Powdermill

Powdermill Nature Reserve is the environmental research center of Carnegie Museum of Natural History, dedicated to research, education, and conservation.

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What can we say, we're excited to move into our new offices. #parc #birdbanding #newlab #freshair #covidsafe #whoneedsaroofanyway https://t.co/nXYCSYvUfu

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This female Golden-winged Warbler is brightening up our morning. #goldengirl #falllooks #migration #birdsofinstagram #birdbanding #speciesindecline #earlysuccessionalhabitat https://t.co/36XllPUoA2

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This research will provide novel information about how presence of predators in a stopover location affects foraging and migratory behavior, and will show whether birds perceive the, non-native predator, Felis sugarus, as a risk great enough to avoid during migration.

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This spring, one of our colleagues will be studying the non-lethal effects of perceived predators on stopover ecology of Marshmallicus peepsi and Gray Catbirds (Dumetella carolinensis).

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She will observe these birds’ behavioral responses to three species that migrating birds may encounter in southwest Pennsylvania: Accipeepiter cooperi (Cooper’s Hawk), a native aerial predator; Easteris bunnicus (Eastern Cottontail), an herbivore;

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Then, she will tag several individuals with transmitters, manually track their local movements, and track their departure timing and where they go post-departure using the Motus wildlife tracking system.

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and Felis sugarus (cat), a non-native predator that poses significant risk of mortality to songbirds.

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Where do our banded birds go? What stories do their recoveries tell? If they're found dead, how did they die? The answers to these questions and more can be found here on our new storymap: https://t.co/oqNHT8Quqq

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Did you see our grouse @ Ligonier's annual #IceFest this past weekend? Thanks to #DiMartinoIce for sculpting!

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Brown creeper caught yesterday morning at the #Powdermill bird banding stations!
#autumn #migration #birding

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Meet Lucy the baby snapping turtle, Powdermill's newest resident!
#snappingturtle #reptile #awww

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As the weather gets colder, we won't see many more big brown bats as they prepare for hibernation
#bats #autumn

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Wet weather is a good time to find beautiful little #amphibians like this red-spotted newt :)
#herpetology

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Gorgeous pair of #beltedkingfishers caught in the same net this morning!
#autumn #migration