An Important Bird Area

The West Rutland Marsh is a designated Important Bird Area having met the necessary Vermont ornithological criteria as an essential habitat for one or more species of birds. With the sustainability of the marsh in mind, Audubon in partnership with the Town of West Rutland and State and Federal agencies, have already established certain conservation and easement plans for the watershed while continuing to advocate for their expansion.

The West Rutland Marsh is more than a boardwalk, it is more than the birds that find sanctuary in the marsh, it is more than the marsh itself, it is an interdependent community of plants, animals and soils, and the waters that sustain them and we the people with our awesome potential to affect change.

You can view a list and bar chart of all the birds at West Rutland Marsh on Vermont eBird, where we have posted our observations from our monthly bird monitoring walks since 2001.

RESOURCES:
Map of the marsh.
Checklist (PDF) of birds in West Rutland Marsh.
Google Map 
Birding Data at eBird

eBird. 2009. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance [web application]. Version 2. eBird, Ithaca, New York. Available: http://www.ebird.org. (Accessed: November 17, 2009]).