News, ideas, questions, and observations from Willistown Conservation Trust Staff as we use local conservation to make a broad impact.
Banders Seeing Purple
Yellow-rumped Warbler (After Hatch Year male) banded Tuesday. Photo by Blake Goll This is the time of the season when...
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Thirty-Five Acres Near Kirkwood Preserve Now Permanently Protected
An additional 780 feet of the Crum Creek are protected forever. Another view of the newly protected stretch of creek....
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Ten More Acres on Grubbs Mill Road!
Ben and Kate Etherington The barn at Rooster Run Farm. Two of the Etherington children and the vegetable garden at...
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When it's Cold Outside, I've Got the Month of May
Cape May Warbler banded Wednesday. Photo by Blake Goll As if we weren't already a motley crew, banders donned their...
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Banding Big Day
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Something to Chat About
Yellow-breasted Chat (Hatch Year) banded on Tuesday at Rushton. Photo by Blake Goll Another dreary, drippy morning on Tuesday surprisingly...
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Not Just Smoke and Sparrows
Spider webs illuminated by the dew at Rushton. Photo by Blake Goll Mornings at Rushton this week were humid with...
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U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE PROVIDES GRANT TO TRACK BIRD SPECIES OF GREATEST CONCERN IN MID-ATLANTIC REGION
WILLISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA (Sept. 21, 2018) -- A research collaboration led by the Willistown Conservation Trust, in partnership with several state...
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How You Like Me Now? Crowds Get Heavy at Rushton
White-eyed Vireo banded at Rushton on Wednesday. Photo by Blake Goll This week of banding was a whirlwind of feathers,...
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It's Raining Warblers, Hallelujah!
Magnolia Warbler (After Hatch Year male) banded at Rushton this week. Photo by Blake Goll Late September is a thrilling...
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Put the Lime in the Chestnut-side
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Hatch Year male) banded at Rushton today. Photo by Blake Goll Strikingly different from the deep calico...
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You Look Like a Tall Glass of Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush banded at Rushton today. Photo by Blake Goll The sallow leaves fell slowly through the visible cloak of...
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Warblers Comin' in Hot
Magnolia Warbler banded at Rushton today. Photo by Blake Goll/Staff The Rushton banding crew was back at it this morning,...
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If Black-throated Blues are Here, Fall is Near
Black-throated Blue Warbler banded at Rushton Woods Preserve this spring. Photo by Blake Goll/Staff Even though the autumn equinox has...
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Willistown Conservation Trust featured on Front Page of Philadelphia Inquirer
Kat Gord, Director of Rushton Conservation Center, and Bonnie Van Alen, Executive Director, are shown walking through the fields at...
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New Legacy Conservation Easement Protects Beautiful 5.6 Acres
This May, Jean Preston signed an official Legacy Conservation Easement at the Trust's office, protecting 5.6 acres of land. Her...
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Willistown Conservation Trust and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Announce Collaboration Establishing Field Study Site
Willistown Conservation Trust (the “Trust”) is pleased to announce a collaboration with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University...
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A Toast to Our Birds of 2017 and the Peculiar Tower Atop the Greenhouse
Ruby-crowned Kinglet feeding at Rushton November 3rd. Photo by Celeste Sheehan I like winter. As December rolls around and the...
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Migration Mystery
Where Do Migrating Birds Fly? First State-wide Motus Array Will Help Provide Some Answers The Northeast Motus Collaboration (NMC) is...
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New Conservation Easement Protects Remaining 30 Acres of Hi Bid Farm
Caption The last 30 acres of the beautiful 55-acre Hi Bid Farm were permanently protected from development today, when conservation...
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