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Crow’s Nest: Climbing Trees

June 7, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. There are a few good trees for climbing at Crow’s Nest. Not all of them, however, are particularly easy to…

Crow’s Nest: Build it and they will come

June 6, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. A lot of what we do as land managers on Natural Lands preserves is to create the conditions under which…

Mariton: May’s Rainfall

June 5, 2019

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager If you watch the local news channels, the meteorologists were talking about how wet it was in May. You probably…

Mariton: Nesting Bird Census

June 3, 2019

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager. Photos by Carole Mebus. We had a great morning for the Annual Nesting Bird Census. This census has been conducted…

Mariton: Bluebirds Have Fledged

June 1, 2019

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager The nest boxes continue to be active. When Emma monitored last week she found the young Bluebirds in the photo…

Crow’s Nest Contra Dance June 1

May 30, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. This Saturday night we’ll be hosting our annual contra dance in the barn, held by the Birdsboro Dance Association. It’s…

Crow’s Nest: And now for something completely different

May 29, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. During a break in this evening’s storm we walked out on the porch to see what the weather was doing.…

Crow’s Nest: Trail camera Winter 2018-19

May 27, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. I just pulled the trail camera because the hayfield in front of it has grown up and the waving of…

Mariton: More Tuesday Bird Walk Fun

May 24, 2019

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager. Photos by Carole Mebus. We had some great sightings on Tuesday’s walk. At the very beginning of the walk we…

Mariton: Birding in the Rain

May 16, 2019

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager. Photos by Carole Mebus. “Sometimes you’re the windshield; sometimes you’re the bug.” – Mark Knopfler. When I looked at the…

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