Laughing Brook Wildlife Sanctuary

Laughing Brook Wildlife Sanctuary IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape
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location	Massachusetts , United States
surface	150 ha
WDPA ID	5555666
Geographical location	42 ° 4 ′  N , 72 ° 24 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 3 ′ 51 "  N , 72 ° 24 ′ 18"  W
administration	Massachusetts Audubon Society

The Laughing Brook Wildlife Sanctuary is a 367  acres (1.5  square kilometers ) comprehensive reserve at Hampden in the state of Massachusetts of the United States . It is administered by the Massachusetts Audubon Society .

Protected area

Today's sanctuary with more than 400 plant species on the eponymous watercourse was once the residence of children's book author Thornton W. Burgess , who built his stories around the animals that lived on his doorstep. His home has been preserved to this day and was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 as Thornton W. Burgess House . There are 4 mi (6.4  km ) of hiking trails available to visitors today  . Belt fishermen , red-shouldered blackbirds , hut warblers , swamp swallows , beavers , water striders and oar bugs can be observed particularly frequently .

See also

• Massachusetts Audubon Society's list of protected areas

Individual evidence

1. ↑ About Laughing Brook. Massachusetts Audubon Society, accessed September 23, 2014 . 

Web links

• Laughing Brook Wildlife Sanctuary in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
• Laughing Brook Wildlife Sanctuary. ( PDF ) Massachusetts Audubon Society, accessed September 23, 2014 (English, map of the area).