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Mariton: Bluebird Babies

May 22, 2014

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager The nest boxes at Mariton are starting to get more active.  Above you can see one of the boxes has…

Mariton: Birding at Jacobsburg

May 20, 2014

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manger.  Photos by Carole Mebus (unless otherwise stated) This Tuesday, we visited Jacobsburg State Park for our birding field trip.  I…

Crow’s Nest: The color of spring

May 16, 2014

 By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager The rain today saturated the colors in the woods. We won’t see a color green this shade again until this…

Crow’s Nest bloom highlights

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager If pink lady’s slippers are in bloom, then the showy orchis (Galearis spectabilis) is likely as well. Unfortunately the heavy rains…

Crow’s Nest: Pink Lady’s Slipper Mania

May 15, 2014

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager This is an incredible year for pink lady’s slipper orchids (Cypripedium acaule) at Crow’s Nest Preserve. We don’t have many but…

Mariton: Tuesday Birding

May 14, 2014

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manger That’s not what I’m looking at. by Erich Boenzli The Bird Club went to Wy-Hit-Tuk on Tuesday and walked down the…

Green Hills: seeding grasslands

May 13, 2014

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager I spent the day yesterday with the no-till seeder planting 10 acres of crop fields back to grasslands of native…

Crow’s Nest: The big planting

May 10, 2014

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Actually, it’s not a big area, but it is a LOT of plants. We’re planting meadow plugs on 1 to…