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Crow’s Nest: For the Birds

January 25, 2014

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Winter is hard on the wildlife around us, yet they are amazingly adapted to it. We put out bird seed,…

Crow’s Nest: The Leopold Chair

January 19, 2014

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Each year, usually around the holidays, I try to treat myself to a special project to complete at the preserve.…

Crow’s Nest: The end of winter(berry)

January 18, 2014

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager Today is the day that the robins will finish off the winterberry holly fruit. Yesterday was the day they started.…

Crow’s Nest: Photogenic snow

December 10, 2013

This snow has been particularly beautiful. When I was a kid, it never seemed to snow before Christmas; I remember because we always wanted a…

Crow’s Nest: Mowing in December

December 4, 2013

I don’t think I’ve ever done this before in December, but I mowed the lawn around the visitor center yesterday. It’s not that the grass…

Crow’s Nest/Green Hills: Projects

November 18, 2013

In addition to the invasives management (Norway maples, bittersweet, shrub honeysuckle and autumn olive) that keeps us busy at this time of year, we also…

Mariton: Field Trip to Crow’s Nest

November 15, 2013

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager.  Photos by Ed Norman When Dan informed be of the Red-headed Woodpecker sightings at Crow’s Nest Preserve, I decided to…

Crow’s Nest: Exploring the backyard

November 12, 2013

The woods behind the visitor center barn and the tenant house at Crow’s Nest Preserve lead down to French Creek, and provide a wildlife corridor…

Crow’s Nest: Red-headed woodpeckers

November 9, 2013

Birders have been visiting Crow’s Nest Preserve over the last few weeks to see red-headed woodpeckers (Melanerpes erythrocephalus). We’ve seen them here occasionally over the…