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Vernal Pool Critters
Local vernal pool activity on March 21, 2025 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 Diane Duane
Marsh Marigold
Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris) seen next to Vine Brook April 21, 2020, South Westford – photo courtesy of Ron Gemma NATURE NOTES* By ANNIE REID Westborough Community Land Trust Marsh-marigolds in our streams and swamps The branches are still bare and the day is chilly, but you know it’s spring when you see a bouquet…
Skunk Cabbage – Tom Paul Trail (lower section)
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, March 27, 2020 From New England Wildlife Center, Weymouth, MA – Native to eastern North America, skunk cabbage prefers to grow in wetlands. This plant…
Frances Hill Winter Art
Frances Hill Wildlife Sanctuary – Blue Trail – January 1, 2020 by Roy Perry
Black Bear Sighting
Week of October 15th, a Black bear having a snack at a birdfeeder near Westford Center!
Carpenterworm Moth (Prionoxystus robiniae)
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…

