wet meadow. southerly view of wet meadow trail-head $25,000 grant used to install bridges,...
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Town of Bethlehem, Swendsen Farm Preserve
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 51.3 % Typha latifolia 15.2 Carex stricta 11.2 Scirpus cyperinus 5.8 Poa spp. 5.3 Solidago rugosa 2.3 Rosa palustris 2.3 Solidago graminifolia 2.0 Agrostis perennans 1.3 Onoclea sensibilis 1.0 Galium palustre 1.0 Potentilla spp. 0.7 Rumex verticillatus 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 SHOREBIRDS
Wood Duck Killdeer Mallard Spotted Sandpiper Green-winged Teal PIGEONS AND DOVES Hooded Merganser Rock PigeonGROUSE, QUAIL AND ALLIES Mourning Dove
Wild Turkey HUMMINGBIRDSCORMORANTS Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Double-crested Cormorant KINGFISHERSHERONS, IBIS AND STORKS Belted Kingfisher
Great Blue Heron WOODPECKERSGreen Heron Red-bellied Woodpecker
VULTURES, DIURNAL RAPTORS, AND FALCONS Yellow-bellied SapsuckerBlack Vulture Downy WoodpeckerTurkey Vulture Hairy WoodpeckerOsprey Northern FlickerNorthern Harrier Pileated WoodpeckerSharp-shinned Hawk TYRANT FLYCATCHERSCooper’s Hawk Eastern PhoebeNorthern Goshawk Eastern KingbirdRed-shouldered Hawk VIREORed-tailed Hawk Warbling VireoAmerican Kestrel Red-eyed Vireo
Bird Sightings continued JAYS AND CROWS THRUSHES
Blue Jay Eastern Bluebird American Crow Hermit Thrush Fish Crow Wood ThrushLARKS American Robin
Horned Lark CATBIRDS AND MOCKINGBIRDSMARTINS AND SWALLOWS Gray Catbird
Tree Swallow Northern MockingbirdBarn Swallow STARLINGS
CHICKADEES AND TITMICE European StarlingBlack-capped Chickadee PIPITSTufted Titmouse American Pipit
NUTHATCHES AND CREEPERS WAXWINGSWhite-breasted Nuthatch Cedar Waxwing
WRENSCarolina Wren
KINGLETSgolden-crowned KingletRuby-crowned Kinglet
Simple White Oak BoardwalkBoards are nailed down to anchor posts