Date: 8/29/25 1:38 pm From: Diane Brown <deejbrown...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Newly designated Ebird Hot Spot: https://www.cemetery.eco/
Just an FYI: For a group of 5 or more, Michelle would be happy to give you
a tour through the forest! It is quite a wonderful experience!
Have a great holiday weekend, and good birding!
Diane
On Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM Diane Brown <deejbrown...> wrote:
> Me too, Evergreen!
>
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 9:15 AM Evergreen Erb <
> <00000f44f2f666d1-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>
>> I will echo Diane….it is a lovely place to be….and I will be planted
>> there myself someday. I was one of the first people to buy a plot.
>> Evergreen
>>
>>
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>> > On Aug 29, 2025, at 8:38 AM, Chad Witko <chadjwitko...> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Diane,
>> >
>> > Thanks for passing this along!
>> >
>> >
>> > *Chad Witko*Birding University
>> > Join our community!
>> > https://birdinguniversity.substack.com/ >> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 6:05 AM Diane Brown <deejbrown...>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I am posting this on behalf of Michelle Acciavatti, MS:
>> >>
>> >> Come visit Vermont Forest Cemetery, nestled in the Green Mountains
>> above
>> >> Roxbury, to walk the grounds and observe this year's migration!
>> >>
>> >> VFC is the state's first natural burial cemetery and there are 10
>> acres of
>> >> mixed hardwood forest with trails currently open to the public. Part
>> of our
>> >> mission is conservation, and we are eager to learn about our bird
>> >> population and how we can best support it.
>> >>
>> >> The White River Natural Resources Conservation District also supports
>> the
>> >> cemetery, and the forest is being stewarded in part by a Cooperator
>> from VT
>> >> Woodlands for Wildlife. We encourage visitors to continue to add their
>> >> birding findings on iNaturalist and Merlin to help us develop our
>> species
>> >> index for this beautiful forest.
>> >>
>> >> VFC is open every day from dawn to dusk.
>> >> Diane Brown
>> >> Middlebury
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> *And this, your life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees,
>> >> books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in
>> everything.*
>> >> William Shakespeare
>> >>
>>
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