by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Jan 1, 2019 | Feature, News
With our latest video, we look back at 2018 and reflected on how far we have come in just one year. We had many successes, a few setbacks, and as always, many valuable lessons were learned. We are closer than ever to reaching our goal of opening the Susquehannock...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Dec 28, 2018 | Feature, News
Yellow-bellied sapsucker (male) The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker is a species of woodpecker that primarily lives off of tree sap which it obtains by creating sap wells. We observed this male sapsucker at the Susquehannock Wildlife Center feeding on the sap of our sugar...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Dec 11, 2018 | Feature, News
Planting Persimmon Trees in New Orchard During our early planning stages when we started managing the Wildlife Center property we came up with the idea of creating a native fruit orchard. One of our goals here was to find a way to connect wildlife, native plants and...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Dec 9, 2018 | Feature, News
SWS Executive Director Scott McDaniel recently had the pleasure of meeting Marty Stouffer, a wildlife filmmaker and naturalist that produced and hosted the award-winning “Wild America” series that can be attributed in part to inspiring Scott and many...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Dec 1, 2018 | Feature, News
Susquehannock Wildlife Society wants to thank all of those who support their local wildlife through donations and your own personal fundraising campaigns for our organization and our partner organizations on Giving Tuesday. Giving Tuesday provides an opportunity to...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Dec 1, 2018 | Feature, News
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL WILDLIFE & HELP BUILD SOMETHING SPECIAL! Join us for our 4th annual fundraising evening to support the work of Susquehannock Wildlife Society and the building of our Wildlife Center in Darlington! Be a part of a special moment in time and invest...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Nov 20, 2018 | Feature, News
The north american river otter is a semi-aquatic and primarily nocturnal member of the weasel family. While they are known for their playful and almost comedic nature, as they are often seen sliding and rolling around, they are actually formidable hunters, preying...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Oct 24, 2018 | Feature, News
As part of the recent Green Infrastructure Project, the research team from Susquehannock Wildlife Society visited each of four hub / corridor sites owned by Harford County Government multiple times during the project period to document wildlife diversity and assess...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Oct 22, 2018 | Feature, News
At their first annual Halloween event celebrating legendary creatures, SWS had a wonderful crowd join them to hear tales from the Chesapeake Mermaid, Bob Chance, and Matt Lake. They learned about ways we can all protect the Chesapeake Bay from one of its ancient...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Oct 18, 2018 | Feature, News
Working with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources ecologists and US Fish & Wildlife Service we assisted with a project to learn more about one of our most precious local wildlife species, the bog turtle. On this survey in Cecil County we searched for...
