Wawa Preserve

Which species of feathered friends can you draw to a bird feeding during winter? Join Natural Lands’ staff member Debbie Beer for this online event to find out, and participate in the annual Great Backyard Bird Count!

I hope that conserving our property with Natural Lands will further both historical and open space local preservation efforts. Perhaps the biggest benefit of all will be spreading the importance of con-serving these natural areas so that our children and their children will be able to enjoy them.

Looking forward to a year of birding, hiking, exploring, and caring for nature. Photo: Jim Moffett

Log on to Outdoors Online to learn about owls, Chimney Swifts, Wood Ducks, Kestrels, and other cavity nesting birds.

We’re not in the business of acquiring land to save the buildings, but we can save buildings to service the land, said Longenecker. I am thoroughly enjoying the opportunity to work on this exciting project which restores and adapts a significant historical structure, preserves a piece of Chester County’s past, and serves the Natural Lands mission.

We are now accepting applications for the Force of Nature class of 2021! This program teaches land stewardship techniques that are put into practice across Natural Lands nature preserves. Learn more about becoming a Force of Nature on our website.

Everyone needs this open space. The wildlife, the birds, and people, too. I tell everyone about Natural Lands so they might also give their financial support. They might find, as my husband and I did, that sense of adventure that comes from traveling down back roads, off the beaten path. We’ve seen parts of this region we never would have discovered without Natural Lands giving us a reason to.

To get the computers to really understand the egg masses and recognize them, we’re looking for help from citizens to send us pictures from egg masses before they are destroyed, Verderame said.

The $500,000 Wilson Challenge for Bryn Coed Preserve is a dollar-for-dollar challenge to raise support for much-needed projects including habitat management, tools for our preserve managers, and two miles of trail expansion. Double your gift. Before December 31. Do it for the preserve.