We have effectively eliminated almost 3 billion birds in North America in less than 50 years. As a bird watcher I have noticed less traffic at my feeders and less birds overall in the woods when hiking trails. I find it is sometimes eerily silent when there should be abundant singing in the warmer months.
At my home we love birds and do [...]
HST Home Selling Team is pleased to offer the last lot in Aurora Estates, 12 Jackson Lane in Mansfield Center. This lot is the last for sale in a 6-lot subdivision of New England-style attractive homes. Soils are great on this 2.25-acre lot, without ledge, water, or wetlands. The lot is lightly wooded with some larger trees to add [...]
New England has been experiencing more rainfall and more intense storms due to the increasing amounts of CO2 in our atmosphere —which is effectively an insulating blanket around our planet—pushing temperatures on land and sea to rise. In Rhode Island, known as the "ocean state", annual precipitation has risen by 5 inches since 1950 and the [...]
The insect population has dropped by 45% over the last 4 decades. 40% of all insects are at risk of extinction. It’s our fault. Habitat loss, rampant pesticide use, millions of acres of sterile grass and urbanization and the replacement of native plants with pest-resistant ornamentals, are responsible for the putting insects in imminent [...]
I finally visited one of Mansfield’s newest preserves, the Simpson-Wood Preserve on Route 89 across the road from the Mt. Hope Park. It is an easy 2 mile trail among 114 acres of woods with some beautiful ledges and stonewalls. There are a couple of “alternate routes” that skirt slight inclines if you prefer strictly level hiking. [...]
I’ve got to say that Connecticut has done a damn good job of containing the spread of COVID-19. As of this post we are one of only 4 states in the U.S. that have declining infection rates. In the Mansfield UConn Eastern Connecticut markets we are receiving inquiries and selling properties to an increasing number of NY buyers and other [...]
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According to a recent study, bird populations have plummeted by 29% since 1970. The news is grim. According to the study, more than 700 million birds across 31 species that make their homes in fields and farmlands have vanished since 1970. We were first alerted of the dangers of DDT through Rachel Carson's environmental best [...]
I went the woods because it rains like everyday lately and I had to get in to the woods. I visited 2 local parks, Fenton-Ruby Park in Willington and Mansfield Hollow State Park in Mansfield. I was greeted by rain & overcast skies but a fair amount of green given the lack of sunshine we've expereinced in April and May so far this year. [...]
The Connecticut Audubon Society is accepting applications until April 15, 2019 for the summer 2019 Writer-and-Artist-in-Residence Program at Trail Wood in Hampton, CT. The 168 acre property, known as Trail Wood in Hampton, CT was bequeathed to the Connecticut Audubon Society by the Pulitzer Prize-winning naturalist writer and photographer [...]
The numbers are in and we crushed it again in 2018! Home Selling Team grabbed the top spot with 259 sales and a 20.3% market share in our 20-town region, the next closest company at 140 sales and 10.97% market share.
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