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A man and woman posing next to a tree seedling

Delaware County Yard Tree Giveaway

April 29, 2021

Saturday, April 24th was a great day for trees in Delaware County! Fifty free yard trees were given to residents of southern DelCo at Catania…

Inside of a nest box with moss and other natural materials used as nesting

Mariton: Chickadee Nest Building

April 28, 2021

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager This week while monitoring nest boxes I had three different Chickadee nests that illustrate the different stages of nest building. …

Nature Conversations: Sadsbury Woods Preserve

April 25, 2021

At 508 acres, Sadsbury Woods Preserve is part of the largest remaining, unfragmented woodlands in Chester County. The preserve is an important habitat for several…

a close up inside a bluebird nest box of the nest made from dried grasses and two blue eggs

Mariton: New Nest Box Activity

April 21, 2021

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Activity is gearing up in the nest boxes.  The season is still early, but there were new developments this week. …

A close up of the white blossoms and green foliage of bloodroot emerging from the forest floor

Crow’s Nest: What’s blooming now?

April 16, 2021

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. The spring wildflower season is underway and it would be a full time job to keep up with what’s happening—but…

A group of adult volunteers wearing face masks and holding dried grasses

Crow’s Nest: Volunteers make it happen

April 14, 2021

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We held a small volunteer day here to clean up the kids’s play area along Pine Creek. Over the winter we…

Mariton: Button Bucks

April 12, 2021

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Like most people, I am fascinated by White-tailed Deer.  As a kid, when deer were less abundant, I was just…

Mariton: First Quarter Precipitation

April 8, 2021

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager I enjoy reviewing Mariton’s precipitation records.  The first three months of the year ended with more precipitation than average, and…