News, ideas, questions, and observations from Willistown Conservation Trust Staff as we use local conservation to make a broad impact.
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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Banding Update – Monday May 16, 2011
As we mark the half-way point of the spring banding season, we've banded 300 birds from 40 species and we've caught...
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Just a few photos to share
Hi everyone, Our bird banders have been very, very busy this spring. So busy that they haven't had much time...
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Spring Banding Has Begun!
Our Spring banding season began with a rainy day, a foggy day and a gorgeous day each with corresponding results. ...
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Join Us This Spring!
Spring is in the air and you are invited to join our WCT bird banding team where you can learn...
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What a Wonderful Evening with Adrian Binns
What fun we had with Adrian Binns last Friday night. Over 120 people gathered at Radnor Hunt for a cocktail...
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Lisa Received Her Sub-Permit
Please forgive my erroneous post earlier today - Lisa Kiziuk received her sub-permit under Master Bander Doris McGovern. The sub-permit...
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Correction – Lisa Got Her Sub-permit !
Apologies for my misunderstanding - my last post was in error. Lisa received her federally licensed sub-permit under Doris McGovern,...
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The ardent air of autumn…
We thought you might enjoy this lovely poem inspired by the Trust's bird banding activities at Rushton Woods Preserve this...
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So Much to be Thankful For
Friends of Rushton Banding, Feels like I haven't brought you up-to-date for a while and that's a fact, not just...
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Our Owls Make the News!
Our Saw-whet Owls got the attention of Philadelphia Inquirer blogger Sandy Bauers, and she ran the following on her blog this...
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Rushton Saw-whet Owl recaptured by Scott Weidensaul
Friends of Rushton Banding, You read in Lisa's message that on 11/11 we captured a Saw-whet Owl banded in 2009...
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Rushton's First Foreign Recovery
This past wednesday there was cause for great excitement because we captured our first Saw-whet Owl that was already banded...
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Rushton’s First Foreign Recovery
This past wednesday there was cause for great excitement because we captured our first Saw-whet Owl that was already banded...
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More Saw-whet Owls Delight Visitors to Rushton Woods Preserve
I confess that I thought the words owl and cute never belonged in the same sentence, even though I'd heard...
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Rushton Rules – November 1st!
EXTRA, EXTRA, Read all about it! Dateline Malvern, November 1, 2010 Rushton Farm bird banders set a...
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