This bird site is along the Northern Rail Trail in Lebanon and Enfield. Access points are off Route 4 at Ice House Road in Lebanon and Johnston Drive in Enfield just over the border from Lebanon. You can park at the end of each short road. The rail trail goes along Lake Mascoma and past two ponds that can have herons, ducks, and painted and snapping turtles. The best birding extends from the bridge over the Mascoma River west of Ice House Road to the pond east of Johnston Park.
This area is close to where we live, so I have taken many photos here. The regulars include American Redstarts, Yellow Warblers, Warbling Vireos, Baltimore Orioles, Common Grackles, and Gray Catbirds.
American Redstart
American Redstart
American Redstart in nest
Black-and-White Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler in November
Canada Warbler
Canada Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Magnolia Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Palm Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Yellow Warblers are so prevalent that it is hard not to include many photos of this beautiful species.
Yellow Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow Warbler in nest
Yellow Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Crow
American Goldfinch
American Robin
American Robin
Bald Eagle pair
Bald Eagle
Baltimore Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Baltimore Oriole at nest
Black-capped Chickadee
Blue-headed Vireo
Broad-winged Hawk
Canada Goose
Northern Cardinal
Carolina Wren
Cedar Waxwing
Chipping Sparrow
A “black” bird I find very beautiful in the right light is the Common Grackle.
Common Grackle with insect
Common Grackle pair
Common Grackle
Common Grackle
The rail trail borders the northwest part of Lake Mascoma and sometime the Common Loons venture very close.
