by Southington Land Trust | Aug 5, 2015 | Nature of the Month
During the summer you might see a large brownish bird on your lawn or on the edge of the road. The Northern Flicker is a woodpecker, but ants are their preferred food. Their plumage, both male and female is subtle and beautiful. Patterns everywhere you look with...
by Southington Land Trust | Jul 6, 2015 | Nature of the Month
Most all of us are familiar with Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii) and because of it’s name think it is a good plant for pollinators; truth is it is a non-native species from Asia, considered invasive in at least 20 states. While it does provide nectar for adult...
by Southington Land Trust | Jul 5, 2015 | Nature of the Month
By July, most of our backyard nesters are finished, or almost finished raising their young. Not the prolific and energetic little house wren. This little guy sometimes raises three broods or more! He sings his bubbly cheerful song all day long. House wrens nest in...
by Southington Land Trust | May 22, 2015 | Animals, Living in CT, Seasons
Brake For Turtles! Each year at this time female turtles leave the water to lay eggs. In many places around Southington this involves crossing roads and many are killed. Please be alert while driving during the next few weeks for turtles crossing the road. You can...
by Wendy Fusari | May 16, 2015 | Events
On May 14 the Land Trust held its annual dinner meeting at Spartans II restaurant with guest speaker Bob Kuchta. Bob spoke about the amazing geography right here in Southington, namely the kettle bog on the Tomasso property. Bob discovered the bog, also called a fen,...
by Wendy Fusari | May 5, 2015 | Nature of the Month
Returning to feeders and flowers in Southington this month is the beautiful ruby throated hummingbird. This is New England’s only hummingbird and it will come to flowers and feeders close to our homes. If you haven’t had one around your home, a great way...
by Wendy Fusari | Apr 26, 2015 | Earth Day, Events, Living in CT, Planting, Seasons
In honor of Earth Day, the Southington Land Trust volunteers donated their time and effort to help clean up portions of Southington’s Rails to Trails. Clean up consisted of picking up garbage, weeding out invasives and raking up brush. Thank you also to those...
