Tag: birds
This week’s blog post is written by Laurie E., a Gobblers alumni and Monthly Blog Correspondent! She writes about Bald Eagles, their beauty, what they eat, and how they have made it off of the endangered species list.
Category: Youth Blog Tags: bald eagles, birds, carrion, drummers, eagles, environment, habitat, osprey, Pennsylvania, photography, wildlife, winter
This week’s post is all about a seabird, whose distinct features and attitude have made it a common part of the beach-going experience. Peter L., a monthly blog correspondent, writes all about these birds, giving us the facts about them as well as his beautiful original photographs!
Category: Youth Blog Tags: birds, Bucktails, education, environment, Gobblers, habitat, nature observation, outdoors, photography, Ursids, wildlife
This week’s blog post is just in time for the holidays, and is written by Cavan, a monthly blog correspondent and Brookies alumni. He gives us all the fun facts about turkeys, keeping us informed about the bird creating the flap behind “Turkey Day!”
Monthly Blog Correspondent, Zara M, a Drummers alumni, traveled to Greece at the beginning of the year. Her passion for bird watching was not squandered as she came across several birds she had not seen before. At the same time, Zara came upon realizations about Greece’s air quality and the culture of the feral cat population.
This week’s blog, written by a second year Monthly Blog Correspondent, Eli D, is ‘for the birds’! Eli, a Bass and Brookies alumni, often goes birding around Penn’s Woods. He explored a wooded area where birds inhabit places that are affected by habitat fragmentation, and muses over the benefits and costs to the ecosystem caused by these fragmented areas of wilderness during his outing.
Tag: birds
Birds above the Water
Posted: April 17, 2018 by Matt Vira
This week’s blog post is written by Laurie E., a Gobblers alumni and Monthly Blog Correspondent! She writes about Bald Eagles, their beauty, what they eat, and how they have made it off of the endangered species list.
Category: Youth Blog Tags: bald eagles, birds, carrion, drummers, eagles, environment, habitat, osprey, Pennsylvania, photography, wildlife, winter
The Ring-Billed Gull
Posted: January 4, 2018 by Katie Cassidy
This week’s post is all about a seabird, whose distinct features and attitude have made it a common part of the beach-going experience. Peter L., a monthly blog correspondent, writes all about these birds, giving us the facts about them as well as his beautiful original photographs!
Category: Youth Blog Tags: birds, Bucktails, education, environment, Gobblers, habitat, nature observation, outdoors, photography, Ursids, wildlife
Talking Turkey for Thanksgiving
Posted: November 21, 2017 by Katie Cassidy
This week’s blog post is just in time for the holidays, and is written by Cavan, a monthly blog correspondent and Brookies alumni. He gives us all the fun facts about turkeys, keeping us informed about the bird creating the flap behind “Turkey Day!”
Category: Youth Blog Tags: birds, Brookies, nature observation, turkey, wildlife, youth
The Birds, Cats, and Air of Athens, Greece
Posted: August 29, 2017 by Academy Director
Monthly Blog Correspondent, Zara M, a Drummers alumni, traveled to Greece at the beginning of the year. Her passion for bird watching was not squandered as she came across several birds she had not seen before. At the same time, Zara came upon realizations about Greece’s air quality and the culture of the feral cat population.
Category: Youth Blog Tags: air, birds, cats, drummers, environment, youth
Fragmentation: A Pandora’s Box for Birds
Posted: June 6, 2017 by Academy Director
This week’s blog, written by a second year Monthly Blog Correspondent, Eli D, is ‘for the birds’! Eli, a Bass and Brookies alumni, often goes birding around Penn’s Woods. He explored a wooded area where birds inhabit places that are affected by habitat fragmentation, and muses over the benefits and costs to the ecosystem caused by these fragmented areas of wilderness during his outing.
Category: Youth Blog Tags: bass, birds, Brookies, habitat, nature observation, outdoors, reports from the field, trees, youth