This week’s blog is written by Hannah, a Bucktails, Brookies, and Drummers alumni, and long-time Monthly Correspondent. She writes about a topic we don’t think about often when considering air travel: that we are sharing the friendly skies with our avian neighbors, and need to account for being in their airspace when we fly.
This week’s post is written by Peter, a monthly blog correspondent and Bucktails and Ursids alumni. He writes about keeping an “eagle eye” out for migrating raptors, helping local biologists record important data that they can use to monitor the charismatic birds that fly by each year!
Category: Youth Blog Tags: birds, Bucktails, education, environment, habitat, nature observation, outdoors, Pennsylvania, reports from the field, research, Ursids, wildlife, youth
This week’s blog post is written by Julia, a Bucktails and Bass alumni. She gives us some great information about the quaking aspen, and took her excellent accompanying photo while in Carson National Forest in New Mexico this past summer.
This week’s blog post is written by Peter, a monthly blog correspondent and Bucktails and Ursids alumni. He shares with us lots of great info about a diminutive little woodland creature – who has a way of “keeping its cool” throughout the harrowing winter months!
Category: Youth Blog Tags: Bucktails, education, habitat, nature observation, outdoors, Pennsylvania, reports from the field, spring, Ursids, wildlife, winter, youth
This week, Hannah, a monthly blog correspondent and alumni of the Bucktails, Drummers, and Brookies field schools, writes about considering our more “showy” pollinators in the garden. She takes us deeper into the world of butterflies, and why they are key players on the pollinator field.
Tag: Bucktails
Air Traffic
Posted: April 11, 2017 by Katie Cassidy
This week’s blog is written by Hannah, a Bucktails, Brookies, and Drummers alumni, and long-time Monthly Correspondent. She writes about a topic we don’t think about often when considering air travel: that we are sharing the friendly skies with our avian neighbors, and need to account for being in their airspace when we fly.
Category: Youth Blog Tags: birds, Brookies, Bucktails, drummers, education, habitat, outdoors, research, wildlife, youth
The Allegheny Front Hawk Watch
Posted: April 8, 2017 by Katie Cassidy
This week’s post is written by Peter, a monthly blog correspondent and Bucktails and Ursids alumni. He writes about keeping an “eagle eye” out for migrating raptors, helping local biologists record important data that they can use to monitor the charismatic birds that fly by each year!
Category: Youth Blog Tags: birds, Bucktails, education, environment, habitat, nature observation, outdoors, Pennsylvania, reports from the field, research, Ursids, wildlife, youth
The Amazing Quaking Aspen
Posted: April 4, 2017 by Katie Cassidy
This week’s blog post is written by Julia, a Bucktails and Bass alumni. She gives us some great information about the quaking aspen, and took her excellent accompanying photo while in Carson National Forest in New Mexico this past summer.
Category: Youth Blog Tags: bass, Bucktails, education, habitat, leaves, national forest, nature observation, outdoors, youth
The Wood Frog
Posted: March 8, 2017 by Katie Cassidy
This week’s blog post is written by Peter, a monthly blog correspondent and Bucktails and Ursids alumni. He shares with us lots of great info about a diminutive little woodland creature – who has a way of “keeping its cool” throughout the harrowing winter months!
Category: Youth Blog Tags: Bucktails, education, habitat, nature observation, outdoors, Pennsylvania, reports from the field, spring, Ursids, wildlife, winter, youth
Beneficials in the Garden
Posted: February 14, 2017 by Katie Cassidy
This week, Hannah, a monthly blog correspondent and alumni of the Bucktails, Drummers, and Brookies field schools, writes about considering our more “showy” pollinators in the garden. She takes us deeper into the world of butterflies, and why they are key players on the pollinator field.
Category: Youth Blog Tags: Brookies, Bucktails, drummers, education, habitat, monarch butterflies, outdoors, youth