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A person in protective fire gear works on a prescribed burn.

Crow’s Nest: Rx Fire

April 3, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Yesterday we completed the prescribed burns in two meadows at Crow’s Nest; one above the Chief’s Grove and another small…

An elevated boardwalk through a forest.

Crow’s Nest: Recollecting our Roots

April 1, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Yesterday I attended the retirement tribute to Paul Meyer, the Director of Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania. I…

A woodfrog emerges from the water surrounded by brown leaves.

Crow’s Nest: Amphibian crossing

March 21, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Photos by Bill Moses. With the rain and (relatively) warm temperatures there are apt to be many amphibians on the…

A person works on a tall nest box in a field.

Crow’s Nest: New kestrel box

March 17, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Force of Nature volunteer Jim Moffett built us a kestrel box and we used his design of swing-down post that…

A snow covered forest with a river in the background.

Mariton: After The Snow

March 6, 2019

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager A few photos following Sunday night’s snow.  A few people have been out on the trails since Monday.  Snow shoes…

Snow covered trees under dark grey skies.

Crow’s Nest: Dramatic Snow

March 4, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. This was the heaviest snowfall of the winter (so far!) but it proved easy to plow and shovel and the…

Downy Woodpecker perched among ice covered branches

Mariton: Birds Perched on Ice

February 23, 2019

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager.  Photos by Carole Mebus. If we are going to have freezing rain, then I guess the kind we had earlier…

Close up of a tree stump

Crow’s Nest: Tree history

February 21, 2019

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. I’ve said many times that I prefer trees alive instead of cut, but sometimes we have to take down hazard trees…

Close up of bark on a tree trunk

Mariton: Hackberry Trees

February 19, 2019

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager A few weeks ago I wrote about the interesting bark on Ironwood and Musclewood.  Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) is another tree that…