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Vermont

Cotton grass
Cotton grass
İCharlie Ott
Event: Orchids Blooming
Where: Eshqua Bog Natural Area
When: June
Every year, around the middle of June, hundreds of showy lady's slippers provide a spectacle of pink and white as they bloom at this 40-acre sanctuary co-owned and managed by The Nature Conservancy and the New England Wildflower Society. The area's cold seepage water supports a diverse community of bog and fen plants such as Labrador tea, cotton grass and pitcher plants—some of them cold-climate holdovers from postglacial times 10,000 years ago.

Open to the public. Trail with no facilities.
Peregrine falcon
Peregrine falcon
İFrank Schleicher
Event: Falcons Fledge
Where: Deer Leap Natural Area
When: July
The steep terrain of this area offers a perfect nesting site for the peregrine falcon, and one of more than a dozen pairs to reestablish themselves in Vermont has nested here since 1985. Like the common loon, peregrine falcons require undisturbed nesting sites.

Closed to the public. Call Vermont field office: (802) 229-4425.
Common loon
Common loon
İCharlie Ott
Event: Loon Looking
Where: May Pond Natural Area
When: July
In Vermont's Northeast Kingdom lies May Pond. Common loons nest on this pond, and viewing loons with their chicks should be done from a distance. Loons are easily disturbed and will abandon their nests if intimidated. Boat launch.

No facilities. Vermont field office: (802) 229-4425.
Bat
Bat
İRobert and Linda Mitchell
Event: Bats Looking for Mates
Where: Plymouth Caves
When: August
The twilight of late summer reveals bats swarming in search of mates at Plymouth Caves. The caves may harbor wintering bats from as far away as Cape Cod and southern Maine, and may occasionally support the rare eastern small-footed bat.

For additional information on a particular location, click on the name of the preserve associated with the event or visit the Vermont site.