January 24 - Bear Creek Sanctuary

Yesterday I went on a field trip to Bear Creek Sanctuary. The sanctuary is nearby and is on part of Rumney Marsh which borders on Revere, Saugus and Lynn. It is much larger than Belle Isle and is dominated visually by the Wheelabrator (formerly RESCO) recycling plant and landfill. It is hard to work your mind around the idea of a huge mound of human detritus capped by wonderful views and interesting birds and wildlife. It is private land and so you must sign up to go on one of the guided walks. It’s well worth it.

On the ride into the sanctuary a pair of Kestrels were perched on the wires by the sanctuary center building.

We started walking and then there was a pair of Kingfishers perched on the wires. These are great birds to watch.

On top of the mounds I found a pair of Blue-backed Long-scoped Birders.

The sanctuary has plenty of bee hives in the yellow boxes  and lots of  tree plantings (blue plastic tubes).

You can look across to Broad Sound and see the General Edwards Bridge ( Lynn to Revere ).

This is Rumney Marsh looking South. There’s an Osprey pole and it looks very much like a scene from Belle Isle.

There are several small ponds that must be full of birds in the warmer weather. Those are Revere Beach condos in the background. It’s not really Miami Beach.

We saw hawks and larks and buntings and ducks and geese and fox tracks and on and on. For a winter day it was a delight to see so much. Try it yourself.

Ciao!

-Jorge

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