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Darrell Russ, the legendary forester from Norfolk’s Great Mountain Forest, shared the story that while setting up the GMF’s maple syrup operation, he would always be serenaded by the ‘kurkerree’ of the returning red-winged blackbird. Listen carefully during your next morning walk after you pour that maple gold over your pancakes.
If you prefer an evening walk, meander over to the edge of a stone wall by a hay field to listen for the ‘peeent’... ‘peeent’ of the woodcock. Continue listening for their whirring, whistling crescendo, a solo mating ensemble - part song, part reed instrument.
These harbingers of spring are two reasons the Litchfield Land Trust works to protect forest, field, and wetland habitat.
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