Tag: migration

Bird-watching in Winter

January 29, 2018 maryalicehartsock Featured, Live Animals, Ornithology

Catch a glimpse of extraordinary winter birds.

Bird-watching in Winter

January 16, 2017 maryalicehartsock Featured, Live Animals, Ornithology

Catch a glimpse of extraordinary winter birds.

Not Your Ordinary Finch

February 4, 2014 mah444 Ornithology

Ornithology Collection Manager Nate Rice helps us track down a nomadic bird that visits the Philadelphia area during the winter.[…]

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