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Birders report a number of different species at Old Trolley Line Conservation area

September 6, 2022 by Michael Caron

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

Red Breasted Nuthatch
Red Tailed Hawk
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Red-eyed Vireo
Veery

Filed Under: Featured, Getting Out in Nature, News and Events, Sightings

Bald Eagle Sighting

April 30, 2012 by Michael Caron

This post provided via email by Don McQuillan — In February I was walking the the “Old Pascommuck/ Florence Smith Trail and Valerie and I were surprised to see two bald eagles searching the banks of the Oxbow for food. The pair of eagles continued along the bike path at a low elevation to Lower Pond and were photographed munching on a dead fish on the ice of Lower Mill Pond (photos were on Facebook). As we walked north on the bike path back to Ferry Street the pair of eagles could be seen heading back toward the Conn. River riding the thermal air currents between East Street and the Mount Tom Reservation. We stopped walking and watched as the eagles glided north …. I witnessed a very similar sight while fishing in Alaska – actually this one was much better.

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