By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Yesterday we were pulling garlic mustard and passed by this fawn on both sides before seeing it. Being still and…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager I had the privilege to spend a long weekend at the Appalachian Trail Days in Damascus, Virginia, and volunteer at…

By Daniel Barringer Some species also shape their bodies into an airfoil to fly (or at least control their descent), but that’s not the discussion…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager The wildlife camera has been out for a couple more months at Crow’s Nest, and we’ve gotten some nice photos…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Teens doing in-depth study of birds this spring at Crow’s Nest Preserve were fortunate to meet ‘Luna,’ a 14-year old…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager American toads have been busy calling and mating in the pond at Crow’s Nest. My wife Denise took this photo…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Spring beauties (Claytonia virginica) started blooming this week, although not as many as there will be of this abundant wildflower.…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager We held a successful prescribed burn of four meadows at Crow’s Nest today. The predicted high winds never arrived, though…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Spring is arriving slowly in our native woods, despite the unseasonably warm weather we had two weeks ago. A couple of…

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager There are just a couple piles of snow left from the big snow of January 23; they are likely to…