Please share your reports of interesting happenings at Hall’s Pond Sanctuary and enjoy reading others’ posts. Click on any photo to enlarge it.
Some ideas of things to share: animals, birds, flowers, trees, a cool rock, a tree shape, a strange fungus; a change you noticed from one visit to the next or over a period of time; snippets of overheard conversation about the Sanctuary; kids’ reactions. Write up something you find curious or awesome. Ask questions about something you saw or heard, or anything that HPS make you wonder about.
Things that cannot be posted: “Sightings” is meant to share our appreciation of Hall’s Pond Sanctuary nature: flora, fauna and landscape. We cannot post photos of people, even if their faces aren’t visible, and even if it’s a selfie. There are too many thorny issues arising from internet postings. Also, please no photos of political campaign items.
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Please share the date and time of your visit to HPS if it’s about something that happened on that day.
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July rains left their mark. “That’s water over the bridge”
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A squirrel hunting for food
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This great blue Heron was well camouflaged by the flowing branches. I waited patiently for the perfect breeze.
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A bee enjoying a yellow Pond lily.
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A dragonfly dipping it’s tail in the water ( Laying eggs )
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Turtle surfacing
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On Monday, July 26, around 4pm we spotted a (pretty large) coyote walking by the pond!
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Monday July 25 around 3:30 pm
a large coyote was moving swiftly around the boardwalk of Hall’s Pond.
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Regarding Kevin’s posted photos of 6/22, a herpetologist friend has confirmed my suspicion that they show a Box Turtle, distinguishable from Eastern Painted Tortoises (much more common in MA) by the extensive yellow on its carapace segments. What it is doing at HP is anyone’s guess; perhaps it’s a discarded pet.
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I was ready to call this the expected Eastern Painted Turtle, but a closer look at the blotchy yellow pattern and lack of red carapace rim smacks strongly of the [much rarer] Box Turtle. Seek confirmation on this one.
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6/22/21 One more photo
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Unidentified turtle
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Today’s photo 6/22/21 of turtle. Cannot positively identify. Over 6″ in length. Please identify. Notice yellow squares on front part of shell.
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Here’s a typical Halls Pond bird list from mid-June by a regular visitor:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S89881978
You may also expect to find Wild Turkey, House Sparrow, Great Blue Heron, House Finch, and more.
When you make your Halls Pond discoveries (animal, vegetable, mineral) post it to this set for others!
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E-bird report for Hall’s Pond posted by a participant on 5/5, day of third FOHP Spring Birdwalk.
https://ebird.org/checklist/S87153718
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Two herons for the price of one: great blue heron and green heron.
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It was a quiet morning- had a walk between 7:30 AM and 8:45. Of particular interest was a black crowned night heron, green heron, black throated blue warbler, black and white warblers, yellow rumped warber, ovenbird, baltimore orioles and several white throated sparrows. There was another warbler with yellow on the chest but I did not get a close enough look to identify it.
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We had limited time and could hear that there was so much happening and we caught looks at just a few. Geese, mallards, male wood duck, robins, red winged black birds. Appeared to be several black and white warblers- we spotted in a few areas. A yellow warbler, least fly catcher and we enjoyed a great look at a Baltimore Oriole as we were leaving, in the area near the gazebo. I know there was more!
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Duck at Halls Pond Sanctuary yesterday
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Blue Heron spotting yesterday, May 3, 2021.