Look! Up in the Sky! It's a Bird! Virtual Cache
Look! Up in the Sky! It's a Bird!
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This is a really nice walk that can be up to 3 miles long if you wish. Bring binoculars, water, and camera. There is a letterbox here also, called Trustom Pond Quest: http://letterboxing.org/BoxView.asp?boxnum=2578&boxname=Trustom_Pond_Quest
To claim your find e-mail me with who donated the deck at the given coords and in what year. A trail map is here: http://gorp.away.com/gorp/publishers/countryman/walk2_r7.htm and at the information center and on the way in. The day we came we saw an Osprey catch a fish. For added fun, loop around and see what is here: N41 22.726 W71 35.098 and here: N41 22.632 W71 34.974 Description - Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge consists of upland habitat (grassland, cropland, shrublands and coastal deciduous hardwood forest) and wetlands (brackish Trustom Pond, fresh and brackish salt marsh, fresh water ponds and wooded swamp). The refuge also includes over a mile of barrier beach between Card and Trustom Pond and the Atlantic Ocean (the Block island Sound). Trustom Pond is the last remaining undeveloped coastal salt pond in Rhode Island. More than 280 species of birds have been observed on the Refuge and approximately 57 of those have nested on Refuge lands. The beach is preferred nesting habitat for the federally threatened piping plover and the State threatened least tern. Forty one species of mammals, ten species of fish and more than twenty species of amphibians and reptiles have been found on the refuge. The Refuge has an extensive trail system, currently being developed into a handicapped accessible trail, that leads to some beautiful vistas of the salt pond and barrier beaches, as well as Block island twelve miles to the east. Enjoy your visit and see the display in the information center. The nice lady was giving out wildlife posters the day we visited. Perhaps she'll have more.
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