A Guide
To
The Trails of Legion Pool
The Joseph Nesteriak Memorial Nature Trail
Legion Pool Loop
Chatfield Park Walking Track
Seymour Land Conservation Trust, Inc,
Seymour, Connecticut
June 2007
The Trails at Legion Pool
The Seymour Land Conservation Trust, Inc.
Mission Statement
The purpose of the Seymour Land
Conservation Trust, Inc. is the preservation of the natural resources of the
Town of Seymour and surrounding
communities. This includes water resources, wetlands, woodlands, and open spaces.
The preservation of our plant and animal life is critical to remembering our
heritage. This includes the preservation of scenic and historic areas.
Welcome to the Trails at Legion Pool
Legion Pool and the adjoining Joseph Nesteriak Memorial Nature Trail are owned and maintained by the Seymour Land Conservation Trust. The public is invited to visit and enjoy the trails and park. Fishing is by membership only, but one does not need to be a Seymour resident to join. A membership application can be found at the end of this guide.
The trails of the Legion Pool area consist of three interconnected loops – Legion Pool loop, Chatfield walking track (owned by the city of Seymour) and the Joseph Nesteriak Memorial Nature Trail. Hikers have the option of walking one or more trails. All are relatively flat and are handicapped accessible.
The purpose of this guide is to provide historical information about the area, to highlight some of the plant and animals that inhabit the park, and to point out other interesting features.
We hope you will enjoy your visit to the Legion Pool trail system and enjoy the diversity of plant and animal life that abound. For your safety and enjoyment and that of others, please read the rules and regulations that follow. Please take only pictures and leave only footprints. Thank you for helping us to keep this natural area clean and free of litter.
Elected Officers 2006/2007
President – Frank Conroy
Vice-President – Alex Danka
Treasurer – Brian Barrett
Corresponding Secretary – Fran Zielinski
Recording Secretary – Karen Roman
Board of Directors 2006/2007
Ann Conroy Joe Grabinski Don Kierol
Joe Marcinek Jim McNamara Bill Melson
Ron Skurat
The website for Seymour Land
Trust membership forms and event information is: seymourlandtrust.org
If you wish to send us an e-mail, our e-mail address is: webmaster@seymourlandtrust.org
For comments, additions to plant and animal lists or questions regarding accuracy of this trail guide, please contact Pete Rzasa by e-mail: pjrzasa@comcast.net
June/2007
Rules & Regulations
Ø Legion Pool and the Joseph Nesteriak Memorial Nature Trail are open to the general public from 7:00 a.m. until sunset.
Ø Do not park in handicapped spaces.
Ø Only Seymour Land Trust members are allowed to fish in Legion Pool. Members do not need to be Seymour residents. See membership form in the trail guide.
Ø Refer to the posted fishing rules.
Ø Do not feed the trout anything but trout pellets from the Land Trust fish-food machine. Bread and other food may harm or kill the fish.
Ø Swimming and wading are prohibited.
Ø No hunting, trapping, camping or fires.
Ø Except for motorized wheelchairs, NO off-road vehicles are permitted (ATV’s, motorbikes, snowmobiles, etc.)
Ø No bicycles are allowed on the walkways.
Ø Collecting of plants and wildlife is prohibited. Take only photos – leave only footprints.
Ø Owners are responsible to clean up after their pets and keep their pets safe from park visitors.
Ø Keep the trails free of litter, including cigarette butts. Carry out what you brought in.
Ø The Land Trust offers a $100.00 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person that vandalizes any part of the park.
Beware – Poison Ivy
There are a few park areas where poison ivy grows. Remember – Leaves of three – let it be!!
Trail Distances (approximate)
All trails are handicapped accessible and relatively flat.
Joseph Nesteriak Memorial Nature Trail loop beginning and ending at Legion Pool parking lot – 0.9 mile
Includes Legion Pool Loop, Chatfield Park walking
track and the Joseph Nesteriak Memorial Nature Trail
Legion Pool Loop – 0.25 mile
Joseph Nesteriak Memorial Nature Trail – 0.3 mile
Chatfield Park Walking track - 0.3 mile
Parking
Legion Pool lot off Chatfield Street
Edward Road & Legion Road parking lot
Park Fishing Rules
See posted rule regarding fishing at Legion Pool.
Further Information
For more information about the trails at Legion Pool, fishing regulations and general Land Trust information, contact Park Director Frank Conroy at (203) 888-6968.
The History of Legion Pool
Legion Pool and the surrounding land were once owned by the Beach family who operated the S. Y. Beach Paper Mill constructed in 1850 on Beach Street, southwest of the Legion Pool property. Around 1885, a pond was built on the hill nearby where Bladen’s Brook flowed to insure a full supply of pure water necessary for paper production.
In the late 1920’s, the pond and mill were sold to the Seymour Paper Company. The pond acquired the name “Sandy Hook”.
In 1926, George Hummel, the company’s superintendent and an active member of the Emil Senger Post No. 10 American Legion, received permission to utilize the holding pond as a swimming area for the town’s people. He and members of the town’s legion post built a sand bag dam, repaired walls, created a beach area and constructed bath houses. The area became known as “Legion Pool”. At the time, nearby route 67 was just a dirt path for horse drawn carriages.
Shortly thereafter, the newly created Seymour Playground Association supervised and conducted summer family activities at the Pool.
Spring floods in 1927 demolished the sand bag dam and emptied Legion Pool. However, money was soon donated by members of the Matthies family for the construction of a substantial cement dam and retaining wall.
Between the 1930’s and the early 1950’s, as many as 200 children per day could be found enjoying swimming related activities, doll shows, pet shows, pie-eating contests, and horse shoe games.
In 1953, the Pool became contaminated from local septic systems and was closed to swimming. The dam deteriorated and eventually collapsed. The pond became nothing but a small brook with overgrown brush, a dumping ground and an eyesore.
In 1989, the Seymour Land Conservation Trust purchased Legion Pool with a grant from the Katherine Matthies Foundation.
Seymour Trust was the Trustee of the Foundation at the time while Cliff Hoyle, William Powanda and Eugene Coppola were the foundation’s first advisory board members. These individuals had the vision and foresight to provide the funds to enable the land trust to preserve this historic and valuable piece of real estate.
Land Trust volunteers have since put in thousands of hours of work to restore the Pool its current status.
In 2005, The Land Trust began construction of the Joseph Nesteriak Memorial Nature Trail. The following year, the town of Seymour, Mayor Robert Koskelowski and the Seymour Land Trust worked to develop a track and trail system at Chatfield Park. A grant from the Matthies Foundation to the town enabled the public works to build a paved track just over 1/4 mile long.
Both trails were officially dedicated on National Trails Day, June 2, 2007.
The Seymour Land Trust continues to maintain the Pool area and Nature Trail to ensure enjoyment by all.
The Trails of Legion Pool
Self-Guiding Trail Guide
The trails of the Legion Pool area consist of three interconnected loops - Legion Pool trail, Chatfield walking track and the Joseph Nesteriak Memorial Nature Trail. Hikers have the option of walking one or more trails. All are relatively flat and are handicapped accessible.
Following is a brief description of some of the things to look for as you walk the trail systems. Included are checklists of the flora and fauna that have been previously verified on the trails. The lists are by no means complete.
The main trail head starts at the Chatfield Street parking area.
Ø There are white pine trees on the right as one enters the parking lot.
Ø The beautifully manicured displays of flowers and greenery are maintained by Land Trust volunteers.
Ø On the left of the parking lot is a gazebo overlooking the lower water fall. Trout could be observed feeding on insects that wash down into the lower pools.
Ø A grey birch can be seen to the left of the gazebo.
Ø Adjacent to the gazebo is a picnic and fishing area overlooking Legion Pool. The Land Trust stocks the pool with trophy size brook, brown, rainbow, golden and tiger trout. Only members are allowed fishing privileges (see membership form at end of this guide).
Ø Please refer to posted regulations regarding fishing.
Ø Visitors can feed the trout and ducks only with food from the fish food machine located at the entrance to the pond over-look area (25 cents per handful). Bread and other food may harm or kill the trout.
Ø Watch for the great egret that has occasionally been observed stalking trout.
Ø Exit the Pool area and turn toward the Bladen Brook Bridge. The wooden board is posted with fishing and park regulations and other Land Trust information. A large scarlet oak and a red oak provide shade here.
Ø At the foot of the bridge, one can sit on a bench overlooking Bladen’s brook. This is a good area for bird watching, particularly in spring when migrating warblers can be observed feeding on insects. Phoebes, eastern king birds and Baltimore orioles also inhabit this area.
Ø Watch for black crown night herons searching for amphibians and small fish along the brook.
Ø Several beech trees can be seen in the area in along the hill in back of the bench and trail.
Ø Continue over the bridge. Bladen’s Brook flowing underneath originates from springs in Woodbridge. Trout can be observed waiting for prey to float down the brook.
Ø On the left, a large red oak provides shade for the brook.
Ø On the left is the Island Gazebo, dedicated in memory of Ruth Cochran, set among a grove of American ash trees. Note the bark which some say resembles the skin of a cantaloupe.
Ø From the gazebo, the Pool’s fountain can be seen. It aerates the water during the summer and provides oxygen for the trout.
Ø Watch for American black ducks, mallards and other ducks swimming in the Pool.
Ø A large tulip tree (yellow poplar) can be seen on the trail opposite the path to the gazebo.
Ø Continue along the trail toward the covered bridge.
Ø On the right, sensitive fern, Christmas fern and water horsetail can be found. Water horsetail has historically been used by both Europeans and Native Americans for scouring pots, sanding, and filing because of the high silica content in the stems.
Ø On the right, look for red osier dogwood, a small to medium shrub belonging to the dogwood family. Twigs and bark are bright red, sometimes green splotched.
Ø A large hemlock provides shade for the hiker.
Ø Just above the hemlock is a shagbark hickory tree. Note the peeling bark which protects the tree from fire and insect damage.
Ø On the top of the hill on the right is an old sugar maple tree that is over 150 years old. Barbed wire runs through part of its trunk, evidence of past farming in the area.
Ø Wood anemone and spotted wintergreen grow on the hillside.
Ø The covered bridge, dedicated in the memory of George Foster, provides an elevated view of the Pool. Trout Brook flows beneath. Trout can be seen spawning here in the early spring.
Ø Watch for herons and egrets wading in the Pool looking for unsuspecting trout!
Ø Exit the bridge to the trail junction. For a shorter walk, hikers can turn left and head back to the parking lot.
Ø Turn right up the small hill to Chatfield Park. Wild raspberries grow on the right along the hill. In summer, watch for catbirds and robins eating the ripe fruit.
Ø At the crest of the hill on the right are yellow birch trees. Broken twigs smell like wintergreen and birch beer soda.
Ø The trail leads into the Chatfield walking track. On your right is Trout Brook and on the left is a picnic pavilion.
Ø Baseball fields, a basketball court and a children’s playground maintained by the town of Seymour are located here.
Ø On the right are eastern red cedar trees, evidence of previous pasture land.
Ø On the right, a stone monument commemorates Eric and Margaret Will who in 1947 donated the Chatfield Park land to the city of Seymour in memorial to their children and grandchildren.
Ø On the right is a concrete bridge leading to the parking lot off Legion and Edward Roads. Sweet Joe Pye Weed can be seen blooming along the bank in late summer.
Ø A small spring-fed brook can be seen flowing into Trout Brook. Spring warblers can be observed here.
Ø Opposite the swings stands a large eastern cottonwood tree.
Ø Continue to the entrance to the Joseph Nesteriak Memorial Nature Trail.
Ø At this trail junction, hikers could turn left along the paved walking trail back to Legion Pool or enter the Joseph Nesteriak Memorial Nature Trail for a longer walk.
Ø At the entrance of the Nature trail is a huge 150 year old white oak tree that once provided shade for a farm’s sheep and cows. Trees that grow on property lines, along stone walls or brooks manage to live longer and grow larger than those that began their existence closer to pastures and cultivated areas.
Ø Look for many species of birds high in its branches. Beware of the poison ivy that grows on and around the tree.
Ø Enter the Nature Trails, a set of three interconnecting loops.
Ø Spring trout lilies and white toothwort can be found along the shores of the brook. The low shrub-like trees are spice bush. Scratch a stem and smell its spicy fragrance.
Ø A slippery elm tree and a red maple tree can be seen on the right at the end of the bridge.
Ø A black cherry sits to the left of the park bench. Its black bark looks like someone sprayed corn flakes on the trunk.
Ø Take the right hand trail that runs along the perimeter of the nature preserve. Skunk cabbage can be seen along both sides of the trail.
Ø Watch for wood thrushes and veeries.
Ø Jewelweed grows along the trail. It provides nectar for humming birds. Native Americans rubbed crushed jewelweed on their skin to prevent an allergic reaction to poison ivy.
Ø Jack-in the pulpits and meadow rue can be seen along both sides of the trail in spring.
Ø A large red maple and an apple tree from an old farm can be seen on the left.
Ø Multiple trunked trees are evidence of logging in the area. After maples are cut down, the routes stump sprout and grow into multiple trunked trees.
Ø Virginia creeper, a vine with five leaves per bunch, can be seen on the ground and climbing trees. Some confuse this plant with poison ivy which has 3 leaves.
Ø A large sugar maple can be seen.
Ø As the trail loops to the left, large grape vines can be observed.
Ø Walk to the junction point. Take the trail on the left which curves along the brook. Listen for downy and red-bellied woodpeckers tapping on dead trees.
Ø Spotted alder grows here and most other areas in the Preserve.
Ø Continue along and look for the large false-hellebore which has bushy yellowish green flowers in the summer. It looks like an indoor house plant.
Ø Stinging nettle can be found along the trail. Be careful. Brushing along the plant will cause a burning sensation on the skin and will take a few minutes to subside.
Ø Turnaround and walk back to the trail junction, past the original perimeter trail.
Ø Look for cinnamon fern along the trail.
Ø The trail curves left. Red maple trees with smooth bark can be found here.
Ø Several wild flowers can be found in the Preserve: bluets, Canada Mayflower, dwarf ginseng, white wood aster, Solomon’s seal, false Solomon’s seal and meadow rue.
Ø With the neighboring houses on your right, continue along the perimeter of the preserve.
Ø The large evergreens on the right are non-native Norway spruce trees.
Ø Further on the left is a shadbush (service berry, juneberry), so called because shad run in rivers when this tree blooms in early April.
Ø There are two bridges in the Preserve, connecting the trails.
Ø Proceed on the outer trail. Watch for cotton tail rabbits and deer that feed on the plant foliage in this area.
Ø A covered sitting area with benches can be found on the right.
Ø On the left of the bench is a large slippery elm tree.
Ø Near the exit is a grove of butternut trees. Butternut canker caused by a fungus has been destroying butternut trees across the country and may cause their extinction in the future.
Ø As you exit, turn right on the paved Chatfield walking track. This area was once farmland. Watch for red-tailed hawks and red-shouldered hawks soaring over the field.
Ø Ahead is the Henry Hamel Environmental Building, owned by the Seymour Land Trust.
Ø Stay on the walkway as it curves to the left. Take the right at the picnic pavilion and back down the hill to the Legion Pool Trail.
Ø Take a right and proceed along the Pool.
Ø Blue forget-me-nots grow along the water’s edge.
Ø A large red maple provides shade for the trout.
Ø A river otter was once spotted along the wall, searching for a fresh meal of trout.
Ø The Henry Hamel Environmental Building is on the right. Members can rent the building for special occasions.
Ø Look for sycamore trees growing below the falls on your left. They have mottled creamy white and brown bark which peels from the trunk.
Ø Also of the left is a large tree-of heaven, an invasive species.
Ø Trust members maintain bluebird boxes in this area.
Ø Continue to Chatfield Street and back to the parking lot. Be very careful of cars on the street.
This little commentary has touched only on the obvious. The more you look and listen, the more you will see, hear and wonder!
Survey of Flora and Fauna
Following is an on-going inventory of the flora and fauna seen or heard on the Legion Pool Trail systems. This inventory was begun in 2005. Visitors are invited to check off the specimens that they observe and, if new specimens are discovered, add to the list.
Trees/Shrubs
____Apple
____Crab Apple Malus sp.
____Wild Apple Malus pumila
____Beech, American Fagus grandifolia
____Birch
____Black Birch Betula lenta
____Gray Birch Betula populifolia
____Yellow Birch Betula alleghaniensis
____Hickory
____Bitternut Hickory
____Shagbark Hickory Carya ovata
____Butternut Juglans cinerea
____Cherry
____Black Cherry Prunus serotina
____Chokecherry Prunus virginiana
____Common Juniper Juniperus communis
____Dogwood
____Alternate-leaf Dogwood Cornus alternifolia
____Eastern Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida
____Red-osier Cornus stolonifera
____Eastern Cottonwood Populus deltoides
____Eastern Red Cedar Juniperus virginiana
____Eastern Hemlock Tsuga Canadensis
____Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus
____High Bush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum
____Honey Locust Gleditsia triacanthos
____Juneberry (Shad Bush, Service Berry) Amelanchier arborea
____Maple
____Red Maple Acer rubrum
____Silver Maple Acer saccharinum
____Sugar Maple Acer saccharum
____Oak
____Northern Black Oak Quercus velutina
____Red Oak Quercus rubra
____Scarlet Oak Quercus coccinea
____White Oak Quercus alba
____Norway Spruce Picea abies
____Slippery Elm Ulmus americana
____Spice Bush Lindera benzoin
____Spotted Alder
____Staghorn Sumac Rhus typhina
____Sycamore, American Platanus occidentalis
____Tulip Tree Liriodendron tulipifera
____White Ash Fraxinus americana
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Plants
____Arrow-leafed Tearthumb Polygonum sagittatum
____Asiatic Dayflower (non-native) Commelina communis
____Aster
____Lowrie’s Aster Aster lowrieanus
____White Wood Aster Aster divaricatus
____Avens
____White avens Geum canadense
____Yellow avens Geum aleppiccum
____Bedstraw
____Rough Bedstraw Galium asprellum
____Beggar-tick Bidens frondosa
____Bluet Houstonia caerulea
____Blackberry Rubus allegheniensis
____Bull Thistle (non-native) Cirsium vulgare
____Butter–and-eggs (non-native) Linaria vulgaris
____Buttercup
____Creeping buttercup (non-native) Ranunculus repens
____Kidneyleaf Buttercup Ranunculus abortivus
____Canada Mayflower Maianthemum canadense
____Celandine (non-native) Chelidonium majus
____Cinquefoil
____Common Cinquefoil Potentilla simplex
____Rough Cinquefoil Potentilla norvegica
____Clearweed Pilea pumila
____Common Burdock (non-native) Arctium minus
____Common Dandelion (non-native) Taraxacum officinale
____Common Mullein ( non-native) Verbascum thapsus
____Cress
____Winter Cress (non-native) Barbarea vulgaris
____Curled Dock (non-native) Rumex crispus
____Day Lily (non-native) Hemerocallis fulva
____Dwarf Ginseng Panax trifolius
____Evening Lychnis (non-native) Lychnis alba
____Evening Primrose Oenothera biennis
____False Hellebore Veratrum viride
____False Solomon’s Seal Smilacina racemosa
____Fleabane
____Daisy Fleabane Erigeron annuus
____Goldenrod
____Elm-leafed Goldenrod Solidago ulmifolia
____Lance-leaved Goldenrod Solidago graminifolia
____Great Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica
____Greenbrier (Catbrier) Smilax rotundifolia
____Groundnut (non-native) Apios americana
____Horseweed Erigeron canadensis
____Hog-peanut Amphicarpa bracteata
____Indian-tobacco Llobelia inflata
____Jack in the Pulpit Arisaema atrorubens
____Jewelweed (Spotted touch-me not) Impatiens capensis
____King Devil (non-native) Hieracium pratense
____Large Toothwort (pink) Dentaria maxima
____Lambs-quarters (non-native) Chenopodium album
____Milkweed
____Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca
____Nettle
____Purple Dead-nettle (non-native) Lamium purpureum
____Stinging Nettle (non-native) Urtica dioica
____Nightshade
____Common Nightshade (non-native) Solanum nigrum
____Nightshade Bittersweet (non-native) Solanum dulcamara
____Peppergrass (Poor-man’s-pepper) Lepidium virginicum
____Plantain, Common (non-native) Plantago major
____Poison Ivy Rhus radicans
____Pokeweed Phytolacca americana
____Ragweed
____Common Ragweed Ambrosia artemisiifolia
____Great Ragweed Ambrosia trifida
____Raspberry Rubus idaeus
____Rue
____Early Meadow Rue Thalictrum dioicum
____Tall Meadow Rue Thalictrum polygamum
____Smartweed
____Pale Smartweed Polygonum lapthifolium
____Pennsylvania Smartweed Polygonum pensylvanicum
____Solomon’s Seal Polygonatum biflorum
____Spotted St. Johnswort Hypericum canadense
____Spotted Wintergreen Chimaphila maculata
____Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus
____Sweet Joe Pye Weed Eupatorium purpureum
____Trefoil
____Birdfoot Trefoil (non-native) Lotus corniculatus
____Toothwort (white) Dentaria diphylla
____Trout Lily, Adder’s-tongue Erythronium americanum
____True Forget-me not (non-native) Myosotis scorpioides
____Vetch
____Crown-vetch (non-native) Coronilla varia
____Violet
____Common Blue Violet Viola papilionacea
____Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia
____Virginia Knotweed Tovara virginiana
____Water Hemlock Cicuta maculata
____Wild Carrot (Queen Anne’s Lace) (non-native) Daucus carota
____Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum
____Wild Grape Vitis sp.
____Wild Oats, Sessile Bellwort Uvularia sessilifolia
____Wild Onion Allium stellatum
____Winter Cress (non-native) Barbarea vulgaris
____Wood Anemone Anemone quinquefolia
____Wood Strawberry (non-native) Fragaria vesca
____Yellow Wood-sorrel Oxalis europaea
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Many of the plants found in Legion and Chatfield Parks are classified as non-native species that were originally brought to New England by European colonists. These plants evolved in European grazing ecosystems and were accidentally introduced from seeds contained in the dirt that acted as ballast on colonial ships and from hay that fed livestock transported to the New World. Non-native species have since become firmly established in our area.
Ferns
____Cinnamon Fern Osmunda cinnamomea
____Christmas Fern Polystichum acrostichoides
____Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense
____Sensitive Fern Onoclea sansibilis
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Invasive Species
Invasive species refer to plants that have characteristics that allow them to spread quickly and widely, and to cause detrimental effects to native species.
____Asiatic Bittersweet Celastrus orbiculatus
____Autumn Olive Elaeagnus umbellata
____Dame’s Rocket Hesperis matronalis
____Japanese Barberry Berberis thunbergii
____Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris
____Multiflora Rose Rosa multiflora
____Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica
____Japanese Knotweed Polygonum cuspidatum
____Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata
____Norway Maple Acer platanoides
____Purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria
____Russian Olive Elaeagnus angustifolia
____Tree-of-heaven Ailanthus altissima
____Winged Euonymus (Burning bush) Euonymus alata
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Animals
____Eastern Cottontail Rabbit Sylvilagus floridanus
____River otter Lutra canadensis
____Whitetail Deer Odocoileus virginianus
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Fish
____Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
____Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis
____Brown trout Salmo trutta
____Golden trout Salmo aguabonita
____Rainbow trout Salmo gairdneri
____Largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides
____Tiger trout (cross between a female brown trout and a male brook trout)
____White Sucker Catostomus commersoni
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Reptiles/Amphibians
____Black Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta
____Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana
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Birds
____American Black Duck Anas rubripes
____American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
____American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
____American Robin Turdus migratorius
____Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
____Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
____Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapilla
____Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax
____Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
____Canada Goose Branta canadensis
____Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
____Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
____Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
________Cooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooperii
____Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
____Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
____Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
____Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
____Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
____Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
____Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
____Great Egret Ardea alba
____Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
____Herring Gull Larus argentatus
____House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
____House Sparrow Passer domesticus
____Mallard Duck Anas platyrhynchos
____Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
____Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
____Osprey Pandion haliaetus
____Red Bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
____Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
____Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
____Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
____Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
____Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
____Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
____Veery Catharus fuscescens
____Warblers
____Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
____Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus
____Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle Warbler) Dendroica coronata
____Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
____Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
____White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
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Seymour Land Conservation Trust
Application for Membership
Name____________________________
Address__________________________
City_____________________________
State________ Zip Code____________
Phone____________________________
e-mail____________________________
Check category:
___ $20 Individual membership for 2007
___ $30 Family membership for 2007
___ $500* or more – Lifetime, with applicant’ name
on a permanent plaque at Legion Pool
___ $300 Permanent plaque in the park
___ $1,000 Permanent bronze plaque in park with verbiage
from applicant to recognize a loved one or a
business
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Make check payable to:
Seymour Land Conservation Trust
13 Chatfield Street
Seymour, CT 06483
Members will be issued a fishing permit and may utilize the environmental building by making a donation to the Land Trust. Contact Frank Conroy at
888-6968 for more details or visit our website at www.seymourlandtrust.org.
Cover illustration of Legion Pool created by
Barbara J. Rzasa