Spring scenes | Duxbury & Moretown

April 24, 2026  |  Photos by Shawnee Perry

Mother bear with three yearling cubs, Duxbury. Photo by Shawnee Perry


With springtime in full swing, creatures of all sizes are up and active.

If you know where to look, like Shawnee Perry, you just might find amphibians migrating to their favorite ponds, feathered species building nests where they’ll soon lay and hatch eggs, and you might even observe a mother black bear on an outing with her cubs, teaching them the ways of the forest.

The scenes here were captured in Duxbury and Moretown.

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Black-capped chickadee gathering nesting material from last year's paper wasp nest, Duxbury. Photo by Shawnee Perry

Trailing arbutus, a rare, native Vermont spring ephemeral, North Duxbury. Photo by Shawnee Perry

Same mama bear and three cubs, Duxbury. Photo by Shawnee Perry

Spotted salamander, Duxbury. Photo by Shawnee Perry

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