Monthly Nature Walks in 2015

Jul 21, 2015 by

We have monthly nature walks (or volunteer days) in Glen Providence Park, year-round! We’ve documented our Winter Bird Walk in...

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Spring-Summer 2014 Photojournal

Mar 20, 2015 by

After a long, cold, snowy winter, 2014 brought a later spring than usual in Glen Providence Park – it snowed as late as St....

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Winter Bird Walk List

Jan 27, 2015 by

We experienced several trail conditions at our Winter Bird Walk in Glen Providence Park on Sunday, from ice and snow to slush and mud!...

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80th Anniversary for Glen Providence Park!

Jan 15, 2015 by

In the summer of 1935, George and Eleanor Butler donated the land for Glen Providence Park, the first park established by Delaware...

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1-25-2015 Winter Bird Walk

Jan 14, 2015 by

We will kick off our 2015 events in Glen Providence Park with a winter bird walk! It seems like a fitting way to start the 80th...

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Christmas Bird Count 2014

Jan 7, 2015 by

In December, we participated in our fourth Christmas Bird Count (CBC) in Glen Providence Park! While it was completely overcast...

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Winter 2013-2014 Photojournal

Dec 18, 2014 by

It was a winter wonderland in Glen Providence Park last year! Pennsylvania Woolly bear caterpillars had “predicted” last...

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12-20-2014 Christmas Bird Count

Dec 1, 2014 by

Join Friends of Glen Providence Park in our 4th year participating in the Christmas Bird Count, the world’s longest-running...

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Fall 2013 Photojournal

Oct 13, 2014 by

Fall is such a beautiful season in Glen Providence Park, and after record rainfall in summer 2013, last autumn was relatively free of...

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Harry the Heron

Sep 22, 2014 by

Back in 2010, with a young family, we had just bought our first home; a 100 year old house on the outskirts of Media. To say I had...

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A Year in the 1.1 Acre

Jun 3, 2014 by

In 2013, we kept a photojournal to document the planned construction area in Glen Providence Park for Broomall’s Dam at 3rd...

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Birds & Spring Ephemerals!

Apr 28, 2014 by

What a beautiful, crisp spring morning in Glen Providence Park on Saturday for our Bird & Spring Ephemerals Walk! We saw 30...

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4-26-2014 Bird & Spring Ephemerals Walk

Apr 2, 2014 by

Spring is finally arriving in Glen Providence Park – soon flowers will emerge, and bird song will fill the woods! Learn to...

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1.1 Acre Project – Fall 2013

Jan 27, 2014 by

It’s our Fall installment of our photos of Glen Providence Park’s 1.1 Acre construction area for Broomall’s Dam! Wildlife...

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Christmas Bird Count 2013

Dec 17, 2013 by

It was a beautiful (cold!) walk in the snow-covered woods for our third year participating in the Christmas Bird Count (CBC) in Glen...

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Spring Photojournal

Jul 31, 2013 by

It was another beautiful Spring in Glen Providence Park, but much later than the unusually hot spring of 2012… plants emerged as...

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April 1.1 Acre Project: Historical Springs

Jul 12, 2013 by

As we visited the park’s 1.1 Acre construction area for Broomall’s Dam throughout the month of April, it was exciting to...

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A Late Spring Bird Walk

Jun 4, 2013 by

It was another lovely bird walk in Glen Providence Park, led by cousins Al Guarente and Nick Crocetto of the Birding Club of Delaware...

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6-2-2013 Late Spring Bird Walk

Apr 24, 2013 by

Our Glen Providence Park Bird List is up to 100 species, so… it’s time to look for some more!  June is a beautiful time...

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Winter Photojournal

Feb 28, 2013 by

We didn’t get any substantial snowfall in Glen Providence Park this winter, but we did get several dustings and light coverings-...

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