By Emma Cotton/ VTDigger When Julia Pupko pulled a little red bug out of her sweep net in late June, she doubted it was the two-spotted lady beetle. No one had seen the species in Vermont since 1996, and biologists […]
Tag: Vermont Center for Ecostudies
Vermont loons set record for number of active nests
By Emma Cotton/VTDigger These days, birds are susceptible to a scourge of threats — pests, diseases, habitat loss and climate change among them. Still, one species has been thriving in Vermont: the common loon. This summer, across the state, more […]
Become a better birder in Working Woodlands Workshop
Saturday, Nov. 10, 8:30 a.m.—WOODSTOCK— 2018 is the Year of the Bird, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. In recognition of this milestone, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park is teaming up with the Vermont Center for Ecostudies […]
The Outside Story: How loons winter
By Tiffany Soukup When I was a child, I looked forward to spending summers with my grandmother at our family cottage on a Canadian lake. Every year, as soon as I was out of the car, we would run to […]
Loons, peregrine falcons post record year for nest success
Courtesy of Vermont Fish & Wildlife Dept. Warden Randy Hazard rescues a loon chick that became hooked and entangled in fishing line. Ten years after they were removed from Vermont’s endangered species list, two of Vermont’s most cherished bird species […]