By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Another blistering day just beginning: I was reminded as I wished for more shade in our yard, that the best…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Okay, this one is a bit subjective… but I like it and we have one in our yard at the preserve (which…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. This past week the students from Schuylkill Acts and Impacts spent two nights camping at Crow’s Nest traveling on their…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. This beautiful black rat snake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis) was resting on a stump in the back yard. A few hours before…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. This garter snake was hanging out in the kids’ play area yesterday and was obliged to pose for a photo.…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. In May our family camped in southwestern Virginia, went to Trail Days in Damascus, and volunteered for a couple days…

I’m just going to put this out there without byline: a stunning photo of a Red-eye Vireo taken by volunteer Jim Moffett on our Deep…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Yes, we’ve “spotted” them now, the larvae of spotted lanternflies of which we first saw adults last September. They’re tiny—I…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. This week trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens) is in bloom. It’s a tiny, dainty flower that you can see if you look…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Sure, we’ve still had snow flurries in what should be mid-spring the last two days. But each season has its…