Birding with OLLI at UVM Research Forest

Woodland Recipe
Sometimes, one finds a spot
to set a spell
a tree to lean on
dry leaves to set on.
A quiet settled woodland
in
which one discovers
with others
of the same frame of mind
unwavering attention
of natural selection.



Be still, listen to your breath, still your mind, rest your feet. This is a recipe to be one with the woodlands. As one, you will become with birds, butterflies, spring flowers, and trees - a welcome guest.

~Bernie

UVM Research Forest - birding with Olli (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) class instructor Maeve Kim.

Today's bird list:

Turkey Vulture
Down Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Dark-eyed Junco
Pine Warbler - probable
Yellow-rumped Warbler

Today's human list:
Barbara, Bernie, Eileen, Janet, Jim, Judy, Kiva, Liz, Maeve, Margo, Skip

photo of Bernie, by Barbara MInes

Even though it was cold (and we heard some people had snow overnight!), there were signs of spring. Dog-tooth violets and fiddlehead ferns were up, along with a few trillium.

Trillium - photo by Barbara Mines

Stump "nursing" a conifer sapling - by Barbara Mines