The Connecticut River Birding Trail

Goose Over Stinson Lake

46 special places in the Upper Connecticut River Valley, exemplifying a wide variety of habitats and wildlife have been linked together under the rubric of the Connecticut River Birding Trail.

Love in a Larch Wallow

The trail extends from Woodsville, NH to Rockingham, VT and includes sites east and west in the Connecticut River’s watershed. According to Project coordinator Bill Shepard, "We are currently working to map the entire watershed from the Canadian border to Long Island Sound where we would link up to the developing Connecticut Coastal Birding Trail. These forests, fields, wetlands, rivers, shorelines, edges, and cliffs are rich and alive with the beauty of bird song and activity. They beckon for our involvement. They beckon for our concern, for our stewardship, our leadership, and for the difference that we can make for their preservation and their future."

A map has been created by the project and is available from local area town offices, town libraries, farmstands, and Connecticut River Byway Centers. Or you can Bill Shepard at the address below.

Painted Sky Over Jericho Lake

Connecticut River Birding Trail

New Hampshire Sites	Vermont Sites
Bedell Bridge State Park Haverhill	The Boltonville Nature Trail Newbury (Wells River)
Mt. Moosilauke Benton, Warren, Woodstock	Bailey’s Eddy Newbury
Mt. Cube Orford	Palisades Cliff Fairlee
Reed’s Marsh WMA Orford	Lakes Fairlee and Morey Fairlee, W. Fairlee & Thetford
The Pinnacle Lyme	Houghton Hill View Hike Thetford
Chaffee Wildlife Management Area Lyme	Thetford Hill State Park Thetford
Hewes Brook Wetland along the Appalachian Trail Lyme	“The Mystery Trail” at the Union Village Dam Thetford
Wilder Waterfowl Management Area Lyme	Ompompanoosuc River Mudflats Norwich
Huntington Hill Farm Wildlife Habitat Mgt. Area Hanover	Gile Mountain Tower Trail Norwich
Balch Hill Hanover	Montshire Museum Norwich
Mink Brook Nature Preserve Hanover	Ballard Trail and the Grand Canyon Norwich
Mink Brook Natural Area (east and west) Hanover	The Hazen Trail Hartford and Norwich
Goodwin Park Lebanon	Hurricane Forest and Wildlife Refuge Park Hartford
Boston Lot Lake Lebanon	North Hartland Dam and Lake Hartland and Hartford
Northern Rail Trail Lebanon to Grafton	Dewey’s Mills Pond Hartford
Enfield Wildlife Management Area - Shaker Village Enfield	Quechee Gorge State Park & Quechee Gorge Hartford
Enfield Wildlife Management Area - Cole Pond Enfield	Vermont Institute of Natural Science Woodstock
McDaniel’s Marsh Grafton and Springfield	Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park Woodstock
Helen Woodruff Smith Bird Sanctuary Meriden (Plainfield)	Ascutney State Park Windsor
Grafton Pond Grafton	Lake Runnemede and Paradise Park Windsor
French’s Ledges Plainfield	North Springfield Lake Springfield & Weathersfield
Cardigan Mountain State Forest Orange	Herrick’s Cove Rockingham
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site Cornish	Putney Mountain Hawk Watch Site Putney
John Hay National Wildlife Refuge at “The Fells” Newbury

for maps, comments, and to volunteer
Bill Shepard
Project Coordinator
104 Railroad Row
White River Jct.,VT 05001
(802) 291-9100 x 107
Email: birdvermont@valley.net

Snowy Egret in an Everglades Swamp