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Mariton: Persimmons
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager. Photos by Carole Mebus. When we had the heavy frost Saturday morning, one of the first things I thought about…
Mariton: Fall Foliage
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manger Looking at Dan Barringer’s fall photos at Crows’ Nest, I think that Martion is a couple weeks behind chromatically. The…
Mariton: Winter Finches
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager. Photos by Carole Mebus. Pine Siskin at feeder We are experiencing an eruption of some of the winter finches. Pine…
Crow’s Nest: Fall color at peak
I know it’s somewhat subjective, but we think fall color is at its best this week at Crow’s Nest. I took these photos early this…
Crow’s Nest plants we love: climbing hempvine
On a hike through the cattail swamp Eloise spotted this vine flowering and climbing on some shrubs. It is climbing hempvine, Mikania scandens, a native perennial…
Mariton: Asters Blooming
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager. Photo by Carole Mebus. The Asters look great in the fields right now. It is worthwhile to walk to the…
Mariton: Fungi
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manger. Photos by Carole Mebus All the recent drizzly weather has been great for mushrooms and fungi at Mariton. On Tuesday,…
Mariton: White-throated Sparrows
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Asters, fungi and White-throated Sparrows were the highlight of our Tuesday Nature Walk. It had been mostly a quiet morning…
Crow’s Nest: What about fall color?
We had spectacular weather in September and the preserve has looked beautiful. But there hasn’t been much fall color, and some of the early color…