We’ve had more snow before winter officially starts than we have some years before winter ends. None were large snows but they haven’t melted and…

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…

Once the roads have been cleared so you can get here, there should be good conditions for snowshoeing or cross-country skiing at Crow’s Nest Preserve……

We have two new trail improvements this month at Crow’s Nest. The first is a stepping stone path behind the visitor center that makes an…

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…

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…

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…

We are past peak fall color but it is still glorious here. Last week’s storm knocked many leaves off but the oaks in have come into…