Rick Quimby, a physics professor at WPI, manages a tremendously informative website that is fed by bird sightings throughout the Blackstone Valley and beyond. He has called the Blackstone Valley's Mark Lynch a "fountain of knowledge" who sends a great deal of information to the site. Mark, an avid bird watcher,  has been willing to send Blackstone Daily relevant sightings so that we can all learn to open our ears and eyes as we listen to the simplicity of life so often lost in these busy times. So, step back for a moment and enjoy your surroundings.

  A Look at Fisherville Mill's (Grafton) treasures or Northbridge's sewer beds. 

This is a listing from 3/29/03 on the RI side of the Blackstone Valley:

WOONSOCKET RESERVOIR:
Horned Grebe (1 in breeding plumage)
Great Blue Heron (14 birds rebuilding at least 7 nests)
Canada Goose (6)
Mallard (1)
Greater Scaup (1f)
Bufflehead (20)
C. Goldeneye (5)
Common Merganser (28)
Killdeer (1)
E. Phoebe (2)
E. Bluebird (1 m at box)
Fish Crow (1)

SNEETCH POND, CUMBERLAND:
Canada Goose (24)
C. Goldeneye (1)
Turkey Vulture (1, with another 6 nearby)
E. Phoebe (2)
Tree Swallow (1)

DIAMOND HILL/ARNOLD'S MILLS RESERVOIRS, CUMBERLAND:
Common Loon (1)
Canada Goose (24)
Mallard (9)  
A. Black Duck (2)
Ring-necked Duck (5)
Lesser Scaup (1m)
Bufflehead (19)
C. Goldeneye (3)
Common Merganser (18)
Turkey Vulture (1)
Red-tailed Hawk (3)
Ring-necked Pheasant (1m)
N. Flicker (1)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (2)
E. Phoebe (3)

SMALL MARSH ON RT. 120, CUMBERLAND:
Ring-necked Duck (3)

Mark Lynch/Sheila Carroll
moa.lynch@verizon.net

Birding Areas: Across from Fisherville Mill footprint (burnt down), South Grafton

Cold Spring Park, Woonsocket