Monthly Archives: September 2017

Signs of Fall 4: Make Mine Plastic

The family friend who leaned in to young Ben (Dustin Hoffman) at the party in the movie “The Graduate” and whispered the single word of advice that would lead to Ben’s future success and happiness (“plastics”) was well-meaning, I am … Continue reading

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Signs of Fall 3: Cavity Nesting Team 2017!

Over the past three years I have written a number of blogs about the work of our Cavity Nesting Team in Harrison Hills Park in northern Allegheny County. The Team has twenty-eight nesting boxes scattered across the park that are … Continue reading

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Sings of Fall 2: Kiski the Eagle

Last April, I had the honor to give a “Last Lecture” to my colleagues and students at Penn State New Kensington on the occasion of my pending retirement from Penn State. The title of my talk was “The Bald Eagles … Continue reading

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Signs of Fall 1: Finding Baby Birds

This is a photograph that popped up in my email a couple of weeks ago. It was accompanied by a phone call asking what kind of a bird it was and what “we” should do with it. I recognized the … Continue reading

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