Earth Day Walks at Powdermill
Powdermill Nature Reserve 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, United StatesJoin us for Earth Day Nature Walks at Powdermill! On Saturday, April 22, explore the trails with your choice of hike through the nature reserve. During each walk we’ll demonstrate how to use the iNaturalist app to upload photos of nature to identify birds, plants, fungi, and more. All walks are family-friendly and meet at […]
Moriarty Science Seminar: Sleuthing on Cryptic Mammals at Powdermill Nature Reserve: Bobcats & Coyotes & Bears, Oh My!
Hybrid: Online and At the MuseumR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: "Sleuthing on Cryptic Mammals at Powdermill Nature Reserve: Bobcats & Coyotes & Bears, Oh My!" Speakers: Dr. Jan Janecka, Duquesne University This event will take place Monday, April 24 at Noon online via Zoom. Abstract: Pennsylvania experienced removal of forest habitat and alterations associated with open pit mining. Starting in […]
Guided Bird Walk
Powdermill Nature Reserve 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, United StatesJoin us for one of our guided Bird Walks to explore the trails at Powdermill Nature Reserve and learn how to find and identify birds in their native habitats. These walks are friendly to birders of all ages and experience levels. We'll meet at the Nature Center and travel from there to the day's designated […]
Teen Night: Earth Night
At the Museum 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesCome celebrate Earth Night at the museum! Learn about the science behind the museums' activities and what you can do to promote Earth Day awareness. Interested in animals and their habitats? Join museum staff as they explain how we use taxidermy specimens to teach visitors about climate, habitats, and ecology. Also check out our bird banding activity and explore how you can be part […]
Powdermill Avian Research Center Open House
Powdermill Nature Reserve 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, United StatesOur Open House days are FREE behind-the-scenes experiences for people to visit the bird banding lab and see up-close how researchers safely capture and band birds, and learn about the data they gather. Visitors are also able to visit PARC's flight tunnel and hear about how we're studying avian perception of glass to provide glass […]
Guided Bird Walk
Powdermill Nature Reserve 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, United StatesJoin us for one of our guided Bird Walks to explore the trails at Powdermill Nature Reserve and learn how to find and identify birds in their native habitats. These walks are friendly to birders of all ages and experience levels. We'll meet at the Nature Center and travel from there to the day's designated […]
Powdermill Avian Research Center Free Guided Tour
Powdermill Nature Reserve 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, United StatesPowdermill Avian Research Center (PARC) offers FREE guided tours of the bird banding lab and research facility. Attendees must arrive by 8:00 a.m. in order to join the tour. These behind-the-scenes experiences allow people to visit the bird banding lab and see up-close how researchers safely capture and band birds, and learn about the data […]
Family Nature Walk at Powdermill
Powdermill Nature Reserve 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, United StatesJoin us as we hit the trails for a guided nature walk! We’ll meet in the atrium of the Powdermill Nature Center at 2 pm before heading outside to explore. This family-friendly experience is open to participants of all ages. Events fill up fast! Registration is recommended to guarantee your spot and help us plan […]
Guided Bird Walk
Powdermill Nature Reserve 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, United StatesJoin us for one of our guided Bird Walks to explore the trails at Powdermill Nature Reserve and learn how to find and identify birds in their native habitats. These walks are friendly to birders of all ages and experience levels. We'll meet at the Nature Center and travel from there to the day's designated […]
Moriarty Science Seminar: 10 Things I Hate About ‘Nature,’ or a Political Ecology of Conservation
Hybrid: Online and At the MuseumR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: "10 Things I Hate About 'Nature,' or a Political Ecology of Conservation" Speakers: Dr. Noah Theriault, Carnegie Mellon University This event will take place Monday, May 8 at Noon in person in Earth Theater and online via Zoom. Abstract: "Nature” and “natural” are part of our everyday vocabulary, but we […]
Guided Bird Walk
Powdermill Nature Reserve 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, United StatesJoin us for one of our guided Bird Walks to explore the trails at Powdermill Nature Reserve and learn how to find and identify birds in their native habitats. These walks are friendly to birders of all ages and experience levels. We'll meet at the Nature Center and travel from there to the day's designated […]
Carnegie Discoverers: The Panoply of Powdermill Activity: Research, Education, Exploration
At the Museum 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesRose-Marie Muzika, PhD, Director of Science, Carnegie Museum of Natural History Former museum director Dr. M. Graham Netting once characterized Powdermill Nature Reserve as “ideally suited to the study of plant and animal life,” a promise which it continues to fulfill today. Studies over time have yielded valuable long-term data about birds, small mammals, forest […]
Powdermill Avian Research Center Free Guided Tour and Bird Walk
Powdermill Nature Reserve 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, United StatesPowdermill Avian Research Center (PARC) offers FREE guided tours of the bird banding lab and research facility. Attendees must arrive by 8:00 a.m. in order to join the tour. These behind-the-scenes experiences allow people to visit the bird banding lab and see up-close how researchers safely capture and band birds, and learn about the data […]
Powdermill Avian Research Center Free Guided Tour
Powdermill Nature Reserve 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, United StatesPowdermill Avian Research Center (PARC) offers FREE guided tours of the bird banding lab and research facility. Attendees must arrive by 8:00 a.m. in order to join the tour. These behind-the-scenes experiences allow people to visit the bird banding lab and see up-close how researchers safely capture and band birds, and learn about the data […]
Springtime Species
Powdermill Nature Reserve 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, United StatesJoin us to celebrate Pennsylvania Native Species Day and the biodiversity within unique habitats found in the Laurel Highlands! Go on a bird walk, explore what lives in Powdermill Run, and learn how research conducted in the field can help us understand and protect biodiversity in a changing world. Meet us at the Nature Center […]
Powdermill Avian Research Center Open House
Powdermill Nature Reserve 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, United StatesOur Open House days are FREE behind-the-scenes experiences for people to visit the bird banding lab and see up-close how researchers safely capture and band birds, and learn about the data they gather. Visitors are also able to visit PARC's flight tunnel and hear about how we're studying avian perception of glass to provide glass […]
Super Science Saturday: Backyard Biology
At the Museum 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesDid you know that May 18 is Pennsylvania Native Species Day? Learn about nature that’s a little closer to home—identify different local animal species by their tracks and scat, meet scientists from the Section of Invertebrate Paleontology with examples of Pittsburgh's own backyard fossils, learn how our friends at Powdermill Nature Reserve band thousands of […]
Science and Nature Lecture: Sixty Years and Counting: The Past, Present, and Future of Avian Research at Powdermill
Powdermill Nature Reserve 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, United StatesPowdermill Nature Reserve, Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s environmental field research center, boasts the longest, continuously-run, year-round bird banding station in the country. The ornithologists there have been banding birds for over 60 years and facilitating countless avian research projects, making many important contributions to scientific literature. Annie Lindsay, Powdermill's bird banding program manager, will […]
Guided Bird Walk at Donegal Lake
Powdermill Nature Reserve 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, United StatesJoin us for an offsite Guided Bird Walk at Donegal Lake! We will meet as a group at Lake Access #1 of Donegal Lake (mid-point of the lake) and begin by setting up a couple of high power spotting scopes to scan the lake for various waterbirds. This outing will be friendly to birders of […]
Carnegie Discoverers: Understanding Diversity at Multiple Trophic Levels by Integrating DNA Metabarcoding and Photo Captures; from the Himalayas to the Laurel Highlands
At the Museum 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesJan Janecke, PhD, Research Associate, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, Duquesne University Many mammals are cryptic and difficult to study, particularly felids and canids. Genetics and camera trapping are two very different approaches that shed light on the ecology of carnivores, from the snow leopard and wolf on the Tibetan Plateau […]
