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Crow’s Nest: Camp week five

August 4, 2012

Crow’s Nest camp has finished for the summer, which makes us sad but gives the staff and volunteers some needed rest. Our wonderful 7th and…

Green Hills: Vistas

August 3, 2012

Our new preserve in Berks County is very beautiful and an exciting project. We’ve barely begun stewardship there (cleaning up some debris and introducing ourselves…

Mariton: Camp – Forest Insects

August 2, 2012

By Tim Burris, Preserve Manager.  Photos by Carole Mebus. Today our guest speaker was Tim Latz.  Tim is the Service Forester with the Department of…

Binky Lee Preserve: Giant Creepy Crawlies

 By Ariel Senko, communications intern  This impressive hickory horned devil caterpillar was photographed by Jarrod Shull at Binky Lee Preserve. Preserve manager Darin Groff found it hanging from…

Mariton: You are invited!

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager.  Photos by Carole Mebus Our Nature Camps always end with a program on Friday evening for the children and their…

Mariton: Camp – Aquatic Insects

August 1, 2012

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager.  Photos by Carole Mebus Aquatic insects are exciting because they can tell us a lot about water quality.  Some species…

Mariton: Camp – Butterflies

July 31, 2012

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Virginia Derbyshire led this morning’s exploration in butterflies and moths – the Lepidoptera.  After a quick lesson on how butterflies…

Crow’s Nest Summer Scenes

This twelve-spotted skimmer dragonfly (Libellula pulchella) paused in our goat pasture at Crow’s Nest: And here is an unusual sunset from last Friday night: It…

Crow’s Nest: The Birds of Summer

There’s still a little bit of nesting going on out there. This cardinal is nesting right under our kitchen window in the winterberry holly bush:…