Signs of Spring

Tree Swallow. Photo by Fred Goodwin. Carol Decker, director of Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, one of Mass Audubon’s largest sanctuaries located in Topsfield, and David Moon, sanctuary director at Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center in Newburyport, spoke to us about what to look for—from birds and bushes to salamanders and frogs—as spring (finally) makes its way here on the North Shore. Here are a few that we’ve rounded up: Birds American Woodcock Also referred to as the timberdoodle, this highly-camouflaged brown bird has been making its way up fr

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