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Mariton: Yellow Warblers and other birds

May 10, 2018

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager. Photos by Carole Mebus. We went birding at Giving Pond this week. As expected, we saw and heard lots of…

Mariton: Learning Bird Songs, Part IV

April 27, 2018

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager. Photos by Carole Mebus. Learning bird songs with the help of knowledgeable person is really handy and can save one…

Mariton: Garlic Mustard Madness Cancelled

April 25, 2018

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Garlic Mustard, like all plants this year, is at least a week behind normal schedule. Right now there isn’t enough…

Crow’s Nest: Trailing Arbutus in bloom

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. This week trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens) is in bloom. It’s a tiny, dainty flower that you can see if you look…

Prescribed Fire at Cheslen Preserve’s Unionville Barrens

By Daniel Barringer. I work at Cheslen Preserve only one or two days a year, so this is a “guest post” about our team’s management…

Mariton: Learning Bird Songs, Part III

April 24, 2018

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager. Photos by Carole Mebus. In Part I and Part II, we went over things to listen to when learning birds…

Earth Day Project: Kestrel boxes near the Blue Mountain Ridge

April 23, 2018

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. For Earth Day this year I volunteered somewhere else, putting up kestrel boxes similar to the ones we put up…

Mariton: Learning Bird Songs, Part II

April 20, 2018

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager. Photos by Carole Mebus. Learning bird songs may seem overwhelming. To be honest it is learning a new language and…

Crow’s Nest: Turning the corner on the season

April 19, 2018

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Sure, we’ve still had snow flurries in what should be mid-spring the last two days. But each season has its…

Barn owl boxes installed

April 17, 2018

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Two barn owl boxes built by volunteer Art Zdancewic have been installed at Crow’s Nest and Green Hills. At Crow’s…

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