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Her belly feathers are wet from pushing against the nest's mud walls to shape it into a cozy cup that she lines with fine grasses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617226061d2f460b9c3e4d99/73ae1a4f-ecea-4bc9-8e0a-f89a5314e407/Goose+Pond+Pitch+Pine+Forest.jpg Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617226061d2f460b9c3e4d99/d5c1b290-b855-47df-91d9-e61de98032ac/Mourning+Dove+Goose+Pond+Chatham+MA+8329+mr+crop.jpg Images The soothing owl-like calls and the whistling wings of the Mourning Dove can often be heard in these woods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617226061d2f460b9c3e4d99/131c8027-47ef-4b59-8d02-edc58c432afe/Carolina+Wren+singing.png Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617226061d2f460b9c3e4d99/ed85d11b-c428-467d-a82a-5b5d86852349/Blue+Dasher+dragonfly+on+spatterdock+flower+4A%2BH.jpg Images A Blue Dasher dragonfly surveys his territory from a yellow Spatterdock flower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617226061d2f460b9c3e4d99/9e34a2b2-36ac-4598-830c-a4b42bf8ce5c/Eastern+Towhee+with+spider+for+young.png Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617226061d2f460b9c3e4d99/4e57e0f2-dc0c-4563-b5e5-aad83133bfc7/bluet+sp+frog+pond.jpg Images A few species of Bluet damselflies are common residents of Goose Pond's wetlands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617226061d2f460b9c3e4d99/05f3bc69-554d-4934-805e-aa5e0144e74e/Green+Frog+.png Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617226061d2f460b9c3e4d99/a41362db-502a-445b-becd-0ac093c74090/bull+frog+female+in+frog+pond+2AH.jpg Images Bullfrogs live in Goose Pond and in the hidden wetland swale of Goose Pond Forest. Fragmenting forest with roads leads to declines in frog populations as they get squashed by passing cars on wet nights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617226061d2f460b9c3e4d99/0217351b-2edc-4883-908b-dd7e10285a66/Green+frog+eating+a+worm.png Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617226061d2f460b9c3e4d99/2f96d843-1a86-41a9-9013-d5b27c5946e2/bullfrog+reflected++in+frog+pond+2AHcrop.jpg Images Bullfrogs live in Goose Pond and in the hidden wetland swale of Goose Pond Forest. 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