Audubon Vermont

09/03/2026

Join our Environmental Educator AmeriCorps Member, Emma, in bread making and exploring the change of the seasons!

Emma will lead the group in making "bread-on-a-stick" over the fire! Participants will have the option to top their bread off with some of Green Mountain Audubon Center's Bird-Friendly Maple Syrup. After our homemade snack, Emma will lead kid-friendly activities throughout our Bird-Friendly Maple Sugarbush.

This event is free and designed for families with young children. Head to the comments to register!

08/28/2026

There's nothing sweeter than Bird-Friendly Maple! Wirecutter tested maple syrup from across the United States and named local Bird-Friendly Maple Producer Barred Woods LLC a "classic and rich" top pick. Since joining our program in 2021, Barred Woods has stewarded their sugarbush with birds in mind—improving forest habitat for declining bird species. When we surveyed their sugarbush last June, we identified 33 different bird species using their woods for foraging and breeding!

We tested 26 maple syrups to find the best ones available in grocery stores and online.

08/27/2026

Learn about the work to improve forest health, bird habitat, biodiversity, and trail accessibility at Vermont Land Trust's Pratt Refuge in Duxbury.

Join Audubon Vermont's Senior Forest Program Manager Steve Hagenbuch, Audubon Vermont's Senior Forest Program Associate Tim Duclos, UVM Extension Forestry's Assistant Professor of Forestry Ali Kosiba, and Vermont Land Trust's Audubon Endorsed Forester Caitlin Cusack on the latest edition of Across the Fence.

08/20/2026

Wood Thrush make extraordinary migration journeys—traveling thousands of miles between their summer breeding grounds here in Vermont and their wintering grounds in Central America.

Unfortunately, this remarkable species has sharply declined in recent decades, largely due to habitat loss. In 2024 and 2025 Audubon Vermont participated in a range-wide migration tracking project with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. More than 1,000 Wood Thrush were fitted with tiny transmitters to track their migratory paths and better understand their habitat needs.

Conservation Program Manager Mark LaBarr and his Conservation Interns tagged 18 Wood Thrush in the Champlain Valley—successfully mapping the full migration routes of seven birds and partial migration routes of several others. This data will help inform critical conservation action to support Wood Thrush throughout the entirety of their life cycle.

Highlights of Audubon Vermont’s Wood Thrush migration tracking efforts as part of a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service project to better understand Wood Thrush migration patterns across their breeding...

08/18/2026

Are you looking for ways to get involved? Do you love helping people and chatting about birds? Then consider becoming a volunteer Visitor Center Steward!

Stewards greet visitors and help create a welcoming and inclusive environment at the Green Mountain Audubon Center’s Visitor Center. They help ensure that visitors have a great experience exploring the center’s trails, connecting with nature, and learning how they can take action to protect birds and their habitats. Duties include answering questions about the center, lending out binoculars, watering plants, refilling bird feeders, and helping staff keep the Visitor Center tidy.

We are currently looking for as needed help on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Head to the link in our comments for a full position description.

Please reach out to our Office Coordinator Meghan Lee-Hall if you are interested ([email protected])!

08/14/2026

It was a picturesque Vermont summer morning—a golden sunrise poured through waning cloud cover and a pair of curious cows looked on as Audubon Vermont and guests were welcomed to the Wallace Farm for a morning of birding.

Our group’s first stop was among hillside grasslands where attendees learned about Audubon Vermont's work with Wallace Farm and The Bobolink Project to protect critical grassland habitats. The birders were even lucky enough to see some of our priority field residents and listen to the robotic whistles of Bobolinks erupting skyward from beneath the grass!

Nearing the field’s edge, an Ovenbird’s rising song signaled that the group had reached their next stop—the forest. Audubon Vermont staff explained our efforts in forest conservation. Attendees also heard several priority forest residents, lending an ear to the flutelike melody of a Hermit Thrush or the buzzing of a Black-throated Blue Warbler.

Click the link in the comments to learn more about our Bird and Bee Friendly Farms Project!

08/13/2026

If you visit our trails on an early summer morning, you may bump into Master Ba**er Mark LaBarr and intern Falon Forrest! They've spent their summer banding and collecting data on birds both here at the Green Mountain Audubon Center and across the Champlain Valley.

Catch up with Mark on the latest episode of Bird Notes with Across the Fence!

08/03/2026

Join us at the Green Mountain Audubon Center for Birds and Crafts! We will be creating turmeric anthotype prints using turmeric, the sun, and found materials to make artwork! While our prints dry, we'll enjoy a leisurely birdwatching walk around our Bird-Friendly Sugarbush.

Register Here: https://www.mobilize.us/audubon-vt/event/977955/

07/31/2026

Soak up summer at Audubon! Join us for hiking, birding, and crafting! ☀🐦

See all of our upcoming events: https://www.audubon.org/events?view_type=row&state=Vermont

07/29/2026

There's still time to join us for a morning of bird banding at the Green Mountain Audubon Center! Due to weather this event will now be held on July 31st, 7-9 a.m. This will be a unique opportunity to experience birds up close, in the hand! 🐦

Sign Up: https://act.audubon.org/a/bird-banding-gmac

Master Ba**er Mark LaBarr and Center Director Kim Guertin will show you how our Conservation Biologists safely catch, measure, and fit birds with a light leg band before releasing them back to the wild. The data we collect helps us better understand their population health, migration patterns, and habitat needs.