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Two bluebird eggs in a wooden nest box.

Mariton: Nesting Season Has Begun

April 25, 2019

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager About a month ago, I saw a pair of Bluebirds investigating a nest box.  Two weeks ago, we saw nest…

Chickadee fledglings nestled in a wooden nestbox.

Nest Box Report for 2018

January 9, 2019

by Tim Burris, Mariton Preserve Manager Nest boxes were well used at our Natural Lands preserves in 2018. I received reports from 14 preserves after…

Mariton: Always Learning

June 26, 2018

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager. I have been monitoring nest boxes for over 30 years now.  Back in the late 1990’s I started getting Chickadees…

Barn owl boxes installed

April 17, 2018

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Two barn owl boxes built by volunteer Art Zdancewic have been installed at Crow’s Nest and Green Hills. At Crow’s…

Mariton: Winter Nest Box Maintenance

January 9, 2018

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager. Tom Levendusky and I were recently doing some owl box maintenance just before owls get serious about nesting. I found…

Mariton: Nest Box Inside and Out

July 21, 2017

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Carole Mebus recently took this photo of a male Eastern Bluebird taking food into one of the nest boxes in…

Mariton: Bluebirds Expecting

April 20, 2017

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager There are Bluebird eggs in two of Mariton’s nest boxes. Nesting activity started in one of the boxes on March…

Mariton: More Spring Preparations

March 7, 2017

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Nest box season is quickly approaching. I cleaned the boxes two weeks ago, and have been doing nest box maintenance. …

Mariton: Cleaning House

February 22, 2017

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager I cleaned out my nest boxes this morning. Eastern Bluebirds have been singing on nice days for a few weeks…

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Pints on the Preserve

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