Featured Stories
Girl Scout Troop 85411 – Beaver Brook Nature Trail
After several months of hard work clearing and restoring a local hiking trail, Westford Girl Scouts Troop 85411 had a grand reopening on August 9th of the Butterfield Lane section
In Memory of Director Emily King Edwards
We are saddened to share that our trust board member Emily King Edwards passed away after a long battle with melanoma on July 20th, 2019 at age 35. She will
Nature Sightings
Nature Sighting photos are from area residents and visitors. To share your great, Westford area, outdoor photo, send it to us!
Upcoming Events
WCT Annual Meeting 2019
Annual MeetingRoudenbush Community Center Gymnasium, Westford MA
Thursday, November 7, 2019
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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News and Updates
Wildlife Watch by Marian Harman – September 2019
One of the fall events bird lovers look forward to is the return of the dark-eyed juncos to our feeders. Juncos are one of North America’s most common birds. Dark-eyed juncos are black and white or gray and white. Males are darker gray or even black on their head and back, white on their belly,
Wildlife Watch by Marian Harman – August 2019
Where have all the grackles gone? Common Grackles are those large, glossy iridescent blackbirds. Males glow with a copper, blue and green sheen in the right light. They have light colored yellow eyes. Females are a bit less iridescent, more brown, with the light eye. Juveniles are all brown with a brown eye. Their song
Wildlife Watch by Marian Harman – July 2019
Did you know that many female birds sing? I didn’t, but read about the phenomenon in the summer issue of Living Bird. I had heard about the female rose-breasted grosbeak sometimes singing from the nest, and some years ago I witnessed this phenomenon. I heard the singing, assumed it was a male rose-breasted grosbeak and