News, ideas, questions, and observations from Willistown Conservation Trust Staff as we use local conservation to make a broad impact.
A Little Inspiration and Hope for the New Year
The inspiration: This lovely video from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, capturing the joy of birds and the natural world....
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Last Minute Gift Ideas for the Nature Lover on Your List!
Christmas is quickly creeping up on us, and if you're like me, you're not finished shopping for everyone on your...
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Giving Thanks for the Owls of 2011
Our banding station is officially closed for the year (both songbirds and owls), which means it's time for us banders...
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Songbird Banding Comes to a Close and Saw-whet Owl Movement is Sluggish
"These were, perhaps, the original poetry... ...in tune with the lift and fall of the seasons, returning from nowhere, or...
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Last Days of October Produced The Season's First Juncos, First Snowfall, and A Bunch of Halloween Owls
I haven't brought you up to date on last week or this week yet because it has been pretty hectic...
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Last Days of October Produced The Season’s First Juncos, First Snowfall, and A Bunch of Halloween Owls
I haven't brought you up to date on last week or this week yet because it has been pretty hectic...
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Final Fall Fallout of Migratory Songbirds & Our First Saw-whet Owl of the Season!
Last Friday (10-14), we banded 56 birds to the delight of my adult class (age 50+) from Widener's Osher Lifelong...
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Final Fall Fallout of Migratory Songbirds & Our First Saw-whet Owl of the Season!
Last Friday (10-14), we banded 56 birds to the delight of my adult class (age 50+) from Widener's Osher Lifelong...
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Rushton Migration Minutes: An Unexpected Second Wave of Warblers Preceded the Sparrow Surge Last Week… and One of Our Banded Owls Appeared In Quebec!
“Bird Migration is the world’s only true unifying natural phenomenon, stitching the continents together in a way that even the...
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Something Birdy to Do this Weekend
I don't like to crowd your inbox with more than one post per week, but I just found out about...
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Last Week of September Brings a Major Migratory Shift
Even with the warm, muggy weather of last week, we still noticed a major shift in Rushton's migratory visitors. The...
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Screech Owl Steals the Stage and Compost Pile Attracts a Pile of Birds!
Hello Everyone, Here is our banding update for the past 2 weeks of Fall Migration Banding thus far. Sorry...
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Fall Warblers are Back in Town
…. "Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them...
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Bird Babies, MAPS, Monarchs and More!
I hope this finds you enjoying the height of your summer and the company of those nosy, gregarious catbirds that...
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The Ugly Ducklings
A couple of weeks ago, we got up close and personal with the somewhat unfortunate looking (and terrible smelling!) Turkey...
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Bird Banding Proven to Be Safe for the Birds
Bird banding has been around since the 1950s as the authoritative technique for monitoring bird populations and studying their movements,...
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Light and Refreshing Summer Reading
Looking for a refreshing little book to bring with you to the beach this summer? Particularly one full of lovely...
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Birds and Words
Our Junior Birding Club, which is a division of PA Young Birders, had its first ever monthly meeting this past...
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Rushton Banding Station Final Spring Update
Thanks for a wonderful season and look for fall banding information arriving in late August! If you'd like to receive...
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Spring Migration Banding is Closed for the Season – But Stay Tuned
Our Banding team completed three productive days during the week of May 16 through the 21st despite unrelenting rain. We continued to...
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