Glen Oakes Conservation Area in Fremont - 5/12/26

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Steve Mirick

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Yesterday, Jane and I led a nice spring morning field trip for the Southeast Land Trust to the Glen Oakes Conservation area in Fremont located off Abenaki Drive.  It is a connected to the large Spruce Swamp area.

https://seltnh.org/

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Steve & Jane Mirick
Bradford, MA

Glen Oakes Conservation Area, Fremont, Rockingham, New Hampshire, US
May 12, 2026 7:55 AM - 11:12 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.244 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Jane and I leading a May bird walk for the Southeast Land Trust. 14 or so participants. Nice sun, but cold morning.  Barely reaching mid 50's by the end of the walk.  Kind of quiet start, but a decent variety of early arrivals and migrants.

A few other sightings included:

Insects (tough morning for insects!)
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Butterflies - ZERO.  Too cold in AM.
Pygmy Bee Fly - An uncommon pollinator of Azure Bluets.
Nomad bees - A few wandering around the leaf litter

Plants
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Trailing arbutus - no longer any flowers
Pink Lady Slipper - Barely starting to flower
Wild sarsaparilla
Cucumber root
Dwarf Ginseng
Azure bluet
Threeleaf goldthread
Violet sp.
Clintonia borealis
29 species

Chimney Swift  1
Common Loon  1     High flying bird MIGRATING north over the forest!
Turkey Vulture  1
Broad-winged Hawk  1     Nice views of circling bird overhead.
Barred Owl  0     Sadly, and surprisingly, no Barred Owls responded to my hooting!  🙁
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  3
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  3
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  2
Black-capped Chickadee  5
Tufted Titmouse  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  3
Gray Catbird  2
Veery  1
American Goldfinch  1
Eastern Towhee  3
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Ovenbird  5
Black-and-white Warbler  6
Nashville Warbler  3
Magnolia Warbler  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler  2
Pine Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Prairie Warbler  2
Black-throated Green Warbler  3
Scarlet Tanager  5     Finally got some nice views of this beautiful species.

View this checklist online athttps://ebird.org/checklist/S337772917

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

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