Today marks the start of a new, indoor-outdoor adventure!
The indoor part of this new undertaking is what you're looking at right now. The outdoor part involves looking for wildlife in South Burlington, VT, whether that means following a bobcat or rabbit track for awhile, looking at birds at the backyard feeder, or getting a quick glimpse of a deer springing away from you in the woods. The impetus for this comes from a class I'm taking in which I'm trying to get an idea of what animals live in or are moving through South Burlington.
But, I need some help in order to get a really good idea of what animals are there. I don't actually live in (or very near) the city so I only spend a little bit of time there each week. Here's where you can help: If you see any wild animals, or signs of them while you're in South Burlington, please let me know! I'd really appreciate your help!
To let me know what you saw, simply post a comment to my most recent posting on this blog describing what you saw and where you saw it. Those are the only "essentials", but if you have the time (and desire) to share more about what you saw, I'd love to hear about it!
The indoor part of this new undertaking is what you're looking at right now. The outdoor part involves looking for wildlife in South Burlington, VT, whether that means following a bobcat or rabbit track for awhile, looking at birds at the backyard feeder, or getting a quick glimpse of a deer springing away from you in the woods. The impetus for this comes from a class I'm taking in which I'm trying to get an idea of what animals live in or are moving through South Burlington.
But, I need some help in order to get a really good idea of what animals are there. I don't actually live in (or very near) the city so I only spend a little bit of time there each week. Here's where you can help: If you see any wild animals, or signs of them while you're in South Burlington, please let me know! I'd really appreciate your help!
To let me know what you saw, simply post a comment to my most recent posting on this blog describing what you saw and where you saw it. Those are the only "essentials", but if you have the time (and desire) to share more about what you saw, I'd love to hear about it!
Also, check back to this site every once in awhile to get information about some of the animals that call South Burlington home for at least part of the year, if not the whole year. And feel free to send along suggestions about what animals I should highlight!
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ReplyDeleteSunday March 1st out at the Leduc Parcel we saw a large flock of very cute and very vocal chicakdees in the the edge of the forest near a field. We also saw tons of small mammal (meadow vole and shrew probably) tunnels in the meadow grass that snow had recently melted off of. In several places we even saw the characteristic latrine, where meadow voles poop right inside the entrance to their tunnel.
ReplyDeleteYesterday at Red Rocks Park (is that in Burlington or South Burlington? I am not sure) I saw a red squirrel. He was chastising us for walking through his woods. I wonder what red squirrels do in the winter?
ReplyDeleteYep, Red Rocks in South Burlington. On February 28th we tracked a bobcat from the head waters of Muddy Brook across agriculture fields north toward the Leduc parcel. We also saw weasel, squirrel, rabbit, grouse and coyote tracks.
ReplyDeleteCrows! Winter in Vermont is not complete without crows. Driving down Dorset street on Friday March 20 I saw two crows eating a dead animal by the side of the road. I don't know what they were eating, but the crows flew off as an oncoming car approached.
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Today we saw coyote scat complete with bones and fur on the old farm road near the junk heap that runs north-south on the Leduc Property. I have pictures! Since it was blizzarding, we didn't stop to try and identify the bones.
ReplyDeleteOver the Front Porch Forum, a resident of the Orchards (off Shelburne Road) recently had a sighting of a young eagle perched on a powerline.
ReplyDeleteNathaly and I saw a hawk (red-tailed?) nab a some rodent (vole) in an open plowed field just NE of Dorset and Cheesefactory. It was perched on a shrub about 7 feet up and flew close to the ground maybe 25 feet.
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