Black Bear Sighting
Week of October 15th, a Black bear having a snack at a birdfeeder near Westford Center!
Week of October 15th, a Black bear having a snack at a birdfeeder near Westford Center!
This picture was taken in the morning on October 31st by Jeff Morse at a small nearby pond at the corner of Vose road and Old Lowell Rd in Westford To learn more about Coyotes in MA, check out Mass Audubon at https://www.massaudubon.org/learn/nature-wildlife/mammals/coyotes
Local vernal pool activity on March 16, 2026 during one of our warmer rainy spring nights. Check out more info from Mass Audubon on these special critters and vernal pools at https://www.massaudubon.org/…/reptiles…/vernal-pools Photos by Bill & Diane Duane
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 rattle, keeled scales, and cat-like pupils. It is found in fields, woodlands, rocky hillsides, and wetland edges and primarily eats small mammals (from Mass Audubon…
A pair of Bald Eagles seen near the corner of Forge Village Road and Town Farm Road in Westford on Jan 9, 2025. Photo by Pete and Ethan Ewing.
Azure Bluet damselfly on fern Photo by Ron Gemma
Noted this critter near main post Office in Westford. from INaturalist: Prionoxystus robiniae, the carpenterworm moth or locust borer, is a moth of the family Cossidae.[1] It was first described by Peck in 1818 and it is found in southern Canada and most of the United States. Female (left) and male (right) Caterpillar The wingspan…
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