Today's trash patrol was a return trip to the old railroad trestle just upstream of Route 20 in Wayland. Nobscot Hill appears prominently in the western horizon and is pictured at left. The beaver lodge close to this spot had a guest lounging on the front porch. I wonder how the beaver family would regard this visiting water snake...
Further downriver these sandpipers were out and about. Not sure if they are lesser yellowlegs or greater yellowlegs and the third, smaller sandpiper may be a different type...
Other wildlife seen were turtles, blue herons, red-winged blackbirds, and a few ducks.
Most of today's trash was recovered from the pile-up behind the old Boston & Maine railroad trestle. This is how it looked after today's work...
This is the same spot back on May 4th...
These tires and block of styrofoam flotation were floated down to the boat launch area at Route 20 and placed alongside the roadway leading to the launch...
I notified the Wayland Dept. of Public Works and hope they will be able to properly dispose of them. The remainder of the day's catch returned to River Road with me and posed for this photo...
Total for the day was 55 pieces of trash. Breakdown: 28 recyclable (2 redeemable) and 27 miscellaneous rubbish such as the tires, flotation, a basketball, nip bottles, plastic bags, etc. YTD total stands at 2298.
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