Date: 2/18/26 6:55 am From: Constanza Ehrenhaus <cxe1169...> Subject: Re: Avian Lecture Registration and Additional Programs
There is a Zoom option, though. I just shared this on the Facebook page
(thank you Richard for letting me know!)
On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 9:27 AM Gyekis, Joseph Peter <jpg186...> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> The email below was meant to be just to the avian education committee. The
> public information will be released soon, but sadly there aren't going to
> be enough spaces at the dinner for a big group. Thanks for your
> understanding and apologies for the false start.
> Joe/Rachel
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> Dr. Pepper Trail was selected as our 2026 Avian Speaker!
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> Fighting Crime with Feathers: The Casebook of a Forensic Ornithologist -
> The Arboretum at Penn State
> <https://arboretum.psu.edu/events/fighting-crime-with-feathers-the-casebook-of-a-forensic-ornithologist/> >
> The link above is to register for a seat in the Palmer Event Space on
> March 19th for the lecture. *You must register to have a seat in the
> space*. Registration was new last year, so we want to make sure you are
> all aware that it is required. We also have a Zoom Webinar registration
> link for those who cannot attend.
>
> This is also the second year we have programming related to the lecture.
> Below are the programs:
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> *March 19th:*
> 8a-9:30am - Bird Walk with Pepper, meeting at Overlook Pavilion
> 4-6pm - Pop-Up Audubon Prints Exhibit in collaboration with the Palmer
> Museum of Art
> 6-7:30pm - Avian Lecture in Palmer Event Space (registration required)
>
> *March 20th:*
> 1:30-2:30pm - *Arboretum Explorers Family Hike: Beginner Birders Edition
> with Jenn Hooven (registration required)
> 4-5pm - Bird Sketching: Eastern Screech Owl with Rebecca Horwitt
> (registration required)
> 5:30-7pm - *What Did That Owl Eat?: Owl Pellet Dissection in collaboration
> with Shaver's Creek (registration required)
>
> *all ages
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> We will also have our dinner with the committee and Pepper after the
> lecture at 8 pm. Last year, we went to Lionne at the Nittany Lion Inn
> because the speaker had stayed there, and it's a short walk to their room,
> which is what I am planning to do again this year. *Please let me know if
> you plan to attend.*
>
> Thanks so much, and looking forward to seeing you all next month!
>
> *Rachel Duke (she/her)*
> *Public Programs Manager*
> *The Arboretum at Penn State*
> *126 Palmer Museum*
> *University Park, PA 16803*
> *www.arboretum.psu.edu <http://www.arboretum.psu.edu>* >
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> *The Pennsylvania State University campuses are located on the original
> homelands of the Erie, Haudenosaunee (Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida,
> Mohawk, and Tuscarora), Lenape (Delaware Nation, Delaware Tribe,
> Stockbridge-Munsee), Monongahela, Shawnee (Absentee, Eastern, and
> Oklahoma), Susquehannock, and Wahzhazhe (Osage) Nations. As a land grant
> institution, we acknowledge and honor the traditional caretakers of these
> lands and strive to understand and model their responsible stewardship. We
> also acknowledge the longer history of these lands and our place in that
> history.*
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