Chances are you probably haven’t given much thought to building a garden for moths. With the majority of moth species performing their duties at night when most humans are sleeping, it’s no surprise that we tend not to think of them as pollinators, hustling to collect nectar and pollen from our gardens under the cover of darkness. We should begin considering moths, though, when landscaping for wildlife.
Read MoreLast week, a group of students from Upland Country Day School were invited to spend the day at the Laurels Preserve.
Their morning started off with a stream study in each of the two streams that flow through the Laurels, Buck Run and Doe Run. The collection of macro-invertebrates...
This winter, the Laurels Preserve played host to a rather uncommon visitor.
A juvenile male red-headed woodpecker was first observed on November 11th by our Natural Resource Manager, Kevin Fryberger. Since then the bird has been seen regularly on the same hillside, gathering and caching...