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Mariton: Bird Census
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager This Saturday, Mariton will hold its Migratory Bird Census from 7:30 a.m. to noon. This is an annual event going…
Mariton: Butterflies
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager (Red Admiral by Carole Mebus) There has been a lot of butterfly activity. On a recent walk (without binoculars or…
Crow’s Nest: first wood thrush song
Yesterday after the skies finally cleared we heard the first wood thrush songs of spring. I had forgotten to expect it and so I was…
Mariton: New Babies
By Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Bluebirds have hatched! Four babies, with mouths open, greeted me when I opened one of the boxes. Unfortunately, in the…
Crow’s Nest: First Fireflies
May 1: first lightning bugs of the season. I notice that I saw the first of the season on May 9, 2006 and wrote about…
Mariton: Garlic Mustard
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Garlic Mustard (Alliaria officinalis) is blooming. This is one flower that I hate to see. It is an invasive plant…
Crow’s Nest: Tracks and Scat
At this spring’s sessions of WebWalkers, WebWanderers, and WebWigglers we are looking at tracks and scat. Perhaps because of the lack of rain there are…
Crow’s Nest: Two halves of a tractor…
…make one whole tractor (when they’re put back together). Roger Nichols came up to visit us from ChesLen Preserve on Tuesday to split our tractor…
Mariton: Road Orange
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manger A section of Route 611 between Raubsville and Riegelsville will be closed until the end of June. In the meantime…