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6 acres of natural woodland in Arlington, Massachusetts

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Fauna of the Crusher Lot

(More to come. If you have any great photos of plants or wildlife in the Crusher Lot, I’d love to have them. Thank you – Alan)

Red Fox

A few red foxes have recently been hanging out in the Crusher Lot. You probably won’t see them, but you might hear them. Listen to their bark.

Red Fox Barking

A Friend FROM the Crusher Lot

Photo by Mcvoorhis. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

Hawks

The Crusher Lot is home to many hawks. One of the most common is the Red-tailed hawk, which you can see and hear swooping over the valley looking for rodents to eat.

Photo by tsaiproject from Canada. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Sound of a red-tailed hawk:

Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)

A small woodpecker commonly seen in the Crusher Lot, looking for bugs in the old trees. If you hear drumming in the woods, look for a woodpecker.

Photo by Ryan Hodnett. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

A large woodpecker seen throughout the Crusher Lot, loves the old trees. You might hear them before you see them.

Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren, This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Coyote

Photo by VJAnderson. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

Coyote are heard in the Crusher Lot some years. You might hear them at night when they’re around.

Coyote bark and howl

Bats

The Crusher Lot is home to many brown bats. According to Mass Audubon, a single bat can catch and eat 600 insects per hour, including mosquitos.

Here’s a video of a bat in the Crusher Lot.

Screech Owl

Photo by Wolfgang Wander. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

We’ve seen a few screech owls, but mostly hear them at night. It’s hardly a screech – more like the whinny of a tiny horse.

Song of a screech owl, usually at night.

Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)

More often heard than seen, Great Horned Owls are the stereotypical “hoot owl”, with the call hoo-h’HOO-hoo-hoo. We often hear them late at night, sometimes two calling back and forth.

Photo by Mykola Swarnyk. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

Racoon

Photo by Korall. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
Sound of a racoon fight (WARNING – it’s pretty awful)

Squirrels

Photo by Grendelkhan. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Photo by Rhododendrites. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

Turkeys


This work has been released into the public domain by its author, Dimus. This applies worldwide.

A few years ago, a flock of wild turkeys lived in the woods.

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