Seven species and three critical habitats received updated conservation designations on Vermont’s endangered and threatened species list, including the highly anticipated de-listing of the bald eagle after over a decade of restoration efforts. “The bald eagle’s de-listing is a milestone […]
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2022 E-Editions
Mountain Times – Volume 51, Number 7 – Feb. 16-22, 2022
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Featured, Local News
Latching onto something fishy
By Paul Holmes A bald eagle was out looking for breakfast on Kent Pond in Killington the morning of June 13. With an eagle-eye, patience and a stroke of luck, this early bird of prey caught a fishy feast in […]
Local News
State sees resurgence of birds once endangered
By Gaen Murphree If you heard a loon’s wild cry, were lucky enough to spot a bald eagle nest or watched a peregrine falcon on the wing this past summer, you shared in the continued resurgence of three of the […]
The Outside Story
The Outside Story: Return of the bald eagle
By Michael J. Caduto To the delight of all who revel in the grace and beauty of nature, bald eagles are soaring above New England in numbers unseen for over a century. We’ve come a long way since the days […]
The Outside Story
The Outside Story The education of a young bald eagle
By Elise Tillinghast A deer died by the river near my home. The crows found it, as did other scavengers–a bald eagle and two big brown raptors that were hard to identify. Both had white flecking on their heads, wings […]
State News
Former endangered bird species continue path of recovery
A bald eagle sits on a nest near Barnet along the Connecticut River. Bald eagles, once endangered, are now on the rise. During the 2014 nesting season,Vermont’s loon population had a record success, producing 65 fledglings (chicks that survived to […]