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Mariton: Navigation

January 9, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager I recently finished reading Super Navigators by David Barrie.  It looked at the navigational capabilities of creatures as small as…

Graph of precipitation at Mariton for 2019

Mariton: 2019 Precipitation Review

January 3, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager It is interesting looking back at my precipitation records for 2019.  Overall the year was wet.  We ended the year …

Mariton: Egg on my Face

January 1, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager I was wrong.  I’ll say it again.  It seems like a good way to start a New Year.  I was…

Two Tree Swallows perched on a nestbox.

Nest Box Recap

December 30, 2019

by Tim Burris, Mariton Preserve Manager.   I recently finished compiling the data from the nest boxes from Natural Lands’ Pennsylvania preserves.  I received reports from…

Ice covered branches of bare trees in a winter forest.

Mariton: Birches

December 19, 2019

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager One of my favorite Robert Frost poems is Birches.  When I went outside Wednesday morning I looked down the hill…

Close up of bark on a branch

Mariton: Tree of Heaven Clones

October 28, 2019

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) is another cloning tree species.  (For some reason, my colleagues and I just refer to…

A White-throated Sparrow perches on a branch.

Mariton: Lovely Fall Images

October 25, 2019

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager.  Photos by Carole Mebus. The Autumn colors at Mariton are very lovely right now.  Some trees have lost their leaves,…

Close up of red sumac leaves.

Mariton: Sumac Clones

October 10, 2019

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Another species that clones is the Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina).  This species is getting a lot of attention now because…

Mariton: Aspen Clones

October 3, 2019

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager A few weeks ago I mentioned in a Field Note that Pawpaws (Asimina triloba) are a clonal species.  They have…

Mariton: Rain Surplus Cut In Half

October 1, 2019

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager At the end of August, Mariton still had a surplus of about 9 inches of precipitation. At the end of…