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Patricia Sprague Forest Preserve
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Francis C. Carter Memorial Preserve
Photo by Dan Slattery Photo by Fred Baker Photo by Frances Topping Photo by Frances Topping Photo by Frances Topping Photo by Frances Topping Photo by Frances Topping Photo by Frances Topping Photo by Frances Topping Meadow in the Carter Preserve Meadow in the Carter Preserve Hiking the meadow in Carter Meadow in the Carter Preserve January in the Carter Preserve Ice House Pond in the Carter Preserve January in the Carter Preserve January hike in the Carter Preserve January in the Carter Preserve January hike in the Carter Preserve January hike in the Carter Preserve Ice House Pond in the Carter Preserve Great Swamp Wildlife Management Area
Photo by Frances Topping Photo by Frances Topping Photo by Frances Topping Pasquiset Pond Preserve
Photo by Frances Topping Reindeer moss – Frances Topping South Farm Preserve
Photo by Frances Topping North Field by Cliff Vanover South Field by Cliff Vanover Photo by Fred Baker Photo by Fred Baker Photo by Fred Baker Butterfly weed – Frances Topping North Field – Frances Topping Sheep Barn – Frances Topping Monarch on Butterfly weed – Frances Topping Monarch on Butterfly weed – Frances Topping Sauna chimney – Frances Topping Ladies Tresses – Frances Topping North Field – Frances Topping Photo by Frances Topping Photo by Frances Topping Historical cemetery – Frances Topping Historic gravestone – Frances Topping Richard Trails
Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge Lewis Trail
Mill Pond Preserve
Photo by Cliff Vanover Photo from Charlestown Land Trust Photo by Fred Baker Photo by Fred Baker Photo by Fred Baker Photo by Fred Baker Photo by Fred Baker Photo by Frances Topping Photo by Frances Topping School House Pond Preserve
Photo by Dan Slattery Photo by Dan Slattery Photo by Cliff Vanover Burlingame State Park and Wildlife Management Area
Photo by Dan Slattery Photo by Cliff Vanover Photo by Cliff Vanover Photo by Cliff Vanover Photo by Dan Slattery Photo by Dan Slattery Photo by Dan Slattery Photo by Dan Slattery Photo by Dan Slattery Photo by Dan Slattery Watchaug Pond beach – Frances Topping Burlingame campsite – Frances Topping Photo by Frances Topping Charlestown Moraine Preserve
Photo by Cliff Vanover Photo by Cliff Vanover Photo by Cliff Vanover Photo by Cliff Vanover Photo by Cliff Vanover Photo by Cliff Vanover Mountain Laurel – Frances Topping Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge North (Kettle Pond)
Photo by Dan Slattery Photo by Dan Slattery Photo by Dan Slattery Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge South (Salt Pond)
Photo by Cliff Vanover Photo by Cliff Vanover Photo by Fred Baker Photo by Fred Baker Ducks by Frances Topping Osprey by Frances Topping Yellow Warbler by Frances Topping Wood Ducks and Mallards – Peter Herstein Wood Ducks and Mallards – Peter Herstein Photo by Frances Topping Frosty Drew Student birding at Grassy Point Frosty Drew students seining in Ninigret Pond Frosty Drew students seining in Ninigret Pond Salt Pond Panorama by Scott MacNeill Salt Pond Sunset by Scott MacNeill Ninigret NWR Sunset by Scott MacNeill Ninigret Pond – Frances Topping Ninigret Park
Photo by Dave Kerber Frosty Drew Observatory Halo by Scott MacNeill Frosty Drew Milky Way by Scott MacNeill Frosty Drew Milky Way by Scott MacNeill Frosty Drew Milky Way by Scott MacNeill Frosty Drew Aurora by Scott MacNeill Frosty Drew Lunar Halo by Scott MacNeill Laser to Saturn by Scott MacNeill Little Nini Pond by Scott MacNeill New Year’s Eve Bonfire by Scott MacNeill Snowy Stargazing by Scott MacNeill Road to Orion by Scott MacNeill Venus, Mars, and Crescent Moon by Scott MacNeill Little Nini Pond – Frances Topping Little Nini Pond – Frances Topping Frosty Drew Sunset by Scott MacNeill Pawaget Park
Photo by Frances Topping Photo by Frances Topping Photo by Frances Topping Photo by Frances Topping Photo by Frances Topping Ninigret Conservation Area
Photo by Cliff Vanover Photo by Cliff Vanover Photo by Cliff Vanover Photo by Frances Topping Willet by Frances Topping Sandpipers by Frances Topping Sandpipers – Dan Slattery Sandpipers – Dan Slattery Sandpipers – Dan Slattery Gulls – Frances Topping Photo by Frances Topping Charlestown Breachway
Thunderstorm approaching Charlestown Breachway by Scott MacNeill Thunderstorm over Breachway and NWR by Scott MacNeill Charlestown Breachway Storm Tide by Scott MacNeill Photo by Frances Topping Photo by Frances Topping Photo by Frances Topping Photo by Frances Topping Photo by Frances Topping Photo by Frances Topping Photo by Dan Slattery Photo by Dan Slattery Photo by Dan Slattery Photo by Dan Slattery Photo by Dan Slattery Photo by Dan Slattery Photo by Dan Slattery Charlestown Beach
Cresent Moon Rising over Charlestown Beach by Scott MacNeill Photo by Frances Topping Exposed ship – Frances Topping Exposed ship – Frances Topping Surf fishing – Frances Topping Surf fishing – Frances Topping Photo by Dan Slattery Photo by Dan Slattery Photo by Dan Slattery Photo by Dan Slattery Photo by Dan Slattery Photo by Dan Slattery Photo by Dan Slattery Photo by Dan Slattery Photo by Dan Slattery 
