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Name: Brushes & Birds featuring Maria DeSimone Prascak of Maria’s Ideas
Start: 2025-06-12T17:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-06-12T20:00:00-04:00

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National Aviary expert teaching a young child about birds.

June 12 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

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5:30 pm

June 12 | 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Brushes & Birds featuring Maria DeSimone Prascak of Maria’s Ideas

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National Aviary leads nesting efforts to help critically endangered African penguins in Namibia | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

There’s more than cuteness overload when it comes to the National Aviary’s flock of African penguins. This critically endangered species, expected to be extinct in a decade, is attracting attention – and help – in its fight for survival in the wild.

A juvenile peregrine falcon known as Yellow, “crashed in on her mother. Carla (the mother) quickly left” the nest at the University of Pittsburgh Cathedral of Learning on June 23, 2025, according to the Outside My Window blog. 1 Crop of 23 peregrine falcons and juvenile bald eagles have flown the coop but are begging their parents | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The formerly endangered peregrine falcon produced a bumper crop of at least 23 juveniles this year in the Pittsburgh region.

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National Aviary leads nesting efforts to help critically endangered African penguins in Namibia | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Penguins hatched at National Aviary join colony with new names | MSN

Penguins hatched at National Aviary join colony with new names | KDKA News

National Aviary reveals names for its youngest Penguins as they join the colony | WPXI