Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Birds in South Burlington, Vermont: Backyard Bird Photos






Birding in Vermont - Photos
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AND check out the new blog "VT Birds and Words created by Maeve and Bernie.


Chickadee and Nuthatch nesting. 

Bohemian Waxing Portraits

85 Feasting Waxwings


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Red-bellied Woodpecker

Many of these bird photos were taken in our backyard in South Burlington, Vermont including the Vermont State Bird, the Hermit Thrush.

Click on Backyard Bird name hot links to view the bird images.














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Misc. Birding photos
South Hero Marsh: Osprey

What I learned from birds

Woodside park Birding


Robins and Waxwings 

Carolina Wren

The Other Paper wins bird endorsement

 Woodpeckers delight

Sparrows (White-throated and Chipping and song sparrow and more

American Tree sparrow

Bohemian Waxwing INVASION ("Small Guest" - true story- published in Watching Backyard Birds-newsletter vol 16 no. 4, Aug 2013)

Hermit Thrush daily visits (Mar-Apr)

Great Backyard Bird Count 2013

Hawk, Redpoll, others

Bird Nest Boxes 

 Snapping Turtle
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BIRD PHOTOS FROM North Carolina and California

 Bird Fever: Black-chinned Hummingbird spotted on California trip

California bird photos  (75 species)
Birds & Art synonymous in North Carolina

Virginia Beach Birds, by Rob Bielawski

“…the forest's vast palace with its snow-embroidered tree-pillars and its chandeliers and its little musicians, the very first–most spring birds come back from the winter bird-place, flitting from here to there above me and singing fiercely in their spots of sun.” Tender Morsels, a novel by Margo Lanagan (p126,127)

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Backyard Birding-South Burlington 

(Some repeats of above here in issue sequence)


I can fly all day without leaving our kitchen window, thanks to visiting birds. ~Bernie 



From My Kind of Birding, an article by Aasheesh Pittie in the Nov-Dec 2013 issue of BirdWatcher’s Digest

Bird watching is, in essence, the fine art of becoming invisible – of merging into the surroundings in such a manner that the breath that nature has held upon your entry into her parlor is joyfully exhaled, and normal respiration restored; in such a way that the frozen statues of animate wildlife, interrupted by your brashness, are coaxed into resuming their activities; in such a way that your aural and visual senses are drenched with the buoyancy of life; in such a way that you get outside yourself and become a part of the pageant around you.

This requires patience that slows your pace to the elemental cycles of life in a world run entirely without human help. It requires the marshaling and re-aligning of vision and a new focus of hearing so that you absorb every single sound and identify its source, and gradually its nuances and cadences. It demands stillness.

What are the rewards of this exercise? I can think of at least two that will last a lifetime. One, you will have begun to notice things about your surroundings that you never knew existed, bringing you immediate, immeasurable joy. Two, you will have wound down your restless inner dynamo to such an extent that you can discover a quietude, a stillness within you, a fount for a fresh view of your surroundings, a new approach to life, based on re-energized sensitivities.


Welcome to Backyard Birding South Burlington, Vermont - a series (15 bird species) of photos taken from Dec 25, 2015 through Feb. 2015 from inside and through our kitchen double-pane window.

Blue Jay. Backyard birding series, Issue #1.
Black-capped Chickadees. Backyard birding series Issue #2.
Nuthatch. Backyard birding series, Issue #3.
Titmouse. Backyard birding series, Issue #4.
American Tree Sparrow. Backyard birding series, Issue #5.
White-throated Sparrow. Backyard birding series, Issue #6.
American Goldfinch.  Backyard birding series, Issue #7.
Dark-eyed Junco.  Backyard birding series, Issue #8.
Snow-birds. Backyard birding series, Issue #9.
Cardinal. Backyard birding series, Issue #10.
Downy & Hairy Woodpecker. Backyard Birding Issue Issue #11.
Carolina Wren. Backyard Birding Issue Issue #12.
House Finch.  Backyard Birding Issue Issue #13.

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