Mariton Wildlife Sanctuary
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Mariton: Butterfly Season
The Tuesday Butterfly Walks began this morning, and we saw about ten species of butterflies. That is a great number for this early in the…
Mariton: May Rainfall
It rained quite a bit in May (4.66 inches), but it was an average rainfall for the month. With the first four months of the…
Mariton: Almost Fledged
Two sets of Chickadees are preparing to leave their nest boxes. There are eight fledglings in this photo. You can see they are feathered out,…
Mariton: Nesting Bird Census
(Ovenbird with a caterpillar.) Today was the THIRTIETH (30th !!!) Annual Nesting Bird Census at Mariton! Using our ears and eyes we tally all the birds…
Mariton: Butterfly Walks
(Red-spotted Purple) The Tuesday Morning Butterfly Walks will begin now that the Bird Walks have concluded. Starting Tuesday, we will meet at Mariton at 9:00…
Mariton: Birding at “Nox”
We ended the Bird Walk Series at Lake Nockamixon State Park. Sharon tallied 41 species as we walked along. This is a great location with…
Greater than the sum
Aristotle said, “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” This has rung true so many times for me during my years with…
Mariton: Nest boxes
There is good news and bad news. The wet and cold weather was too much for some of the nests. A nest of baby Bluebirds…
Mariton: Birding at Merrill Creek
It has been a few years since the Bird Group went to Merrill Creek, so it was good to go back. Bill and Sharon Roehrig…