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Spring After Dark: When Bats Return to Pennsylvania Skies

WildWatch Weekly Spring After Dark: When Bats Return to Pennsylvania Skies Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube Spring Isn’t Just for Birds When people think about spring wildlife activity in Pennsylvania, birds usually get most of the attention. As the days grow longer and temperatures rise, songbirds begin migrating north, filling forests and backyards with new movement and sound. But there is another seasonal return happening quietly after sunset. As spring arrives, bats begin...

Night Shift Predator: The Power and Mystery of the Great Horned Owl

WildWatch Weekly Night Shift Predator: The Power and Mystery of the Great Horned Owl Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube A Raptor Built for the Dark Few sounds in the winter woods are as commanding as the deep, resonant hoot of the Great Horned Owl. It is a voice that carries through darkness and cold air, a reminder that while much of the forest sleeps, the night shift is just beginning. The great horned owl is one of North America’s most adaptable and formidable raptors. With...

Holding Our Breath: A Critical Week for the Glen Hazel Eagles

WildWatch Weekly Holding Our Breath: A Critical Week for the Glen Hazel Eagles Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube A Weekend of Uncertainty at Glen Hazel This past Saturday, many of us watching the Glen Hazel (Hays) bald eagle nest felt something shift. The female appeared to go into labor, showing the subtle posture changes, nest bowl positioning, and abdominal contractions that often precede laying, but no egg arrived. Hours passed. Then more hours. The nest remained empty. For a...

Winter Feeding Deer: What Helps and What Hurts

WildWatch Weekly Winter Feeding Deer: What Helps and What Hurts Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube A Familiar Winter Scene Snow on the ground. Bare trees standing quiet against a gray sky. A backyard that feels still, until a deer steps into view. It’s a moment many of us recognize. Whether you’re watching through a kitchen window or spotting tracks along a wooded trail, seeing deer in winter often stirs something in us. They look fragile against the cold. The landscape feels...

Count What You See: Join the Great Backyard Bird Count This Weekend

WildWatch Weekly Count What You See: Join the Great Backyard Bird Count This Weekend Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube From Your Window to the World Whether you’re sipping coffee by the kitchen window, refilling a feeder on a cold morning, or pausing to listen for birdsong outside, these small moments of watching connect us to something much bigger. It often starts quietly, a flash of wings, a familiar visitor, maybe an unexpected guest, but each glance becomes part of a shared...

A Winter Surprise at the Feeder: Could an Evening Grosbeak Visit You?

WildWatch Weekly A Winter Surprise at the Feeder: Could an Evening Grosbeak Visit You? Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube The Unexpected Moment Winter feeder watching often settles into a familiar rhythm. The same regulars arrive at roughly the same times, following patterns you come to recognize without thinking about them. You glance out the window or check the camera feed expecting what you usually see, until suddenly, something feels different. Maybe it’s a flash of bold yellow...

Hidden in Plain Sight: The Tiny Tree-Climber

WildWatch Weekly Hidden in Plain Sight: The Tiny Tree-Climber Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube Hidden in Plain Sight Most of us walk past trees every day without really seeing them. We notice the path beneath our feet, the sky overhead, or the sound of traffic in the distance, but the rough bark of a tree trunk rarely asks for our attention. And yet, that’s exactly where one of Pennsylvania’s most familiar birds is quietly going about its day. The Brown Creeper isn’t rare,...

The Eastern Coyote: Bigger, Bolder, and Closer Than You Think

WildWatch Weekly The Eastern Coyote: Bigger, Bolder, and Closer Than You Think Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube Why Coyotes Are in the Spotlight Right Now If it feels like coyotes are suddenly everywhere, you’re not imagining it. In recent weeks, social media posts, neighborhood forums, and local conversations have been buzzing with reports of coyotes spotted in backyards, along tree lines, and moving through residential streets. Along with those sightings often comes concern,...

From Collapse to Comeback: The Team Behind Pittsburgh’s New Bald Eagle Cam

WildWatch Weekly From Collapse to Comeback: The Team Behind Pittsburgh’s New Bald Eagle Cam Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube A Long Wait, Worth Every Moment For more than a year, Pittsburgh’s eagle watchers have been waiting. Waiting for a familiar pair to return. Waiting for a new nest to take shape along the river. Waiting for the moment when the quiet hum of a live camera would once again connect us to one of the region’s most beloved wildlife families. But this story was...

Snow Bunting: Winter’s Snowflake with Wings

WildWatch Weekly Snow Bunting: Winter’s Snowflake with Wings Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube A Bird That Belongs to Winter When winter tightens its grip, when fields fall silent, winds sweep across frozen ground, and snow blurs the line between earth and sky, most birds are already gone. Feeders grow quieter. Familiar flashes of color disappear south. And then, sometimes, a small white bird appears where you least expect it, lifting off the snow as if it were part of the storm...