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Birdwatching
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Birdwatching can be a four-season activity at Weathertop Mountain Inn and the Mad River Valley. We have many year-round residents,
as well as seasonal visitors and migratory stopovers. As innkeepers, we are certainly not expert ornithologists, but we do
enjoy looking at the wide variety of feathered friends who choose to visit us.
The following is not meant to be a comprehensive list of the birds of Vermont. It is simply a list of those we have personally
observed. Thankfully, the list keeps growing. The "At The Inn" category is exactly that - birds we have seen at our feeders or
around our property. The "Near The Inn" category includes birds we have seen within a 5-mile radius of Weathertop.
Our definitions for sighting frequencies are based upon personal experience, utterly unscientific, but meaningful to us:
- Abundant: A large quantity can be seen every day
- Common: Can be seen on most days, but quantity can vary
- Uncommon: Can usually be seen within a few days
- Rare: A special sighting, elusive or migratory. Feel good & be thankful!
Come for a stay at Weathertop Mountain Inn and help us add to the list...
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At The Inn
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| American Crow |
American Goldfinch |
American Robin |
Baltimore Oriole |
Barred Owl |
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Common
All Year |
Abundant
All Year |
Abundant
April-October |
Rare
May-August |
Rare
All Year |
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| Black-capped Chickadee |
Blue Jay |
Canada Warbler |
Cedar Waxwing |
Chipping Sparrow |
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Abundant
All Year |
Common
All Year |
Rare
June-August |
Rare
All Year |
Common
May-September |
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| Common Grackle |
Common Raven |
Common Redpoll |
Dark-eyed Junco |
Downy Woodpecker |
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Common
April-October |
Common
All Year |
Rare
December-March |
Common
All Year |
Common
All Year |
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| European Starling |
Evening Grosbeak |
Hairy Woodpecker |
House Finch |
House Sparrow |
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Common
All Year |
Common
April-October |
Common
All Year |
Common
All Year |
Common
All Year |
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| Mourning Dove |
Northern Cardinal |
Pine Siskin |
Pine Warbler |
Purple Finch |
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Common
All Year |
Uncommon
All Year |
Uncommon
All Year |
Rare
May-September |
Common
All Year |
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| Red-breasted Nuthatch |
Red-tailed Hawk |
Red-winged Blackbird |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
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Common
All Year |
Rare
All Year |
Common
April-October |
Uncommon
May-September |
Common
May-September |
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| Sharp-shinned Hawk |
Song Sparrow |
White-breasted Nuthatch |
White-crowned Sparrow |
Wild Turkey |
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Rare
All Year |
Common
April-October |
Common
All Year |
Rare
May & October |
Rare
All Year |
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| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
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Rare
May-September |
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Near The Inn
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| Canada Goose |
Common Loon |
Snow Goose |
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Common
All Year |
Rare
May-November |
Rare
March & October |
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| Indigo Bunting |
Turkey Vulture |
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Rare
June-August |
Rare
April-October |
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Photo Credits
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All of the bird photos shown above are provided for educational purposes, especially for those guests who may not be familiar
with the species being described. Our ultimate goal is to provide only photos that we have personally taken at Weathertop
Mountain Inn (in between cooking breakfasts, cleaning rooms, preparing dinners, and general inn maintenance...). For photos we
have not taken ourselves, credit is provided with the photo. There are many great internet websites and photographers who
share their photographic talents on a royalty-free basis, and we thank them for their courtesy.
A few we wish to thank include the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), the USDA Wildlife Services (USDAWS), the US Federal Gov't (USFG), Dr. Dan Sudia of the Florida Museum of Natural History, Toledo-Bend Gallery, Ken Thomas and Nature's Pic's.
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