Nature Sightings

Skunk Cabbage – Tom Paul Trail (lower section)

March 29, 2020

One of the newly emerged skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) seen next to the extensive bog bridges on the lower section of the Tom Paul Trail – photo by Bill Duane,

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Frances Hill Winter Art

January 7, 2020

Frances Hill Wildlife Sanctuary – Blue Trail – January 1, 2020 by Roy Perry

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Pilieated Woodpecker

September 28, 2019

Pileated Woodpecker at Frances Hill Conservation Land – September 2019 Photo courtesy of Roy Perry

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Azure Bluet damselfly

June 18, 2019

Azure Bluet damselfly on fern Photo by Ron Gemma

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Flying Squirrels

March 8, 2019

These two characters managed to bypass the defenses I have successfully setup to discourage the most creative squirrels.  Here are a couple of the smallest squirrels, the nocturnal flying squirrels. 

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Bald Eagle near Littleton / Westford border

November 14, 2018

This eagle is believed to be half of a pair living at Nagog Pond on the Littleton / Acton border. It ranges from there to Littleton’s Cloverdale Conservation area and

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