VINS Nature Center (Vermont Institute of Natural Science) (October 2024)

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MOG2012

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VINS Nature Center Species List (October 27, 2024)

I took a trip to a lesser-known animal facility that I've gone several times, and is located in Quechee, Vermont. This facility is primarily conservation for birds, and reptiles.

Notes:
Species signed but not seen are italicized.
Species seperated by commas are in the same enclosure

Raptor Enclosures
  • Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) [LaGuardia]
  • Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) [Snowy]
  • Broad-Winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) [Springfield and Waitsfield]
  • Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) [Los Angeles]
  • Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) [Randolph and Poultney]
  • Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius) [Erie]
  • Common Raven (Corvus corax) [Tunbridge and Woodstock]
  • American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) [Brandon, Milton, and Claremont]
  • Red-Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) [Marlboro]
  • Cooper's Hawk (Astur cooperii) [Fallston]
  • Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio) [Fairchance and West Virginia]
  • American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) [Bridgewater and Montgomery]
  • Barred Owl (Strix varia) [Hyde Park and Richmond]
  • Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) [Nassau and Sullivan]
  • Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) [Chittenden and Fairlee]
  • Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) [Arizona]
  • Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) [Temporarily unoccupied]
Remarkable Reptiles
  • Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) [Jersey]
  • Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) [Turt]
  • Corn Snake (Pantherophis guttatus) [Marlboro and Wilmington]
Songbird Aviaries
  • American Robin (Turdus migratorius), Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum), Evening Grosbeak (Hesperiphona vespertina), Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura), Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator), Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus), Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia), and White-Crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
  • Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) [Quechee, White River Junction, and Bennington
Shows (I don't know which one, it wasn't on the schedule)
  • Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio)
  • Broad-Winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) [Northfield]
 
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How would you say the exhibits are compared to other New England nature centers, like the Blue Hills Trailside Museum?
 
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