Vermont News

  • The 123rd Annual Christmas Bird Count in Vermont

    The 123rd Christmas Bird Count will take place from December 14 through January 5. This is perhaps the longest running community science project in Vermont.

  • New Maps Powered by eBird Spotlight Population Increases and Declines

    A new, game-changing conservation tool from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology pinpoints bird abundance changes in unprecedented detail. eBirders help make this groundbreaking tool a reality.

  • Great Backyard Bird Count 2022—celebrate 25 years of birding!

    The annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is Friday, February 18 through Monday, February 21. This year, the GBBC is celebrating 25 years of coming together to enjoy birds.

  • Updated! A New Tool for Exploring Vermont Birding Hotspots

    Have you ever found yourself on Vermont eBird, perusing hotspots for you next birding adventure, and wishing you could get more information on a site before you visit? Well, we've got good news—birder Ken Ostermiller has created a website that can do just that!

  • Vermont Birders Rally During 11th Annual eBird County Quest

    From the frigid mornings of the final Christmas Bird Counts of the 2020-2021 season to the discovery of Razorbills and Northern Gannets which briefly turned Lake Champlain into an Atlantic Ocean look-alike this past November, 2021 was a year full of birding surprises and, unsurprisingly, full of friendly competition during the 11th annual Vermont eBird County Quest.

  • eBirding on Christmas Bird Counts

    Christmas Bird Count (CBC) season is coming! For three weeks each year (14 December to 5 January) tens of thousands of birders head out to conduct the Audubon Christmas Bird Count™.

  • The 122nd Annual Christmas Bird Count in Vermont

    The 121th Christmas Bird Count will take place from December 14  through January 5. This is perhaps the longest running citizen science project in Vermont.

  • Introducing eBird Trip Reports

    We’re thrilled to introduce eBird Trip Reports—an exciting new way to tell your birding story through eBird. eBird Trip Reports bring together your eBird checklists to create a fun summary of where you went and what you found, along with your photos and audio recordings, all in one easy-to-share place.

  • Highlights from the 40th Vermont Bird Records Committee Report

    The Vermont Bird Records Committee (VBRC) held its 40th annual meeting in November 2020. Each year, this panel of experienced birders meets to discuss rare bird reports, out-of-season reports, and rare nesting reports submitted by birders from across the state.

  • Global Patterns of Bird Abundance and Distribution Revealed for 1,009 Species

    Every year the eBird Status and Trends project updates the abundance visualizations and range maps with millions of new observations submitted by eBirders to provide the most up-to-date information on the status and trends of bird populations. This year, the team modeled relative abundance for 1,009 species across the globe using data from more than […]