Document Type
Report
Date of Original Version
8-2012
Department
Natural Resources Science
Abstract
This report describes the results of a series of breeding bird point counts conducted at the Lawton Farm Recreation Area, Scituate, Rhode Island, on May 31 and June 21, 2012. The Lawton Farm is a 54.4 acre parcel owned by the Scituate Land Trust and the Town of Scituate. The property is mostly open fields, except for approximately 20 acres of forested wetlands and a small stand of upland hardwoods in the southwest corner. An important conservation objective for the property is to maintain grassland habitat for the Bobolink and Eastern Meadowlark. For more information on the property, see the Lawton Farm Management Plan (Tremblay 2009). The point counts were carried out as part of an ongoing study of the University of Rhode Island and the Environmental Protection Agency of bird use of shrubland habitats generated through forest management practices.
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Buffum, Bill, and Rick McKinney. "Breeding Birds and Forest Management in Lawton Farm Recreation Area, Scituate Rhode Island." (2012). https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/nrs_facpubs/918