80th Anniversary for Glen Providence Park!
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
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...
read moreChristmas Bird Count 2014
In December, we participated in our fourth Christmas Bird Count (CBC) in Glen Providence Park! While it was completely overcast...
read moreWinter 2013-2014 Photojournal
It was a winter wonderland in Glen Providence Park last year! Pennsylvania Woolly bear caterpillars had “predicted” last...
read more12-20-2014 Christmas Bird Count
Join Friends of Glen Providence Park in our 4th year participating in the Christmas Bird Count, the world’s longest-running...
read moreFall 2013 Photojournal
Fall is such a beautiful season in Glen Providence Park, and after record rainfall in summer 2013, last autumn was relatively free of...
read moreHarry the Heron
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...
read moreA Year in the 1.1 Acre
In 2013, we kept a photojournal to document the planned construction area in Glen Providence Park for Broomall’s Dam at 3rd...
read moreBirds & Spring Ephemerals!
What a beautiful, crisp spring morning in Glen Providence Park on Saturday for our Bird & Spring Ephemerals Walk! We saw 30...
read more4-26-2014 Bird & Spring Ephemerals Walk
Spring is finally arriving in Glen Providence Park – soon flowers will emerge, and bird song will fill the woods! Learn to...
read more1.1 Acre Project – Fall 2013
It’s our Fall installment of our photos of Glen Providence Park’s 1.1 Acre construction area for Broomall’s Dam! Wildlife...
read moreChristmas Bird Count 2013
It was a beautiful (cold!) walk in the snow-covered woods for our third year participating in the Christmas Bird Count (CBC) in Glen...
read moreSpring Photojournal
It was another beautiful Spring in Glen Providence Park, but much later than the unusually hot spring of 2012… plants emerged as...
read moreApril 1.1 Acre Project: Historical Springs
As we visited the park’s 1.1 Acre construction area for Broomall’s Dam throughout the month of April, it was exciting to...
read moreA Late Spring Bird Walk
It was another lovely bird walk in Glen Providence Park, led by cousins Al Guarente and Nick Crocetto of the Birding Club of Delaware...
read more6-2-2013 Late Spring Bird Walk
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...
read moreWinter Photojournal
We didn’t get any substantial snowfall in Glen Providence Park this winter, but we did get several dustings and light coverings-...
read moreOur 2012 Birding Big Year!
The numbers are in… we spotted 83 species in the park during our 2012 Birding Big Year, and we are up to 99 total bird species...
read moreChristmas Bird Count 2012
It was a beautiful, crisp, sunny winter morning for our second year participating in the Christmas Bird Count in Glen Providence...
read moreFall Photojournal
Every season is beautiful in Glen Providence Park– but Fall is just magical! After our first year of monthly photojournals, we...
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