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=Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge= South Kingstown, Rhode Island 02879 Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge web site Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge trail map

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Trustom Pond NWR
Coordinates: 41.372185, -71.58563 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Card's Pond
Coordinates: 41.3740069, -71.5666821 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Moonstone Beach, South Kingstown
Coordinates: 41.3704727, -71.5751266 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Tips for birding Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge
The last undeveloped coastal pond in Rhode Island is Trustom Pond, part of the 800-acres of Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge in South Kingstown. The refuge supports varied wildlife including many different species of waterfowl during the spring and fall migration, and a wide array of songbirds along with some nesting rare osprey and least terns.

Trustom Refuge includes Moonstone Beach, a 1.5-mile barrier beach closed April 1 to September 15th to protect the nesting piping plover population. Herculean efforts by refuge staff and volunteers have been made to return the habitat to natural state especially the grasslands. The refuge is located on Schoolhouse Road off the Moonstone Brach Road exit on Route 1 South in the town of South Kingstown. From New England Bird House blog

From Rhode Island Bird Watchers Nature Trail

About Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge
This refuge is one of five national wildlife refuges in Rhode Island. In 1974, Mrs. Ann Kenyon Morse donated the first 365 acres of the refuge. In 1982, the Audubon Society of Rhode Island donated 151 acres. Today, the refuge includes 787 acres of various wildlife habitats including fields, shrublands, woodlands, fresh and saltwater ponds and sandy beaches and dunes. Approximately 300 bird species, more than 40 mammal species, and 20 species of reptiles and amphibians call Trustom Pond refuge home during the year. Trustom Pond is the only undeveloped coastal salt pond in Rhode Island, making it even more valuable to wildlife. On the southern boundary is found a barrier beach which remains one of the few Rhode Island nesting sites for two species of concern, the least tern and piping plover. From Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge web site

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