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Mariton: Tuesday Birds
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager The rain ended just in time for our bird walk on Tuesday. It wasn’t a spectacular birding morning, but it…
Mariton: Tuesday Bird Walks!
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Beginning this week (May 1), Mariton will be leading bird walks on Tuesday mornings until the end of the month. …
Mariton: Nest Box Update
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager By next week we should have eggs starting to hatch. Right now there are two Bluebird nests. Both nests have…
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: Now blooming
At Crow’s Nest Preserve wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) and showy orchis (Galearis spectabilis) are in bloom; you can see them along the Deep Woods Trail.…
Happy Earth Day!
Hope you get out and enjoy the outdoors today! And if it’s raining, bring an umbrella. The rain is welcome.
Crow’s Nest: old rags and newspaper wanted
We use rags and newspaper to clean parts and tools and prevent messes in the workshop (you saw the post below about the tractor, right?).…
Mariton: Bird Sightings
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager The warblers are coming back. I heard my first (of the season) Black and White Warbler this week. The Yellow-rumped…
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…