Written by Gwyn Loud for the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust. She welcomes your sightings and questions at 781-259-8690 or gwynloud555@gmail.com Fall will arrive on Sept. 23, the autumnal equinox, but the first week of the month felt as if we were going back into summer. Unusually high temperatures and humidity made life uncomfortable, and I … Read more
The 2023 Nest Box Monitoring Season wrapped up in mid-August. Patti Cable, LLCT’s volunteer monitor submitted a summary of the 2023 season. Check out the highlights below. Patti documented 8 Eastern Bluebird nesting attempts and 4 Tree Swallow nesting attempts this year. She observed 34 Bluebird fledglings and 14 Tree Swallow fledglings. By contrast, 2022 … Read more
A warm thanks to Sasha Astrof and Matt Morris for their hard work this summer as land stewards. LLCT and the Town of Lincoln Conservation Department jointly hired the two interns to work two days a week for each organization, a collaboration that has made it easier to offer full time internship opportunities and tackle … Read more
Written by Gwyn Loud for the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust. She welcomes your sightings and questions at 781-259-8690 or gwynloud555@gmail.com So far, Lincoln has escaped the record-breaking heat which has gripped the southern US and much of the world. Climate change driven by human use of fossil fuels and exacerbated by El Nino, is impacting … Read more
Written by Gwyn Loud for the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust. She welcomes your sightings and questions at 781-259-8690 or gwynloud555@gmail.com Summer arrived officially on June 21, the solstice and longest day of the year, when the sun at noon is at its highest of the year. Thereafter, the hours of daylight start to shorten. It … Read more
Written by Gwyn Loud for the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust. She welcomes your sightings, questions, and photos at 781-259-8690 or gwynloud555@gmail.com May began with a very cool damp gray week, but since then we have been blessed with sunshine and warmer temperatures. As of this writing, we actually need more rain for our gardens. The … Read more
Written by Gwyn Loud for the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust. She welcomes your sightings and questions at 781-259-8690 of gwynloud555@gmail.com The landscape is greening before our eyes, with many trees and shrubs leafing out or flowering, and fields and lawns displaying emerald carpets, dotted with dandelions. April showers are supposed to bring May flowers, but … Read more
It’s that time of year! LLCT’s Pollinator Plant Sale is active through April (or until sold out). All sales are pre-order, with pick up in Lincoln on May 19th 2023. Check out the shop here. Garlic Mustard Season is here. Garlic mustard is an invasive biennial plant that can be found in our backyards, along … Read more
Written by Gwyn Loud for the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust. She welcomes your sightings and questions at 781-259-8690 or gwynloud555@gmail.com Spring will not arrive until the vernal equinox on March 20, but spring is already in the air, with the sun higher each day, the hours of daylight longer, birds singing, and buds swelling. Crocuses … Read more
Written by Gwyn Loud for the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust. She welcomes your sightings and questions at 781-259-8690 of gwynloud555@gmail.com Once again, temperatures varied widely over the past month and we have had little snow. Feb. 3 and 4 brought record-breaking cold to New England, but the very next day we were back in the … Read more
