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Birds of Vermont Museum

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4 months ago

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.

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.

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Birds of Vermont Museum

@birdsofvermont.bsky.social

4 months ago

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.

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

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Birds of Vermont Museum

@birdsofvermont.bsky.social

4 months ago

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.

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?

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