Preserved in 2010 through a community-wide effort, St. Michaels Farm Preserve was once the site of an orphanage operated by the Catholic Diocese of Trenton. Part preserved farmland and part preserved for recreational use, St. Michaels is home to nearly 100 bird species, including 11 species of warbler, the Indigo bunting, rose-breasted grosbeak and scarlet tanager. Hawks cruise the fields looking for voles and mice, kestrels live in the vicinity of the barn, a great blue and a little green heron have been seen along the creek and sparrows and finches frequent the fields.
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