Crow Hill: Worcester, MA (7/8)

Last Saturday my parents and I went over to the Greater Worcester Land Trust's propery at Crow Hill. I was surprised how much had grown up since we were there for the Earth Day clean-up in the spring. The top of the hill, which had been burned right before the clean-up, was just starting to come back. But the meadows at the base of the hill were overgrown to the point where the trail was almost completely obscured.

We started in the meadows. A number of Yellow Warblers flitted about in the bushes. The butterflies were just starting to fly but we did get a number of good species. At the small pond we saw a few Painted Turtles, one of which was gigantic.

After finishing up with the meadow, we headed to the top of the hill. It was pretty quiet but I did get a few nice pictures of a dragonfly that I don't think that I'd ever seen before.