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Birds of Vermont Museum
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Birds. Woodcarvings. Education. Community.

Where natural history meets art and the birds don't fly away (well, not the indoor ones, anyway).
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We are grateful for the amazing educators and school groups who visit us year-round. Your curiosity and love of learning inspire everything we do—and we’re so glad to be a part of it.

#BirdsofVermontMuseum #MonthOfGratitude #Education #ThankYouTeachers #FieldTrips
Four students investigate the brushy edge of a small pond in spring. They are squatting and bending over, peering at something in the water, which is crowded with emergent plants. A young student using a clipboard and worksheet to investigate the exhibits at the Birds of Vermont Museum. Three students are in the Viewing Window corner of the Birds of Vermont Museum. One uses binoculars while another points outside to something of interest. Six pre-schoolers and two adults explore a fern-rich trail in spring at the museum. Newly leaved trees are behind them, and one is in blossom.
November 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Sticker-logo star, you ask?
Well...

Art by Adelaide Tyrol (the one in profile) and Kir Talmage (metasilk.bsky.social) (small yet mighty & birds can't vote)
A black-and-white drawing of a Black-capped Chickadee perched on a slender gray twig. The drawing is surrounded by a green circle with white letters that read Birds of Vermont Museum Huntington, VT. The bird is from a pen-and-ink illustration by Adelaide Tyrol. A black-and-white ink drawing of a Black-capped Chickadee flying while carrying a twig. The drawing is superimposed over a green silhouette of the state of Vermont on a light blue background. Words on the left read Small Yet Mighty; on the right, Birds of Vermont Museum. Illustration by Kir Talmage. An black-and-white ink drawing of a Black-capped Chickadee holding up a sign that says Vote! while perched on a small twig with a leaf. The drawing is surrounded by a green circle that reads Birds Can't Vote But You Can! Illustration by Kir Talmage from an idea by Allison Gergely.
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Lets honor our very social, industrious, undeniably adorable, year-round favorite feathered friend and BOVM sticker-logo star: the Black-capped Chickadee: a delight and an inspiration

#BirdsofVermontMuseum #MonthOfGratitude #BlackCappedChickadee #GoBirding #PoecileAtricapillus #Birds #BackyardBird
Two chickadees perch cheekily on a platform feeder full of black oil sunflower seeds. Photo by K. Talmage and used with permission. A chickadee removing bits of wood from a broken-off tree branch pauses to look at the camera. Photo by Erin Talmage and used with permission. A chickadee perched on a black metal arch looks at the camera. Photo by M. Barnes and used with permission. A lifelike, detailed woodcarving of a Black-capped Chickadee perched on a bit of rough tree bark. . Carved by Bob Spear.
November 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Thank you to the Green Mountain Wood Carvers who make this place a hub for learning and making. Your craft and your company inspire, delight, teach …and expand our collection!

Have you taken one of their workshops yet?

#BirdsofVermontMuseum #MonthOfGratitude #Woodcarving #GreenMountainWoodcarvers
Many people sit around tables strewn with carving tools and woodcarvings in progress. Some are intent on their work, while others smile and talk together. Behind them are workshop walls with waterfowl decoys and more carving tools. Two people (busy carving) are blurred but visible behind a rack of woodcarving gouges. Carved as relief into a branch, a mustached man's face smiles. Two unfinished nuthatches (carved in wood) sit on a table behind a carving glove and thumb protector, and in front of a finished (carved and painted) nuthatch and cups of coffee.
November 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Thank you to all more than 250 creatives who have exhibited in our art shows. From our first named show in 2013 to this year’s, may all of you be filled with tremendous creativity and success!

Art share with permission. More images & artist names, on our Instagram.

#MonthOfGratitude #BirdsInArt
A round ceramic dish on a stand, showing a Red-bellied Woodpecker. The ceramic is a carved style, in black, white and red. Artist: S. Morrison. A watercolor painting of a nest with two eggs and many viney/ferny leaves around. Artist: L. DiSante A photograph of a male Ruby-throated hummingbird superimposed over texts of many numerical facts about the species. Artists: K. Sultze and J. Hyde A complex quilt of many bright colors and fabric patterns, showing a Blackburnian Warbler in a tropical forest canopy. Artist: M. Lower
November 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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I just think it's neat that the Museum has 2222 checklists as of today!

#eBird #GoBirding #BirdWithFriends #birds
October 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Want to move past, “that bird, up there, in the tree, the greenish one, next to the tall one”?

Join us on a tree ID walk October 19, 1:00 pm, Birds of Vermont Museum.

Details & registration at birdsofvermont.org/event/tree-i...

#TreeId #ForestWalk #TreeIDForBirders #SundayWalk #FallFoliage
A flyer advertising "Tree ID for Birders and Friends", showing a hill in fall foliage, with other deciduous trees in the foreground (also in foliage colors). The link to the event https://birdsofvermont.org/event/tree-identification-for-birders-and-friends/ is written on the page, and four small images (leaves, sapsucker holes in bark, a QR code, and a Rose-breasted Grosbeak in a tree) are aligned along the bottom.
October 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Special Events for July!

To learn more or to pre-register go to our website birdsofvermont.org.

Interested in visiting the Museum? The Museum is open Wednesday-Sunday 10-4.
July 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Let's get this party started.
Three Blue Jays on a platform feeder with heaped black oil sunflower seeds. It is winter, and leafless trees can be seen in the background.
January 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM