Since we've been staying home, many people have been talking about the birds they are seeing this spring. This initially reminded me of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who in an interview after returning to Russia, commented that the birds of Vermont, while beautiful, didn't sing. Actually they do, and it's been incredible listening to all of their songs.
While the
VT Audubon Society provides excellent information about the birds in our region, last weekend, we asked people to post pictures of birds they were seeing
this spring. Since then, this post has taken on a whole new meaning.
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| Bird man doing what he loved best. |
On May 21, Cavendish lost one of its most locally known and loved residents, "Bird Man," Bill Jansak, when he died from a heart attack. Bird received that nick name because he loved birds and made them houses, put up feeders when he worked at the Transfer Station, and photographed them.
A true jack of all trades, no matter what he was doing, be it washing the Cavendish War Memorial, fishing, running a band saw, or setting off fire works, a cigar was always in Bird man's mouth. He could show up at your house at 6 in the morning with a treasure just for you, and many shared in the bounty of his fishing trips.
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| Winter Wren by Otis Nelson |
Bird went about the business of caring for both the people and wildlife
of Cavendish. It's in his honor and memory that we share the many
pictures people posted to Facebook this past week.
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| Eagle and Osprey Otis Nelson |
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| Rose Breasted Grosbeak by Allen Clark |
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| Bald Eagle Pat Moore |
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| Yellow Rumped Warbler Otis Nelson |
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| Have a couple of buntings fighting for a little lady here in Cavendish. Faun-Marie Orton |
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| Chickadee Allen Clark |
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| Downy Woodpecker Allen Clark Bald Eagle Allen Clark |
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| It took 4 years and a new birdhouse to get the Wrens | | | | | to nest in our tiny yard! Beth Kurash |
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Baltimore Oriole Leonard Lawson
Scarlet Tanager Leonard Lawson
Eastern Phoebe by Allen Clark
American Redstart Leonard Lawson
Barn Swall Leonard Lawson
Indigo Bunting Beth Kurash |
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| Cardinal Melissa Ann Davis |
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| Yellow-bellied sapsucker by Leonard Lawson |
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| Chestnut Sided Warbler by Otis Nelson |
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| Pittsburgh Oriole by Eddy Braucht |
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| Rose breasted grosbeak by Courtney McGuire |
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