Mariton Wildlife Sanctuary
Mariton: Interesting Variant
Yesterday, during the Butterfly Census, we came across this interesting morph of Butterfly Weed(Asclepias tuberosa). Most Butterfly Weed is orange (as in the photo below),…
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Mariton: Butterfly Census
Today we held the 21st Annual Butterfly Census. We had good weather and six butterfly enthusiasts. We ended the morning with 20 species and 147…
Mariton: Summer Woodland Flowers
Most forest plants need to flower early in the spring. They need to take care of business before the trees overhead block the precious solar energy…
Mariton: Delaware Sojourn
I spent the weekend on the Delaware River Sojourn. In Pennsylvania, many river organizations host sojourns on their river to raise awareness . This was…
Mariton: Common Buckeye
The Tuesday Butterfly Walk was warm, but cloudy. The Butterflies seemed reluctant to show themselves, so we didn’t see much variety. We did, however, see…
Porcupines
We don’t have porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum) at Mariton (they are absent from the Lehigh Valley southward). They are however abundant across Pennsylvania’s northern tier. Last weekend,…
Mariton: Nine Days Later
You may recall the Nest Box Quiz where I showed two broods of nestlings and asked readers to identify which were the Tree Swallows and…
Mariton: Banded or Hickory?
Photo by Carole Mebus On Tuesday’s Butterfly Walk we saw 13 butterfly species. The one that has garnered the most attention was a Hairstreak that…
Mariton: Mountain Laurel
The Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) is now blooming at Mariton. There isn’t a lot of Mountain Laurel at Mariton, but you can find some along…
Mariton: Nest Box Quiz
The Chickadees have left the nest boxes. We ended up with 14 birds fledging out from this round of nesting. The Tree Swallows are hatching. …