Erie Bird Observatory

06/04/2026

06/04/2026

Happy Thursday, indeed! We’ve got quite the exciting weekend lined up and hope you can join us.

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🔎🪶🐞 Biodiversity BioBlitz 🐞🪶🔍
SATURDAY, June 6th | 10am - 12pm
Hosted by Tamarack Wildlife Center

Hands-on, family-friendly event. Explore local habitats and help document the incredible diversity of plants, birds, insects, and other wildlife that call this area home. Learn how to observe and identify species while contributing to real scientific data collection!

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📖✍🏻 Author Event w/ Andrew Moore ✍🏻📖
SUNDAY June 7th | 11am - 1pm
Hosted by Werner Books

Interested in nature and the history of conservation? Join us on Sunday, June 7 for an author visit with Andrew Moore for his book, “The Beasts of the East: The Fall and Rise of America’s Eastern Wilderness.” Enjoy a conversation with Andrew, led by Erie Bird Observatory and LEAF staff at 11 AM, followed by a book signing from 12-1 PM.

06/02/2026

📢 Extra! Extra! 📢
Hot off the proverbial presses, it's the June 2026 issue of 📰 _The Recap_ 📰, EBO's very own monthly eNewsletter! Inside you'll find info on upcoming events, program recaps, updates from the field, and more, oh my! Check it out here: https://www.eriebirdobservatory.org/recap/june-2026

06/01/2026

Congratulations to our lucky winner, Harrison Weaver, for the Wings of Spring Grand Prize! Thank you all for supporting Erie Bird Observatory! All proceeds from the raffle will go directly toward spring and summer programs.

Thank you to ZEISS Birding for sponsoring our raffle prize!

05/31/2026

Our friends at Presque Isle Audubon Society are leading a Limited Mobility Bird Walk this coming THURSDAY, June 4th. Check it out!

Announcing a Limited Mobility Bird Walk next week, Thursday June 4! Meet at 6 PM, at the Beach 1 parking lot at Presque Isle State Park. Lead by Laura Giles, soon-to-be Trustee on the Board of Directors of Presque Isle Audubon. We're aiming to find birds while moving on pavement or packed, flat surfaces. Questions? contact our Field Trips chair Lauren Winschel at [email protected]

(IMAGE BY FREEPIK)

05/30/2026

LIVE from the final weekend at the Erie Bird Observatory bird banding station out on Presque Isle State Park, PA!

**All birds captured and released unharmed by trained professionals operating under all necessary state and federal permits.**

05/30/2026

LIVE from the final weekend at the Erie Bird Observatory banding station!

**All birds captured and released unharmed by trained professionals operating under all necessary state and federal permits.**

05/29/2026

Interested in more about our feathered friends? Come on down to our Fry’s Landing Bird Banding Station out on sunny Presque Isle State Park. We’ll be welcoming visitors from 10-2pm today, FRIDAY May 29th. Stop by, say hi, and let us show you just how incredible birds are! 🤗

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Cedar Waxwing tips are actually small appendages composed of a red, waxy secretion called astaxanthin- a carotenoid pigment acquired through their mostly fruit-based diet. These waxy plumage enhancements increase in both quantity and size as the bird ages. They signal age, maturity, and social status to other waxwings, serving a particularly crucial role during courtship and mate selection.

Researchers have found that individuals with more red tips tend to choose other birds with more red tips as mates and these birds nest earlier and raise more offspring than younger waxwings (ie, those with fewer tips).

📸: The bird pictured was off the charts in terms of the number of waxy red tips it had as well as with the extent of the yellow on its tail making it undisputedly an adult male.

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🎉 THIS WEEKEND 🎉
This weekend marks the end of our 2026 Spring Migration Monitoring season. Join us as we close out this aMAYzing season EBO-style by celebrating all things avian!

🪶 Bird Banding 🪶
FRIDAY 10-2pm | May 29th
SATURDAY 10-2pm | May 30th
SUNDAY 12-4pm | May 31st
**weather permitting**

Witness science in action, speak w/ EBO staff, plus enter to win a snazzy new pair of ZEISS Conquest HD 8x42 binoculars! Thanks to 2026 Wings of Spring sponsor, ZEISS Birding.

Located between Perry Monument and Beach 11, look for our large sign by the side of the road.

Stop by, say hi, and let us show you just how incredible birds are. 🤗

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All banding conducted under a federally authorized Bird Banding Permit issued by the U.S. Geological Survey's Bird Banding Lab. Presque Isle Bird Banding Presque Isle Partnership VisitErie Erie News Now JET/FOX/YourErie