Burncoat Pond Wildlife Sanctuary

Burncoat Pond Wildlife Sanctuary IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape
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location	Massachusetts , United States
surface	100 ha
WDPA ID	5555629
Geographical location	42 ° 14 '  N , 71 ° 58'  W Coordinates: 42 ° 14 '18 "  N , 71 ° 57' 49"  W
administration	Massachusetts Audubon Society

The Burncoat Pond Wildlife Sanctuary is a 245  acres (1  km² ) large reserve at Spencer in the state of Massachusetts of the United States . It is administered by the Massachusetts Audubon Society .

Protected area

The reserve covers the western part of the eponymous lake Burncoat Pond . It provides an important habitat for migratory and resident birds and serves human visitors as a recreational area with 2  mi (3.2  km ) of hiking trails. Widespread growing heather Mountain Laurel ( Kalmia latifolia ), and with a little luck can deer , foxes , raccoons , beavers , otters , coyotes , Fisher , muskrat and a variety of bird species such as wood ducks , Blue Heron and passerines observed.

See also

• Massachusetts Audubon Society's list of protected areas

Individual evidence

1. ↑ About Burncoat Pond. Massachusetts Audubon Society, accessed August 8, 2014 . 

Web links

• Burncoat Pond in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
• Sibley Farm & Burncoat Pond Trails. ( PDF ) Massachusetts Audubon Society, accessed August 8, 2014 (English, area map).