On March 26th PCT hosted a guided walk of Old Pascommuck as well as the Mount Tom North Trailhead as part of the Mass Land Trust coalitions annual meeting. And on May 4th Marty Klein and Tom Lautzenheiser gave a guided tour of the Dwyer conservation area that was attended by 14 participants.
Activities to do outside with your children.
Below is a link to a number of resources sent to us from a representative from Stop Nature Deficit Disorder (website link – Stopndd.org). The document lists a number of resource links to various activities to keep your children busy outside and connecting with nature during these trying times.
https://pctland.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Overcoming-nature-deficit-disorder.pdf
Fall colors at peak at Old Trolley Line
Molly Goodwin, board member, recently took these pictures at Old Trolley line.
Birders report a number of different species at Old Trolley Line Conservation area
A PCT member who recently encountered a birder at the Old Trolley Line Conservation area was told that the conservation area was just recently made a hot spot on ebird, so more lists will start getting added. Here is the direct link and the species that have been recorded specifically so far.
Here is the link to the ebird site for Old Trolley Line.
August 18 birding list:
Mourning Dove, Chimney Swift, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-eyed Vireo, Blue Jay, Tufted Titmouse, Red-breasted Nuthatch, White-breasted Nuthatch, House Wren, Carolina Wren, Gray Catbird, Eastern Bluebird, Veery, American Robin, American Goldfinch, Song Sparrow, Baltimore Oriole, Common Grackle, and Northern Cardinal