Natural History Museum at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center

04/18/2024

Wow!

“These are the days counters live for…” and so Erie Bird Observatory Morning Flight Monitor, Jason Bojczyk, begins his report of yesterday’s RECORD-SHATTERING Broad-winged Hawk flight.

Stationed atop the Tom Ridge Center’s observation tower and over the course of 13 hours, he counted 67,099 individuals across 52 species and welcomed 98 (human) visitors. In the course of A SINGLE HOUR — 20,005 Broad-wingeds were tallied (!!) — in one hour! 🤯

For more eyewitness reactions as well as to read Jason’s full report, be sure to head on over to the EBO blog corner: https://www.eriebirdobservatory.org/ebo-blog/broadwing-bonanza

Spring is here, Let’s go Birding! 🪶🔭

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📸: All photos by Katie Andersen.

GoErie.com | Erie Times-News Erie News Now JET/FOX/YourErie VisitErie Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Trektellen.org

04/13/2024

'Blitz with the Basin! Join us for the 2024 Sea Grant Great Lakes Blitz from April 22 - May 18, 2024.

What’s blooming, flying, hopping, or maybe just growing around you? You’re invited to participate in the Sea Grant Great Lakes BioBlitz, a month-long event to observe, identify, and record as many different, non-domesticated species as possible within an a given area.

Anyone in U.S. States & Canadian provinces within (or adjacent to) the Great Lakes Basin are welcome to join! Observations and photos are submitted through the iNaturalist app .Details online at https://www.cgll.org/education/youth-opportunities/great-lakes-bioblitz/

Event supported by the Center for Great Lakes Literacy, Sea Grant Great Lakes Network, Wisconsin Sea Grant, and iNaturalist.

University of Wisconsin Sea Grant/Water Resources Institutes Minnesota Sea Grant National Sea Grant College Program iNaturalist.org

04/13/2024

Presque Isle Audubon Society is having a hybrid program this month! Save the date, Friday, April 19, at 7 PM as Ron Mumme will be giving a LIVE presentation at TREC. We will also be offering this program via Zoom. More details to come.

www.presqueisleaudubon.org/programs

03/25/2024

03/12/2024

‼️Virtual Event Alert‼️

‘Perched on the Edge: Birds of Newfoundland & Labrador’ with Jared Clarke
Friday, March 15th | 7pm | Online
Virtual Program - All are Welcome!

Join Presque Isle Audubon Society *THIS* Friday evening online at 7pm for our (virtual) March program. This month we’re excited to welcome Jared Clarke as our guest speaker! Jared is an excellent photographer and birder and he’ll be speaking on the birds and birding in Newfoundland. We’re looking forward to his talk and hope to “see” you there!

A friendly reminder—
PIA Programs are open to all, regardless of membership status. There is no fee to attend and registration is not required.

To Attend: On FRIDAY, March 15th both Zoom link and instructions will be posted here: https://www.presqueisleaudubon.org/programs.html

This program will be recorded and made available on our YouTube channel at a later date

03/06/2024

Join us for an exciting nighttime adventure! Vernal pools come alive in late winter and early spring, as essential breeding habitat for certain species of wildlife, including salamanders and frogs. Come explore our Vernal Pool Preserve for a guided walk in the dark! Register now, space is limited.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1S7m22QIH8AwxfOK7ErvEv-xwx32CbyuPGJEEHuIY3gg/viewform?ts=65e0fc8b&edit_requested=true&pli=1

02/16/2024

Just 2 days until our 7pm Zoom program, when Mary Birdsong fills us in on the federally-endangered Piping Plovers that nested at Presque Isle State Park, PA last summer.

Mary gives a hint about what we'll learn: "With the loss of our pioneer plover, Jerry, and his mate Eve, along with the arrival of new and mysterious plovers, egg rescues and a nest move, the season proved to be challenging but still rewarding."

Check our website on Friday morning, the 16th, for the meeting link: www.presqueisleaudubon.org/programs

We hope to ‘see’ you there !

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Presque Isle Audubon Society Erie Bird Observatory

01/08/2024

Invasive red-eared slider turtles at Presque Isle are highlighted in this podcast, and featuring the invasive species projects of Pennsylvania Sea Grant.

‎Show Points North, Ep The Turtle Takeover - Jan 5, 2024

01/02/2024

What is the longest you've ever worked on a project? A month? A year? How about 12 years?

Dr. Scott Schuette, bryologist and WPC's botany program manager with the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program (PNHP), spent the past 12 years creating what he calls a “one-stop-shop checklist of all things bryophyte,” a new, detailed inventory of Pennsylvania's 547 mosses, liverworts and hornworts, with the help of other WPC and PNHP staff and interns.

Read about the project and the ecological importance of bryophytes on pages 14-15 of our latest issue of Conserve magazine: https://bit.ly/48kmq5u.

12/18/2023