The Community Scientists
From its inception, Mountain Birdwatch has depended on community scientists. It would be nearly impossible to annually survey birds at ~800 locations scattered across hundreds of square kilometers of mountaintop forest without their inspiring efforts and actions. We cannot thank them enough!
The Honor Roll: meet the people who have volunteered their time for Mountain Birdwatch.
The Organizations
The Vermont Center for Ecostudies led the development and implementation of Mountain Birdwatch. Past and current VCE scientists like Kent McFarland, Steve Faccio, Chris Rimmer, John Lloyd, and now Jason Hill continue to ensure that the program runs smoothly, that the data are collected and analyzed properly, and that the results get into the hands of the decision-makers that need them. Former VCE scientists like Dan Lambert, Julie Hart, and Judith Scarl were instrumental to the development and launch of Mountain Birdwatch in its early years. In Canada, Mountain Birdwatch was implemented by Bird Studies Canada, Regroupment Quebec Oiseaux, and the Canadian Wildlife Service.
These organizations have provided critical funding, volunteer or logistical support, outreach assistance, or other partnership for our Mountain Birdwatch project.
- Adirondack Mountain Club
- American Forest Management
- Appalachian Mountain Club
- Appalachian Trail Conservancy
- Audubon New York
- Baxter State Park (Maine)
- Bird Studies Canada- Atlantic Region
- Canadian Wildlife Service
- Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation
- ESRI
- Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative
- Green Mountain Club
- Maine Audubon
- Maine Appalachian Trail Club
- Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
- Maine Mountain Collaborative
- Many, many private donors to VCE
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s New England Forests and Rivers Fund
- National Park Service
- The Nature Conservancy
- New Hampshire Audubon
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- Northeast Wilderness Trust
- Northern New York Audubon- Cullman Foundation
- Plum Creek Timber Company (now Weyerhaeuser)
- Regroupment Québec Oiseaux
- Robert F. Schumann Foundation
- Stonehouse Farm Fund of the Upper Valley Community Foundation, a division of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.
- Sugarloaf Ski Area (Maine)
- US Fish and Wildlife Service (especially long-time Mountain Birdwatcher Randy Dettmers!)
- US Forest Service
- Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
- Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department
- Vermont Land Trust
- Wagner Forest Management
Photographers
- Kelly Colgan Azer- Hermit Thrush, Swainson’s Thrush, Winter Wren, Fox Sparrow
- Ian Davies/Macaulay Library – Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
- Steve Faccio – White-throated Sparrow
- Charles Gangas– Boreal Chickadee
- Bill Majoros – Hermit Thrush
- Jerry McFarland- Swainson’s Thrush
- Kent McFarland – Bicknell’s Thrush
- Jeff Nadler – Blackpoll Warbler, Bicknell’s Thrush
- Bryan Pfeiffer – Blackpoll Warbler, Black-capped Chickadee, White-throated Sparrow
- Nick Pederson – Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
- Troi Perkins – White-throated Sparrow
