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May The Forest Be With You

May 4, 2021

by Tim Burris, Mariton Preserve Manager May the Fourth is often know as Star Wars Day.  Foresters tweaked the saying to raise awareness of the…

Close up of a person's hands gently cupping a red trillium blossom growing from the forest floor

Mariton: Wildflower Season

May 3, 2021

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager.  Photos by Carole Mebus. Wildflowers are really starting to bloom at Mariton.  These photos are just a sampling of the…

Inside of a nest box with moss and other natural materials used as nesting

Mariton: Chickadee Nest Building

April 28, 2021

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager This week while monitoring nest boxes I had three different Chickadee nests that illustrate the different stages of nest building. …

a close up inside a bluebird nest box of the nest made from dried grasses and two blue eggs

Mariton: New Nest Box Activity

April 21, 2021

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Activity is gearing up in the nest boxes.  The season is still early, but there were new developments this week. …

Mariton: Button Bucks

April 12, 2021

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Like most people, I am fascinated by White-tailed Deer.  As a kid, when deer were less abundant, I was just…

Mariton: First Quarter Precipitation

April 8, 2021

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager I enjoy reviewing Mariton’s precipitation records.  The first three months of the year ended with more precipitation than average, and…

Color photo of a white-tailed deer in the snow from a trail camera

Mariton: Simple yet complex

March 27, 2021

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager People (including me) often talk about a white-tailed deer’s “gray winter coat” and “red summer coat”.  That is the simplistic…

A bluebird nest box in the snow

Nest Box Preparations

March 10, 2021

by Tim Burris, Mariton Preserve Manager One year ago (March 10, 2020) bluebirds were beginning to nest in a nest box at ChesLen Preserve.  I…

Two Tree Swallows perched on a nestbox.

Nest Box Report

February 1, 2021

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager I’ve received nest box reports for 15 preserves following the 2020 Nesting Season.  Nest box monitoring was a great volunteer…