Posts Tagged ‘Birding’
NBNC Young Naturalists Compete in the Superbowl of Birding XVII
By Zac Cota, NBNC Teacher-Naturalist While a biting north wind and freezing ocean spray may not sound like an ideal midwinter getaway for most, they made for excellent bird watching…
Read More59th Annual Plainfield Christmas Bird Count – The Results!
Pouring rain, icy roads, and thick fog tested the endurance and commitment of the 45 birders who joined this year’s Plainfield Christmas Bird Count. Despite the foul weather, birders managed…
Read MoreNBNC’s World Series of Birding Youth Team – The Results!
Last weekend marked an anniversary for NBNC: 20 years since we first sent a youth team to the World Series of Birding. This annual event, held each May in New…
Read MoreLocal Youth Score Touchdown in Superbowl of Birding
By Zac Cota, AmeriCorps Member Teacher-Naturalist Each winter Mass Audubon holds the Superbowl of Birding, a 12-hour birding competition along the seacoast. Our largest youth team yet comprised 10 youth,…
Read More58th Annual Plainfield Christmas Bird Count – Results and Highlights
With sunny skies and warm temperatures, Saturday’s weather was a perfect day for the 58th annual Plainfield Christmas Bird Count. Forty-six volunteers from Plainfield, Barre, Montpelier, East Montpelier, Plainfield, Calais,…
Read MoreYouth Birding in the Northeast Kingdom
Last weekend a group of young naturalists traveled with NBNC naturalists Zac Cota and Sean Beckett to the Northeast Kingdom to explore Vermont’s boreal zone. We spent time birding, catching…
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