Protected open spaces provide substantial economic, environmental, and health benefits to surrounding communities, but these benefits are often overlooked or...

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For the Love of Birds

Blake Goll – November 14, 2018 – 1 Reply

On the morning before Halloween, the hedgerows and meadows of Rushton were teeming with migratory birds that had descended on...

Bird banding, Bird Conservation, Brown Creeper, fall migration, Golden-crowned kinglet, kinglet, songbird migration

Bird Banding Bird ecology

Banders Seeing Purple

Blake Goll – October 28, 2018

This is the time of the season when banders are beginning to grow weary as a result of having been...

Bird banding, fall songbird migration, migration, Myrtle Warbler, songbird banding, yellow-rumped warbler

Land Protection

Thirty-Five Acres Near Kirkwood Preserve Now Permanently Protected

Jspragins – October 23, 2018

An additional 780 feet of the Crum Creek are protected forever. Another view of the newly protected stretch of creek....

Land Protection

Ten More Acres on Grubbs Mill Road!

Jspragins – October 22, 2018

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

Blake Goll – October 20, 2018 – 6 Replies

As if we weren't already a motley crew, banders donned their mismatch layers of winter coats, thrifted fleeces, alpaca fingerless...

Bird banding, bird migration, Cape May Warbler, fall songbird migration, purple finch, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Bird Banding Bird Conservation

Banding Big Day

Bird Conservation Team – October 18, 2018

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Something to Chat About

Blake Goll – October 12, 2018 – 2 Replies

Another dreary, drippy morning on Tuesday surprisingly produced a season record of 54 birds spanning a dazzling 20 species. Highlights...

Bird banding, kids and birds, Rushton Farm, songbird banding, students and birds, yellow-breasted chat

Bird Banding Bird ecology

Not Just Smoke and Sparrows

Blake Goll – October 5, 2018 – 3 Replies

Mornings at Rushton this week were humid with water dripping from every leaf and berry. As the sun ignited the...

Bird banding, Connecticut Warbler, kids and nature, migration, Winter Wren

Bird Conservation Motus

U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE PROVIDES GRANT TO TRACK BIRD SPECIES OF GREATEST CONCERN IN MID-ATLANTIC REGION

Jspragins – October 1, 2018

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

Blake Goll – September 29, 2018

This week of banding was a whirlwind of feathers, fanatics, and fog. It began with our bi-annual Open House last...

Bird banding, Blackpoll warbler, environmental education, Motus Wildlife Tracking, White eyed Vireo

Bird Banding Bird ecology

It's Raining Warblers, Hallelujah!

Blake Goll – September 21, 2018 – 1 Reply

Late September is a thrilling time of abundance in the natural world. As more yellow leaves begin to hustle to...

Bird banding, fall songbird migration, Gray-cheeked Thrush, magnolia warbler, migration, Scarlet Tanager, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Bird Banding Bird ecology migration

Put the Lime in the Chestnut-side

Blake Goll – September 13, 2018 – 3 Replies

Strikingly different from the deep calico colors it flaunts during breeding season, the fall Chestnut-sided Warbler is still a...

American Redstart, Bird banding, Chestnut-sided warbler, fall migration, songbird conservation, veery, wood thrush

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You Look Like a Tall Glass of Waterthrush

Blake Goll – September 6, 2018

The sallow leaves fell slowly through the visible cloak of humidity, dark silhouettes of jays pierced through the gray overhead,...

Bird banding, bird migration, Carolina Wren, fall songbird migration, northern waterthrush, sustainable farming

Bird Banding Bird ecology migration

Warblers Comin' in Hot

Blake Goll – September 4, 2018 – 2 Replies

The Rushton banding crew was back at it this morning, collecting as much data as possible before the temperature exceeded...

American Redstart, Bird banding, fall songbird migration, magnolia warbler, Rushton Woods Preserve, wood thrush

Bird Banding Bird ecology migration

If Black-throated Blues are Here, Fall is Near

Blake Goll – August 30, 2018 – 2 Replies

Even though the autumn equinox has not yet occurred and you're still wistfully packing your bags for one last summer...

Bird banding, Black-throated Blue warbler, early successional shrub habitat, fall songbird migration, Rushton Farm

Conservation Land Protection

Willistown Conservation Trust featured on Front Page of Philadelphia Inquirer

Jspragins – July 13, 2018

Kat Gord, Director of Rushton Conservation Center, and Bonnie Van Alen, Executive Director, are shown walking through the fields at...

New Legacy Conservation Easement Protects Beautiful 5.6 Acres

Jspragins – June 15, 2018

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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