Field Notes
Red Morph Screech Owl
By Mike Coll, Preserve Manager Yesterday I got an answer to a question I had been wondering about for a few years: Is it always…
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Nest Box Work
By Michael Coll, Hildacy Preserve Manager As April approaches, it is the last chance to prepare nest boxes for the return of migrant species. Throughout…
Hildacy Preserve: Nest box work
By Michael Coll, Hildacy Preserve Manager As April approaches, it is the last chance to prepare nest boxes for the return of migrant species. Throughout…
Crow’s Nest: Plow with the snow
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager These words of advice appear in the snow plow user manual: plow with the snow. By the time the blizzard…
Crow’s Nest: The end of winter(berry)
By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Today is the day that the robins will finish off the winterberry holly fruit. Yesterday was the day they started.…
Carolina Wrens Fledge
Mike Coll, Hildacy Preserve Manager For the second time in three years, a pair of Carolina Wrens made a nest in a little ceramic birdhouse that…
Kestrels at Hildacy
Mike Coll, Hildacy Preserve Manager The American Kestrel is North America’s smallest falcon. It is a cavity-nesting bird that lives in open areas like meadows. Because…
Polyphemus Moth Emerges
Mike Coll, Preserve Manager The polyphemus moth (Antheraea polyphemus), is one of North America’s giant silk moths. I found this one as a caterpillar last fall…
Hummingbirds Feeding
By Mike Coll, Preserve Manager The Ruby-throated Hummingbird is the only hummingbird that is seen regularly in the eastern United States. Males have the red…
Kestrels at Gwynedd Preserve
By Ronald Zigler, volunteer at Gwynedd Preserve All bird photos are the property of Ron Zigler and were used with permission. My interest in Kestrels…