Yesterday in the Burlington Free Press, Candace Page wrote an article about Fish and Wildlife officials announcing a plan to control Double-crested Cormorants and Ring-billed Gulls on Lake Champlain. After reading the article, and the 30 comments found online, I find myself perplexed by how often issues like this get forced into black & white solutions rather than a more thorough look at the complexity of wildlife management and it’s implications.
“I’m lucky. I don’t really need a field guide because I have a real live naturalist going with me when I’m exploring in the woods! But not all of us are that lucky, so I asked Naturalist Bridget Butler if she had some suggestions for guide books, for those who don’t have a naturalist in their back pocket!”
So what was seen on the May monitoring walk at Missisquoi?
With Bryan Pfeiffer away I got to record a segment or two with Anson Tebbetts of For the Birds.
Here’s what you missed on our first monitoring walk at the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge in Swanton, VT.
I’ve been tweeting Track Who’s Back! messages with a snapshot of who’ll be coming in for a landing in our region. Below is the full list. The list was compiled by the Mad Birders, a birding club in the Mad River Valley of Vermont, from the Vermont Daily Field Card.
Having a little fun with Sharon trying to refine our naturalist skills by doing a few contour drawing exercises.
A wordless Wednesday wrap-up of some of the photos I took in 2009.
A Wordless Wednesday video clip from our day-trip to Dead Creek to see the Snow Geese.
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