What's New at the GMAS?
It's been busy! This past summer members of the GMAS were involved in several monitoring projects, ranging from the Peregrine Falcon Monitoring Project, supported this year by Audubon Vermont, to bird surveys in the Hinesburg Town Forest on behalf of Audubon Vermont's Forest Bird Initiative. In addition, the GMAS conducts regular bird surveys at the Green Mountain Audubon Center in Huntington and at the Catamount Outdoor Family Center in Williston. You can learn more about these projects by clicking the link to our newsletter, the Hermit Thrush, on the left side of this page.
Our field trip schedule has been busy, too. In August the GMAS held its first field trip of the season at the Dead Creek WMA in Addison. We identified 58 species of birds at Dead Creek including Wood Ducks, Mallards, Great Blue Herons, Bald Eagles, and an American Bittern. In September we joined members of the Otter Creek Audubon Society for our annual hawk watch at Buck Mountain in Waltham, VT.
In October longtime birder Ken Copenhaver lead us on a walk along the Missisquoi River during which we counted 30 species, including an immature Bald Eagle, a Solitary Sandpiper, and several Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs. In November we returned to Dead Creek to check out the Snow Geese. The highlight of this field trip, in addition to seeing 1000 Snow Geese in flight, was a Ross's Goose spotted by Ted Murin and expertly photographed by Fernando Corrada. Thanks to Ted for pointing this bird out to us and to Fernando for allowing us to use his photo on our website. In December to close out the 2009 season, we visited Shelburne Bay and other lakeside venues. The "bird-of-the-day" was a Ruffed Grouse photographed by Bob Dill and illustrated below. Check out our new Flickr site at http://flickr.com/photos/greenmountainaudubon for another spectacular photo of this Ruffed Grouse by Bob as well as his photo of Snow Geese headed south and much more.
We are in the process of creating our schedule for the next 6 months. Join us in 2010.
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February 13, 2010
The Great Backyard Bird Count
Date: Saturday, February 13 at 8:00 A.M.
Location: Green Mountain Audubon Center and the Birds of Vermont Museum
Organizer: Larry Haugh
Join us for Audubon's annual Great Backyard Bird Count. We will meet at the office building at the Green Mountain Audubon Center in Huntington for our regular monthly bird monitoring, then proceed to the Birds of Vermont Museum one mile from the Center on Sherman Hollow Road for a morning of indoor birding. Feel free to join us at any time during the morning for this event. For questions, click on the Contact Us link on this page. |
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February 2, 2010
Osprey Recovery in Vermont
Speaker: Tina Scharf, Consulting Wildlife Biologist and Coordinator of the Osprey Recovery Project in Vermont
Date: Tuesday, February 2 at 7:00 P.M.
Location: Pierson Library in Shelburne, VT.
Since the decline of Osprey and other large raptors in the 1970's due to DDT, Osprey populations have recovered spectacularly. Join us to hear about Tina Scharf's experience with the Osprey Recovery Project in Vermont. Tina's talk will focus on the natural history of Osprey and will examine the factors responsible for their recovery during the past 25 years.
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January 13, 2010
The Eagle Has Landed: Bald Eagle Recovery in Vermont
Speaker: Margaret Fowle, Conservation Biologist, Audubon Vermont
Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 7 P.M.
Location: Richmond Free Library, Richmond, VT.
In this program Margaret Fowle, the Director of the Peregrine Falcon Recovery Project, will discuss the recovery of Bald Eagles in Vermont, focusing on their natural history and biology. Join us to learn more about the recovery program for Bald Eagles in Vermont and the current status of this majestic raptor. |
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