This week’s blog is written by Lakin, an Ursids alumni, who got a whiff of a stinky insect and braved its stench to find out more. She investigated the “stink bug” and gives us all the details in her blog post, explaining why we see a sudden influx of stink bugs when the weather turns cool outside! What a stinky situation!
Category: Youth Blog Tags: education, exotic animals, habitat, nature observation, outdoors, reports from the field, research, Ursids, wildlife, winter, youth
This week’s post comes to us from Zara, a monthly blog correspondent and Drummers alumni. She writes about bird friendly glass that allows birds to prevent window collisions. This new research in window glass has the potential to greatly reduce bird/glass impacts by making the glass more visible to bird in flight.
Category: Youth Blog Tags: birds, collision, drummers, flight, glass, nature observation, Pennsylvania, Powdermill Nature Reserve, reports from the field, research, tunnel, wildlife, windows, youth
This blog post is the first of a three part series, written by Luke, a three year veteran of the Academy attending PA Bucktails as a student and Assistant Team Leader and PA Drummers as an Assistant Team Leader. He was asked to write a paper about a potential career choice, and decided to explore the aspects of …
Tag: research
Stink Bugs
Posted: March 21, 2017 by Katie Cassidy
This week’s blog is written by Lakin, an Ursids alumni, who got a whiff of a stinky insect and braved its stench to find out more. She investigated the “stink bug” and gives us all the details in her blog post, explaining why we see a sudden influx of stink bugs when the weather turns cool outside! What a stinky situation!
Category: Youth Blog Tags: education, exotic animals, habitat, nature observation, outdoors, reports from the field, research, Ursids, wildlife, winter, youth
“The Tunnel” – Research to Reduce Bird Collisions
Posted: March 7, 2017 by Matt Vira
This week’s post comes to us from Zara, a monthly blog correspondent and Drummers alumni. She writes about bird friendly glass that allows birds to prevent window collisions. This new research in window glass has the potential to greatly reduce bird/glass impacts by making the glass more visible to bird in flight.
Category: Youth Blog Tags: birds, collision, drummers, flight, glass, nature observation, Pennsylvania, Powdermill Nature Reserve, reports from the field, research, tunnel, wildlife, windows, youth
Exploring a Career as a Wildlife Conservation Officer – Part 1
Posted: September 2, 2014 by Katie Cassidy
This blog post is the first of a three part series, written by Luke, a three year veteran of the Academy attending PA Bucktails as a student and Assistant Team Leader and PA Drummers as an Assistant Team Leader. He was asked to write a paper about a potential career choice, and decided to explore the aspects of …
Category: Youth Blog Tags: career, job, research, wildlife