Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, 7 AM, Tuesday, May 16 Stoneymeade Conservation Land Bird Walk, led by local birders Al Sgroi and Ron Schlegel – Jody Harris assembled our group of 20 at the trailhead off Stoneymeade Way. We walked through the woods where we saw and heard an Ovenbird. (The Ovenbird gets … Read more
Al Sgroi led our Spring Bird walk on Tuesday, May 16, capably assisted by JoAnne Sgroi and Ron Schlegel. We met at the Stoneymeade Conservation Land trail head (also a section of the Bay Circuit Trail) and walked through woods, listening to ovenbirds calling and watching tiny brown creepers move through the trees, until breaking … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, ACT’s Jody Harris assembled 50 AB students, Scouts, parents and other adults to hand out trail clearing tools, gloves as well as to explain our goal of creating a 1/4 mile loop trail that is not only lovely and noted for biodiversity, but also connects to Stonefield Farm … Read more
There’s a new trail in town! Many thanks to our amazing group of ACT members, Scouts and AP Environmental Science students who helped clear a 1/4 mile loop trail off the Assabet River Rail Trail today. We had about 50 volunteers, and as you can see from the album below, they did an incredible job! … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, Thank you to all those Acton residents who voted unanimously at Town Meeting on Monday to purchase a permanent conservation restriction from the Acton Water District on the 57 acre 549 Main Street land (aka Conant land.) As always it took … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, 4/22/23 Earth Day Tour of 549 Main Street (Conant land) led by Brewster Conant and Matt Mostoller, with the Acton Conservation Trust Trustees there to explain the May 1 Town Meeting Warrant Article 10, which asks the Town to purchase a permanent conservation restriction on the property. … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, 4/17/2023 1775 The Famous Robbins Ride starting at 108 Concord Road, Robbins Homestead. 5:20 PM Isaac Davis Homestead, 39 Hayward Road On that fateful early morning in April of 1775, calling out “The Regulars are out of Boston – gather your units and head to Concord!” … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, Q: Which bird digs characteristically rectangular holes in trees to find ants? A. The Pileated Woodpecker digs characteristically rectangular holes in trees to find ants. These excavations can be so broad and deep that they can cause small trees to break in half. The feeding excavations of a … Read more
Dear Friends and Acton Conservation Trust Members, ACT’s first official spring Woodcock Walk of 2023 at Rolling Meadows in Boxborough. We were treated to the peenting of 3 woodcocks. One flew over our heads – captured on video. For more pictures, video, and narrative, visit https://actonconservationtrust.org/woodcock-watch-2023/ Acton birder Al Sgroi provided us with fascinating facts about … Read more
It was a beautiful spring evening to hang out at Rolling Meadows in Boxborough. Temps were perfect for Woodcock Watching! Al Sgroi, Acton Conservation Trust member and local birder, shared pictures and lots of other information to guide us through the courtship ritual of the American Woodcock. Participants were very engaged and asked great questions! Right on … Read more