Tim Burris
Mariton: Scatology
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager While it may not be breakfast conversation, checking animal scat is interesting. It can tell us about the animals using…
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Mariton: Witch Hazel
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager I wrote earlier about a favorite flower. My other favorite fall wildflower is Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana). This is a…
Mariton: Interesting Fungi
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manger. Photo by Carole Mebus. This interesting fungus was in a crack of tree bark. The tree was hit by lightning…
Mariton: Persimmons
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager. Photos by Carole Mebus. When we had the heavy frost Saturday morning, one of the first things I thought about…
Mariton: Fall Foliage
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manger Looking at Dan Barringer’s fall photos at Crows’ Nest, I think that Martion is a couple weeks behind chromatically. The…
Mariton: Winter Finches
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager. Photos by Carole Mebus. Pine Siskin at feeder We are experiencing an eruption of some of the winter finches. Pine…
Mariton: Asters Blooming
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager. Photo by Carole Mebus. The Asters look great in the fields right now. It is worthwhile to walk to the…
Mariton: Fungi
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manger. Photos by Carole Mebus All the recent drizzly weather has been great for mushrooms and fungi at Mariton. On Tuesday,…
Mariton: White-throated Sparrows
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Asters, fungi and White-throated Sparrows were the highlight of our Tuesday Nature Walk. It had been mostly a quiet morning…
Mariton: Black-throated Blue Warbler
by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Black-throated Blue Warblers are moving through on their way back to wintering grounds in the West Indies. This is a…
