Discovering Nature on Libby Hill

We are posting recent sightings of items you can discover on your own as you go out on the trails. Help us by providing a plant sighting report by clicking here  or by posting an animal or bird sighting here.  Need map coordinates?  Click to get our new map that has grid coordinates you can enter.

Sighting Flower/Bird/ Animal Trail/Map Location Date
Albino chickadee Bird In open area on top of hill off Moose Odyssey (D4) 9/12/09
Double Breasted Cormorants Bird Pond off Turkey Trot (H8) 9/5/09
Deer Animal Holmquist Hollow (B6) 7/18/09
Wood Lily Plant Harold Libby 300 feet past memorila (G3) 7/5/09
Hooded Merganser, Wood Duck, Broad Winged Hawk, killdeer, chickadees, mallard ducks, Bird Merganser, Wood Duck and mallards- pond (H9), killdeer -school fields (G8),Broadwinged Hawk (G5) 4/20/09
Hairy Woodpeckers, Juncos, Raven, Chickadees, and Red Breasted Nuthatches Bird Moose Odyssey near view 1 and Deer Run Intersection 3/29/09
Moose Animal Harold Libbey Trail at Thayer Brook 2/28/09
New beaver dam and possible muskrat or weasel Animal Turkey Trot - just off the trail on the northwest corner of the pond  -  please let us know if you see them! 10/26/08
Canadian Geese (more than 100) Bird Turkey Trot at the pond 10/26/08
Wood Thrush Bird Turkey Trot between pond and Moose Odyssey Trail Head 10/26/08
Pileated Woodpecker Bird Moose Odyssey - near crest of Libby Hill 9/21/08
Moose Animal Outback - fresh droppings spotted near the area where trail climbs the ridge. 9/8/08
Porcupine Animal Moose Odyssey Trail near cell tower. 8/2/08
Green Heron Bird Turkey Trot at pond near marshy area ;Green Heron swooped down and landed on a large tree root about half way out into the pond. 7/28/08
Blue Heron Bird Turkey Trot at pond 7/28/08
Indian Pipe Flower 100 feet off trail near Harold Libbey Memorial toward Old Libby Hill Road 7/25/08
Cedar Waxwings Bird Turkey Trot near and at the pond by Middle School 7/13/08
Blue Heron Bird Turkey Trot at pond 7/13/08
Painted Turtles Animal Turkey Trot at pond on longs 7/13/08
Raven Bird Deer Run 7/13/08
Hairy Woodpecker Bird Moose Odyssey near old Libby Hill rd. 7/13/08
Green Heron Bird Turkey Trot at pond near marshy area 7/7/08
Oven Bird Bird Outback 6/30/08
Luna Moth Animal Middle School Entry Way 6/15/08
Black Throated Blue Warbler Bird Moose Odyssey Near Cell Tower 6/15/08
Canadian Geese Animal Across Pond by Middle School 6/15/08
Mallard Ducks Bird Pond by middle school 6/15/08
Hermit Thursh Bird Harold Libbey Trail by Thayer brook 6/15/08
Brown Creeper Bird Harold Libbey Tr between culvert and brook 6//15/08
Prairie Warbler Bird Moose Odyssey Near Cell Tower 6/15/08
Red Winged Black Bird Bird Pond by Middle School 6/15/08
Blue eyed Grass Flower Grassy areas of Moose Odyssey trail going up the hill 6/7/08
Painted Turtles Animal Pond by middle school, over 13 spotted on sunny day laying on logs 6/01/08
Gaywings Flower Many spots, on Moose Odyssey 500 feet up inner loop of trail 5/18/08
Lady Slipper Flower Harold Libby 500 feet from memorial and on the Outback trail 5/18/08
Dwarf ginseng Flower Harold Libbey 1/10 mile before brook 5/18/08
Eastern Towhee Bird Moose Odyssey, near lower connector by school 5/18/08
Blueberries (high and low bus) - almost anywhere but most concentrated on the Moose Odyssey trail going up to the cell tower. Flower Moose Odyssey 5/16/08
Oriole Bird Old Libby Hill Road near stonewall. 5/16/08
Yellow Throat - lots of warblers are in the small pine trees in the under story.  Bring your binoculars and watch for there quick movements in the trees along with there unusual songs. Bird Moose Odyssey near cell tower 5/16/08
Killdeer Bird Fields around Middle School 5/16/08
Bluets Flower On grassy areas of Moose Odyssey trail near school and on the fields of the school. 6/16/08
Violets Flower On most any trail 5/16/08
American Redstart Bird Small pines south of cell tower off Moose Odyssey trail 5/16/08
Star Flower - stems just appearing.. flowers to come soon.  This is probably the most common wildflower in the pine tree areas. Just starting to bloom (May 16) Flower Moose Odyssey, lower section, Harold Libbey, Outback 5/2/2008
Club Moss (ground pine) - they look like miniature pine trees Plant Wide spread off most trails 5/5/2008
Trailing Arbutus -   look for runners and small white flowers Flower Near Bridge on Harold Libbey 5/2/2008
White Violet Flower Harold Libbey and Outback Trails 5/2/2008
Wood Thrush Bird Wet areas on both sides of bridge on Harold Libbey Trail 5/5/2008
Myrtle Warbler Bird In small pine trees by Harold Libbey Memorial 5/3/08
Bellwort (Wild Oats) Flower Off trail near junction of Moose Odyssey western juction of the Harold Libbey Trail 5/5/08
Black Tupelo Tree (black gum) - this rare tree is still under debate to its identification until leaves come out.  The tree is a corner marker for our property and described as a butternut tree in deeds over 100 years old.  On investigation it is not a butternut (sycamore) tree. Tree 200 feet off trail, southwest of the Harold Libbey to Moose Odyssey western juction 5/5/2008
Barred Owl - calls heard not sighted Bird Near Porcupine Rock off Outback Trail 4/27/2008
Pussy Willow Shrub Several opening by driveway around the back of Middle School 4/28/2008