Birds of Vermont

Look who stopped by to check out the bird feeders!?! Hoping he comes back and brings his friends #birds

Spotted this Merlin and Hudsonian Godwit today! The Godwit is a lifer and by far the best I’ve seen a Merlin! #birds #vt

Yes, the capture and release are instantaneous and unknown to the bird

Captured this juvenile Bald Eagle at Dead Creek in Vergennes, VT yesterday. Posing like a statue. #birds #vermont

European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster): 29cm (11.4in). These colourful social birds are of course native to Europe, wintering in Africa and have an ability to catch insects acrobatically in the air, usually in open country, often near water. Exceptional photo taken by José Luis Rodriguez in Portugal.

I see some yellow in the breast so I would agree it is likely a northern.

A stoic Ruddy Turnstone and a gorgeous Short-billed Dowitcher seen in northern Vermont Sunday. The Dowitcher was a new lifer! #birds

Spotted this Solitary Sandpiper not being solitary, posing with his two turtle friends at Dead Creek in Vergennes, VT yesterday. #birds #vermont

Keel-billed toucan! Saw many recently in Costa Rica

A Great Blue Heron and an immature male Wood Duck at Delta Park IBA in Colchester #VT #birds

Eastern Kingbird and a juvenile Cedar Waxwing at Catamount in #VT yesterday evening. #birds

A one-in-a-million moment captured by Donnie Dania, West Virgin

Sanderlings are still Sandpipers so you’re good!

Behavior suggests a Sanderling, if that helps at all. Thanks!

Behold! The adorable Northern Emerald Toucanette near Monteverde. An unexpected delight on our last afternoon in #costarica. #birds

A collection of Sandpipers courtesy of the sandbar at Delta Park IBA in Colchester, #VT. A Sanderling, Semipalmated and Least Sandpiper. Really hard to distinguish them but we’re maybe getting better! #birds

This beautiful guy is a Coppery-Headed Emerald we saw at the La Paz Waterfalls. #birds #costarica

The adorable Pied-Billed Grebe at Colchester Pond in #VT. A new lifer (number 300!) #birds

Birds of Vermont doesn’t just love the birds of Vermont…we love all birds! Recently, I went to Costa Rica and saw many new lifers. Sharing a new one each Thursday for #throwbackthursday. #birds #costarica Pura Vida! This keel-billed toucan was from Tortuguero. Just eating some berries in the sun.

A Mourning Warbler near Waitsfield, #VT. The males tend to pop out if you enter their territory during nesting season. Much obliged! #birds

Gulls get a bad rap, but this Herring Gull is looking majestic near the Inn at Shelburne Farms. #VT #birds

A small yellow warbler, with an orange mohawk and a slender bill, perches on a twig and belts out a song on a hill overlooking Yaquina Head near Newport Oregon.

A very bright Orange-crowned Warbler here in the Pacific population of Leiothlypis celata this morning. And a lifer for actually laying eyes on 🎉👏 (Merlin has heard them hiding before.) 😜
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This Wren was fast, but I was faster! #bird #smallbirds #smallbirdphotography #birdguides #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #tranquillity #lovelife #nikon #nikonphotography #nikonbirds #nikonwildlife #rspb

A Winter Wren at Audubon Center in Huntington, #VT. A new lifer! Such a gorgeous call! #birds

This Osprey was circling the nest today in Shelburne, #VT. #birds

Two good dads of the birding world. The Killdeer was trying to draw me from its nest, and the Mallard was taking a needed break beside the pond. Happy Father’s Day to all the human fathers too! #birds

Found at Colchester Pond in #Vermont. A Common Loon on the nest, and a Great Egret and Great Blue Heron sharing a tree. The majestic Eastern Phoebe and the Baltimore Oriole. #birds

Red Breasted Nuthatch and Indigo Bunting at #Birds of #Vermont Museum in Huntington. The Bunting was eating insects attracted to the flowers. The Nuthatch was a new lifer. While common in our are, the White Breasted is much more visible.

Found at Charlotte Wildlife Refuge today. The beautiful Bobolink and Tree Swallows starting a family. #birds #vermont

Yes, please do. Thanks!