Bird Walk at Woods Without Gile

Ann and Marc Davis and Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust, will host a bird walk on Sunday, June 14 at the Woods Without Gile in Springfield.

Registration is required and limited. The walk will be no more than two miles on maintained trails and over undulating terrain. We love dogs, but for this walk, please leave your dog at home.

Steven Lamonde, professional biologist with Moosewood Ecological, will lead the bird walk. The Davises have engaged Moosewood Ecological to survey the plants and animals at the Woods Without Gile, a 500-acre certified NH Tree Farm in Springfield and Wilmot.

Ausbon Sargent holds a conservation easement on the Woods Without Gile. The property was the 2022 NH Tree Farm of the Year and the 2024 Northeast Region Tree Farm of the Year.

Lamonde has a bachelor’s degree in environmental science from Johnson State College and a master’s degree in conservation biology from Antioch University New England. Never without binoculars or a camera, Lamonde enjoys taking any opportunity to document New England’s biodiversity.

“When we bought the property in 2002 we saw and heard very few birds because the habitat lacked diversity,” said Ann Davis, manager of the Woods Without Gile. “When we held a bird walk at the woodlot in 2025, we saw/heard 35 species. We believe this is the result of how we have managed the forest.”

Lamonde conducted a nesting bird survey in June and July 2023 that found 72 bird species on the property. In late May and June of this year, he will conduct a follow-up survey.