From February 7th to February 17th

February 7th
My friend and I were riding around the Fletcher/Cambridge area of Vermont and on the edge of Fletcher and Cambridge we had pulled off the road on the edge of some woods I hunt at. We looked up in the trees to see if we could see any birds and there was an unknown bird flying to the top of a tree. We grabbed our binoculars and saw that it was a Pileated Woodpecker, unfortunately not clear enough to get a good picture. He hung out atop the tree for a bit as we watched him then just flew off. Later into the drive around the heart of Cambridge we found a barn and stopped to see if there were any Pigeons or other birds around there. There were two Rock Pigeons puffing out their feathers to stay warm. As we were driving up the road we look up in the sky to see a lone Turkey Vulture soaring above us. A mile later we were driving passed an open hay field to see a Raven flying low over the grass slowly gaining altitude. We stopped and watched him for a little bit.

February 17th
My friend and I traveled over to red rocks in Shelburne Vermont. We were walking down the main trail just about to start our decline to the rock face by the edge of the water when we hear about 7 Black-capped Chickadees flying around us singing. They were in the cedar trees above us. On our way back it was about 4 O'clock when we saw about 30 crows flying directly over us paralleling the lake going to their super secret roosting location for the night.

Posted on February 18, 2016 11:40 PM by npeatman