I love living in Vermont. Our birds aren't as exotic as the Southwestern Species, and we don't commonly get the coastal excitement that they do over in NH and MA, but we get birds that are adaptable to the cold. Fall in Vermont is especially interesting because we get boreal birds passing through as well as some occasional surprises. One surprise happened to me just the other day in the form of this Barred Owl
I didn't photograph it for long, but apparently it's been hanging out in this one spot, not far from my house (I could walk there without too much hassle), for months.
Below the fold, I'll share some of our other local Fall birds, as well as a fairly major surprise/life bird.
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