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NATURE PHOTO OF THE MONTH: Barred owl in Swampscott s Ewing Woods
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Description: A Swampscott barred owl roosting on a tree branch in Ewing Woods is the Swampscott Conservancy s nature photo for April 2021.
Photographer: Adam Karlin
The barred owl s call is easy to recognize and remember, as it sounds like the owl is asking who cooks for you? . This owl is common in Massachusetts woodlands where it feeds on mice and other rodents, as well as a variety of other small mammals.
The barred owl typically nests in tree cavities and will raise one brood of chicks a year. They are inquisitive birds and will return your gaze if you spot one on a tree branch.
NATURE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: Greening ideas for the Swampscott school-building design team
Toni Bandrowicz
Opportunity seldom knocks twice. As the town of Swampscott embarks upon the siting of a new elementary school, I can hear it knocking.
Here, at the planning stage, the town has the opportunity to ensure that the new school is environmentally sustainable, protects neighboring natural areas, and provides ample open space for play and learning. It will be much harder and more expensive to incorporate energy saving and sustainable solutions after the project is completed, rather than now at the design phase.
Why is this important? It’s because open space - not just classroom space - is vital to our children’s education. Research consistently shows that access to open space, especially natural green open space, promotes cognitive, physical, social and emotional wellbeing. In designing the new school, we need to expand open space wherever possible, and protect the
New rules governing Swampscott dogs taking effect
Violations come with hefty fines, officials say
Leigh Blander
New rules banning dogs from town-owned property, including parks and school fields, are taking effect. Violators will face hefty fines.
“There are people who think the fields are their personal dog parks,” said Swampscott Board of Health Chair Marianne Hartmann. “People who work at the schools see this happening and with kids using the fields more now for outdoor mask breaks and class time, you would hope that people would be more responsible, but it’s just not happening.”
Town Meeting voted in 2019 to ask the Board of Health to develop language for new regulations banning dogs from town-owned parks and playing fields. The BOH approved the language in October. Signs at the impacted parks and fields are going up now.
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