Wet Meadow
Southerly View of
Wet Meadow
Trail-Head
$25,000 grant
used to install
bridges,
boardwalks
and signage.
Handicapped Accessible Ramp-Bridge to Viewing
Platform
Easterly view from Handicapped Accessible
Viewing Platform
EROSION FROM
CORNFIELD
Average Percent Cover of Wetland Plants
 Panicum clandestinum
 Typha latifolia
 Carex stricta
 Scirpus cyperinus
 Poa spp.
 Solidago rugosa
 Rosa palustris
 Solidago graminifolia
 Agrostis perennans
 Onoclea sensibilis
 Galium palustre
 Potentilla spp.
 Rumex verticillatus
51.3 %
15.2
11.2
5.8
5.3
2.3
2.3
2.0
1.3
1.0
1.0
0.7
0.3
Westerly View
over Wet
Meadow from
Pond
Red Maples
starting to
emerge in
the
meadow
Bird Sightings 10/08
to 8/09

WATERFOWL
 Wood Duck
 Mallard
 Green-winged Teal
 Hooded Merganser
GROUSE, QUAIL AND ALLIES
Wild Turkey
CORMORANTS
Double-crested Cormorant
HERONS, IBIS AND STORKS
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
VULTURES, DIURNAL RAPTORS, AND FALCONS
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
SHOREBIRDS
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
PIGEONS AND DOVES
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
HUMMINGBIRDS
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher
WOODPECKERS
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
VIREO
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Bird Sightings continued

JAYS AND CROWS
 Blue Jay
 American Crow
 Fish Crow
LARKS
Horned Lark
MARTINS AND SWALLOWS
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
CHICKADEES AND TITMICE
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
NUTHATCHES AND CREEPERS
White-breasted Nuthatch
WRENS
Carolina Wren
KINGLETS
golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
THRUSHES
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
CATBIRDS AND MOCKINGBIRDS
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
STARLINGS
European Starling
PIPITS
American Pipit
WAXWINGS
Cedar Waxwing
Simple White
Oak
Boardwalk
Boards are
nailed down to
anchor posts