Crow’s Nest: The Birds of Summer July 31, 2012There’s still a little bit of nesting going on out there. This cardinal is nesting right under our kitchen window in the winterberry holly bush:…
Crow’s Nest: a good year for the Citrus Flatid Planthopper July 12, 2012This year there are tons of cottony, white masses on the stems of plants, from trees and shrubs to wildflowers. I don’t know if it…
Crow’s Nest: Chicken TV June 26, 2012It’s been a long time since we’ve had a television, and I have to say I don’t miss it much (we do have internet, however).…
Crow’s Nest: Genista broom moth caterpillar June 19, 2012Yesterday on the blue false indigo (Baptisia australis) plants I saw this pretty caterpillar. I had left my camera at my parents’ house over the…
Crow’s Nest: Plants we love, plants we don’t… June 12, 2012First, a plant we love is in bloom right now. Half of its name—butterfly weed—is unfortunate, as it is not a weed at all. At…
Crow’s Nest: Turkeys in the trees June 10, 2012This evening while I was walking the dog (leashed, of course) there was a commotion in the woods. A hen turkey and her young had…
Crow’s Nest: New calves arrive! June 9, 2012Jack and I bought a couple more Jersey steers to make them available for Crow’s Nest Preserve’s prescribed grazing program. Our large pair are busy…
Crow’s Nest: Restoration of a suburban lot June 5, 2012It’s a commonly held belief that once land is developed into houses, streets, stores and parking lots, it will never be natural open space again.…
Crow’s Nest: A day of dramatic skies June 4, 2012It seemed to rain for a minute every half hour today, alternating sun and dark clouds. Posted by Daniel Barringer on May 4, 2012.
Crow’s Nest: Trail camera photos spring 2012 May 29, 2012The kids and counselors at our spring WebWalkers program borrowed a trail camera (motion-activated automatic camera) and placed it at various locations around the preserve.…
