by Merrill Creek Reservoir | Dec 11, 2025 | Animals, Birds
Winter is a great time to see woodpeckers! With the leaves off trees and bird feeders (especially suit feeders) filled, many of NJ’s woodpecker species can be easily seen pretty much everywhere across the state! In fact, in winter, NJ gets some migrant woodpeckers...
by Merrill Creek Reservoir | Sep 10, 2025 | Animals, Fish, Habitat, Uncategorized
Over the last 3 years, Merrill Creek Reservoir (MCR) has been committed to finding ways to perform conservation work that has multiple ecological benefits and, in some cases, those conservation practices can simultaneously provide added value to recreational uses of...
by Merrill Creek Reservoir | Aug 4, 2025 | Animals, Habitat
Over the last two years, Merrill Creek Reservoir (MCR) staff have been working with the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey (CWF) and NJDEP Fish and Wildlife’s Endangered and Nongame Species Program to determine what bat species are present at the property. ...
by Merrill Creek Reservoir | Jun 24, 2025 | Animals
What is that weird loud trilly bird call that seems to only happen when it’s really humid this time of year? Well, it’s not a bird at all, but in fact, its Northern gray treefrogs calling looking for mates! With the warm humid weather settled into Warren...
by Merrill Creek Reservoir | Jun 19, 2024 | Animals, Habitat, Insects, Plants
According to the Xerces Society, “Pollinators are one of the easiest groups of declining animals to support in not just a rural landscape, but in a residential and urban landscape as well, since even small spaces have the potential to meet the most basic needs of the...
by Merrill Creek Reservoir | Feb 12, 2024 | Animals, Birds
Winter time is not typically thought of when people think of birds laying eggs and nesting. But for three of New Jersey’s permanent resident owl species that live at Merrill Creek Reservoir, the Great Horned Owl, the Barred Owl and the Eastern Screech Owl, winter is...
