Animals in Search of Food:  with photographer Frank Marsden

Animals in Search of Food: with photographer Frank Marsden

April 20 / 7pm / FREE Frank Marsden’s photographs of wildlife are startlingly intimate! Join us for an evening of discovering wildlife’s non-stop foraging for daily food, as Marsden shares the stories behind his photographs. By knowing the traits, habits, and...
Sauntering with Wildlife Photographer Frank Marsden

Sauntering with Wildlife Photographer Frank Marsden

Wildlife photographer and naturalist Frank Marsden is a “wildlife whisperer” who has uncanny skill at getting close to wildlife. Every morning, usually at sunrise, he is out “sauntering” the meadows and woodlands and river edges in Harford County. Camera in hand,...
Camp Wrap Up

Camp Wrap Up

Summer Camp has ended; Long live Summer Camp! After a long, wonderful summer, fall is here at the Conservancy.  It’s a time to reflect upon the season before and a time to try new lessons as schools visit us on field trips. Summer Wrap Up: 17 Camp Sessions 355...
Spring Sightings

Spring Sightings

Spring Sightings One of our first signs of Spring: the crocus blooming! Last week we welcomed the Spring Equinox in hopes of warmer weather, but it wasn’t just us humans that began stirring after the mark of the new season. At both our Belmont and Mt. Pleasant...
Creature Feature: Ranger the Barred Owl

Creature Feature: Ranger the Barred Owl

Ranger is a Barred Owl, Strix varia.  While Barred Owls live all over Maryland, you have to be very lucky and look closely to see them!  They are masters of camouflage.  You may hear them at night however – their call is most distinctive. It sounds like, “Who...