Nature Sightings

Vernal Pool Critters

March 10, 2024

Yellow-spotted salamander Jefferson/Blue-spotted Complex Wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) Here are some recent photos from two vernal pool locations near us that saw some activity on a few rainy early March

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Eastern Milk Snake

July 8, 2023

Eastern Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum) The Eastern Milk Snake has a mottled grey, brown, and reddish body. This non-venomous snake is often confused for a rattlesnake, but it lacks the

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Vernal Pool Critters – Spring 2023

April 4, 2023

Late winter/early spring is the time to look out for activity near your local vernal pool on the first rainy, warm nights of spring.  Here are some photos from areas

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Virginia Virgin’s-bower

October 25, 2022

Virgin’s-bower (Clematis virginiana) growing at Grey Fox Conservation land, photo taken on 9/24/22, near the banks of Stony Brook in Westford. According to Native Plant Trust’s Go Botany, this beautiful

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Eastern Cottontail

July 5, 2022

7/2/22 – From trust President Dave Ebiston: Picture taken with an IPhone which was enlarged , he lives under my shed and mows my lawn for me. Per Mass Audubon,

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Vernal Pool Critters

March 27, 2022

Late winter/early spring is the time to look out for activity near your local vernal pool on the first rainy, warm nights of spring.   Here are some photos from

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