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Crow’s Nest: Plow with the snow

February 3, 2014

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)

January 18, 2014

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

July 25, 2013

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

July 22, 2013

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

July 20, 2013

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

July 19, 2013

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

July 16, 2013

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…

Common Yellowthroat Nest

June 8, 2012

By Mike Coll, Preserve Manager Virtually every bird you see this time of year is involved in some part of the process of rearing young.…

Bird Videos Continued

By Mike Coll, Preserve Manager Like many people I tend to interact with the things that are most available to me. Last year I placed…