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Southern Berkshire Bioreserve
Southern Berkshire Bioreserve
İHarold E. Malde
Event: Salamanders Migrating
Where: Berkshire Taconic Landscape
When: Last two weeks in March
On rainy nights in late March, hundreds, perhaps thousands, of rare salamanders cross roads in the Southern Berkshires to reach breeding ponds.
Piping plover
Piping plover
İBetty Cottrille
Event: Piping Plovers Breeding
Where: Cape Cod
When: Late April through early May
Male piping plovers can be seen performing their elaborate mating rituals, which involve many aerial displays, much piping and rapid feet drumming.
Martha's Vineyard grasslands
Martha's Vineyard grasslands
İHarold E. Malde
Event: Grassland Birds Feeding
Where: Massachusetts Islands
When: May through early July
Rare grassland birds feed among the sandplain grasslands of Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and the Elizabeth Islands. In addition, wild indigo can be found blooming throughout the islands.
Mountain Laurel in bloom
Mountain Laurel in bloom
İTim Abbott
Event: Mountain Laurel in bloom
Where: Mount Plantain Preserve
When: Mid to late June
In early summer, this 730-acre preserve is awash in the pinks and whites of mountain laurel. Visitors can enjoy the blooms from the Bobbie Hallig Trail.

Open to the public.
Red shoulder hawk and young
Red shoulder hawk and young
İDerek Hamrick
Event: Fall hawk migration
Where: Berkshire Taconic Landscape
When: September
Each fall in Massachusetts, the sky is dotted with hundreds of hawks, from the commonly seen Broad-winged Hawk and American Kestrel to the more elusive Bald eagle and Peregrine Falcon. Berkshire high points--such as Bartholomew's Cobble in Sheffield--are ideal spots to watch these magnificent birds as they soar, glide, and plunge their way to their winter homes.

For additional information on a particular location, click on the name of the preserve associated with the event or visit the Massachusetts site.