linda McElvany - Williston Let me know if interested at <lindap.mack...>
Date: 9/22/24 6:21 am From: Ian Clark <ian...> Subject: [VTBIRD] New blog post with pix of the loons
I had a chance to visit two of the loon families I follow this past week. There's a new post on my blog with pix of what they're up to: https://tinyurl.com/ytf5bnkb
Date: 9/22/24 6:08 am From: Ted Levin <tedlevin1966...> Subject: [VTBIRD] 22 September 2024: Hurricane Hill (1,100 feet), WRJ
6:29 a.m. 53 degrees, wind SW 1 mph. Flat light, top to bottom: no
highlights, no shadows, no fog, no sun, which sneaks above Moose Mountain
into the mantle of blue-gray shapelessness. White ash nearly leafless.
Maples transforming, some already dropping leaves. New England asters
purple and yellow (the season's most promising color) amid fading goldenrod
bouquets. New York aster, a much paler flower than New England aster, is
blue-white, has no highlights, is much like the sky, and is shade
tolerant. Both asters service the ebb of October insects. And neither is a
*true* aster—another example of British colonists having named a New World
specimen after an unrelated European look-alike. This list includes the
American robin, American redstart, and every New World warbler.
Gray squirrel flows along a highway of branches, tree to tree, and takes
its time, a silhouette in silhouetted woods. A chorus of clucking chipmunks.
Twenty species of birds, including three warblers (palm, yellow-rumped, and
northern parula), cedar waxwing, downy woodpecker (quietly tapping an aspen
trunk), mourning dove (wings louder than voice), and four species of
sparrows (song, white-throated, chipping, and dark-eyed junco) converge the
seedheads of meadow plants.
Cooper's hawk inside the green interior of a maple, calling, fifth day in
succession. Bird with an attitude, pestered by crows. Bolts across a
brittle meadow, a posse of crows in pursuit.
