This report follows on from Research Report no.7 of the Manomet Bird Observatory where three uniform areas of forest were chosen to show successional regeneration of a natural Pitch Pine/Scrub Oak forest 2, 10 and 30 years after fire. This vegetation is typical of glaciated areas of S.E. Massachusetts and studies were made of its species, density, % cover, height and diameter of tree, shrub and herb layers. A breeding bird census was also carried out in each plot and related to the natural vegetation. This work was continued the following year (1974) in an adjacent Pitch Pine/Scrub Oak plot in the year of the fire, and also in two 40-year old plantations of Red and White Pines respectively. From the data of all six plots it is clear that both plant and bird life recover rapidly from fire with the exception of the Pitch Pines. The dense plantations, however, had a much reduced shrub and herb layer and supported fewer bird territories of lower species diversity, though providing habitat for some species not found in the surrounding natural forest. It is clear that natural or accidental fires enriched the area's bird population as long as the damage was not too extensive.