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Mariton: Tuesday Birding
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager. Photos by Carole Mebus. On Tuesday, Mariton’s Bird Club went to Woodland Hills Preserve in Lower Saucon. This was a…
A Snake Enjoying the Sun
by Tim Burris, Mariton Preserve Manager Earlier this week when Josh Saltmer (Bear Creek Preserve) and I were monitoring easements, Josh spotted black snakes in…
Mariton: Bluebirds Expecting
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…
Crossings
by Tim Burris, Mariton Preserve Manager Josh Saltmer (Bear Creek’s Preserve Manager) and I have been working in the Poconos monitoring conservation easements. A lot…
Mariton: First Quarter Precipitation
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager The first quarter of the year (January – March) carried a little extra precipitation to help the deficit of 2016.…
Mariton: Hi-Ho Silver
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager This marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the partnership between Mariton Wildlife Sanctuary and Natural Lands Trust. In 1992 the two…
Mariton: Band Aids for Chestnut Trees
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager American Chestnuts have issues. Since the early 1900’s a fungus that results in Chestnut Blight came to North America with…
Mariton: Snow Mow
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager I mow the meadows at Mariton each year at the end of March. This year I had to start mowing…
Mariton: Snow and the Vernal Equinox
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Last week, I would go inside during breaks in my plowing and shoveling to flip on the television to see…