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Once again, migratory birds are back. I hear them mostly when I am out for a run. On Leavensworth Road today I heard both an ovenbird and a wood thrush for the first time. I... More »
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Out in snow and rain earlier today, I witnessed birds, returned from the south. A snipe, circling the fields, its eerie trilling sifting down through the wet snow, landed by the river. A hundred ducks,... More »
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GEESE AT NIGHT Late, I lie awake, the darkness outside thick with wet snow. It is early October. Beneath the night, leaves wear autumn. Branches bow, as if to welcome winter, or surrender to it,... More »
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This afternoon, we got back in from a morning at ECHO, the science museum, with the family, and saw some odd tracks on the roof. They looked like tracks, anyway. We were skeptical because they... More »
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The beavers have been active this fall. I took a detour from a walk this afternoon (I guess it was really just a part of the walk) to check out what they have been up... More »
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When I rise early to walk I have two objectives. One is to just move, to get my heart pumping and my muscles stretched and working. The other objective is to see what I can... More »
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This place is really starting to be abuzz with birdlife. This is what I encountered today. The usual abundance of Robins and Red-Winged Blackbirds. Song Sparrows lining the road all along my walk this morning,... More »
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Last night at the Hinesburg library, Bridget Butler of Vermont Audubon came to talk about birds that will soon be returning (or have begun to return) to Vermont. She was passionate about her subject, which... More »
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Birds have been coming back and making themselves noticed. I have been out early the past few mornings and have heard and seen them. A few of the ones I have noticed include: American Woodcocks... More »
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It was busy night in the woods out back last evening. I woke about 1:30, for one of the who-knows-why-I'm-awake-this-time moments I have each night. I heard two great-horned owls calling back and forth. They... More »
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