Bird Monitoring at Select Cranberry Bog Restoration Sites in Southeastern Massachusetts

Spring is always the most exciting time, for both bird scientists and bird enthusiasts: the anticipation of the new arrivals, the energetic increase in song, and the change in behavior and activity signifying a fundamental shift in the natural world. And of course, our nine spring surveys from April to mid-May documented all these changes - an increase in species and a beginning of breeding behaviors.

Shorter days and colder temperatures brought new species to the bogs in fall, both migrants passing through and new residents settling in for the winter.