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Willow Brook

“Also, while wandering the Willow Brook Trail (connector trail to Gull Crest Trail running back behind Cape Memory Care) a Chestnut-sided Warbler was spotted feeding a juvenile.”
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Jul 3, 2019

Also, while wandering the Willow Brook Trail (connector trail to Gull Crest Trail running back behind Cape Memory Care) a Chestnut-sided Warbler was spotted feeding a juvenile.

Apr 7, 2021

That said, on March 27 I flushed a single bird from the ground along the Willow Brook Trail that turned out to be a Pine Grosbeak.

Apr 6, 2022

And under the dim evening light of March 21 I lost track after counting a dizzying thirty-six American Woodcocks – four along Shore Road and the remainder along the Willow Brook, Spurwink River and across Gull Crest (uplands included).

Jul 10, 2022

At dusk on this same day, I spied a trio of Brown Thrashers along the Willow Brook trail.

Jun 3, 2026

On May 20, I encountered this secretive bird in CELT’s Willow Brook property, singing from deep within an overgrown, boggy thicket.

Sep 16, 2026

Late in the afternoon on September 7, I spotted a Wilson’s Snipe in Willow Brook, a piece of property protected by CELT.