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Mariton: Spider Moon

August 16, 2018

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager The full moon in August is known as the Sturgeon Moon, as that is when native peoples caught this fish…

Mariton: Summertime Insects

August 10, 2018

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager.  Photos by Carole Mebus. Carole Mebus made a trip into the fields recently on a very hot morning. She was…

Mariton: For the Love of Maps

August 8, 2018

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager I hope you have been following the Crow’s Nest Field Notes on their summer camps. This year their focus was…

Crow’s Nest: Spider vs. lanternfly

July 29, 2018

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Arachnophobes, do not scroll down. I saw a couple of these large spiders along the Creek Trail yesterday each with…

Mariton: Protecting White Ash Trees

July 24, 2018

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Tom Levendusky and I recently put Tubex tubes on the stump sprouts of white ash. You may remember that these…

Crow’s Nest: Are we there yet?

July 21, 2018

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Photos by Daniel Barringer and Steve Eisenhauer. This year’s theme at camp is maps. We’re reading them and making them…

Mariton: Indian Pipes

July 20, 2018

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Indian Pipes (Monotropa uniflora) are up and blooming at Mariton right now.  This wild flower lacks chlorophyll and taps into…

Mariton: Scale on the Tuliptrees

July 14, 2018

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager If you have walked at Mariton recently you have noticed the shiny leaves along the trails.  I noticed the “honeydew”…

Crow’s Nest: Flowers of Virginia Creeper

July 13, 2018

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. I’m not sure I’ve ever noticed the flowers of Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquifolia) before, shown here with the new buds. We…