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More fire training completed

June 9, 2011

Two more staff from Natural Lands Trust completed the federal S-230, Crew Boss course this week at the Mid-Atlantic Wildfire Incident Management Academy. Tom Kershner…

Mariton: Turkeys At The Door

June 8, 2011

On Saturday, while tallying the numbers from the Bird Census.  I heard something knocking upstairs in the Nature Center.  I went upstairs and saw five…

Mariton: Butterfly Season

June 7, 2011

The Tuesday Butterfly Walks began this morning, and we saw about ten species of butterflies.  That is a great number for this early in the…

Welcome Crow’s Nest Interns!

We are pleased to welcome this summer’s interns to Crow’s Nest Preserve: Meredith Mayer (center in photo) is returning this summer as an Educator at…

Mariton: May Rainfall

June 6, 2011

It rained quite a bit in May (4.66 inches), but it was an average rainfall for the month.  With the first four months of the…

Mariton: Almost Fledged

June 5, 2011

Two sets of Chickadees are preparing to leave their nest boxes.  There are eight fledglings in this photo.  You can see they are feathered out,…

Mariton: Nesting Bird Census

June 4, 2011

(Ovenbird with a caterpillar.) Today was the THIRTIETH (30th !!!) Annual Nesting Bird Census at Mariton! Using our ears and eyes we tally all the birds…

Mariton: Butterfly Walks

(Red-spotted Purple) The Tuesday Morning Butterfly Walks will begin now that the Bird Walks have concluded.  Starting Tuesday, we will meet at Mariton at 9:00…

Mariton: Birding at “Nox”

June 3, 2011

We ended the Bird Walk Series at Lake Nockamixon State Park.  Sharon tallied 41 species as we walked along.  This is a great location with…

Gwynedd Wildlife Preserve: Bald Eagle Sighting

June 2, 2011

Recently, two members of our stewardship staff spotted a Bald Eagle flying over our Gwynedd Wildlife Preserve. They watched, mesmerized, as it soared past Swedesford Road and…