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