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Invasive European swallow-wort vine being held in a hand

Invasives Scavenger Hunt 2024

August 30, 2024

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. For the month of August, iMapInvasives, a program of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program, and Nature Serve,…

A view looking down on people contra dancing in a barn

Contra Dance September Special Date

August 28, 2024

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. After June’s successful dance at Crow’s Nest, and due to work being performed at the Birdsboro Community Center, the local…

oil painting: The Conestoga from Safe Harbor by Karen Weber

Plein Air Painting Class

August 26, 2024

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Just over a week away, Karen Weber will offer a unique opportunity to learn skills in plein air painting—landscape painting…

Crow's Nest Camp kids in kayaks

Crow’s Nest Camp 2024 – Week Five

August 24, 2024

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Summer camp has wrapped up and the preserve doesn’t ring with the sounds of kids playing—at least, not until fall…

Bryn Coed and the Underground Railroad

August 19, 2024

did you know…? During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Quakers and free Black people in Chester County quietly assisted enslaved people fleeing the…

A snowy landscape of meadow and a grove of trees at Crow's Nest Preserve.

Crow’s Nest: An icy blast…

August 1, 2024

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Maybe you need this reminder right now—winter is coming! You’re welcome. It’s hard for me to believe that we experience…

Eastern tiger swallowtail on blazing-star wildflower

Crow’s Nest: Love Summer

July 24, 2024

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. I’ve written more than one blog post before about how much I love summer: the long hours of daylight, the…