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Massachusetts Water Resources Authority
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE:
July 24, 2009
CONTACT:

Ria Convery, Communications Director
(617) 788-1105, <ria.convery@mwra.state.ma.us>

A REAL Rara Avis AT FELLS COVERED STORAGE TANK

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A local birdwatcher has identified a rare Bobolink nesting at the site of the MWRA’s covered storage tank in the High Fells in Stoneham.

The tank is located within the Middlesex Fells Reservation, and provides 20 million gallons of drinking water storage, is covered with a meadow which is now in full bloom.

For more information, about activities in the Reservation, visit the Friends of the Fells website at http://www.fells.org/index.cfm.

 


Photo: Mike Ryan

 

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Updated July 24, 2009