Powdermill Avian Research Center (www.powdermillarc.org) is pleased to announce it will be hosting an in-person Motus workshop beginning 6 PM Thursday, May 1st and ending 3 PM Saturday, May 3rd, 2025. The workshop will be held at Powdermill Nature Reserve, the field station of Carnegie Museum of Natural History, located in the beautiful mountains of Western Pennsylvania. This workshop is aimed towards researchers, educators, students, and others that are interested in learning more about using the Motus Wildlife Network. Participants will have the opportunity to visit multiple active Motus stations and gain hands-on experience attaching transmitters to live birds (for participants sub-permitted to band birds). Presentations will focus on techniques for installing and maintaining Motus receiver stations, project planning, transmitters, and data management and analysis Workshop registration is $500 for professionals and $300 for early professionals, Latin Americans working in Latin America, and students. Registration cost includes shared housing in cabins on Powdermill property as well as catered dinner on Thursday evening and lunch on Friday and Saturday. If you wish to stay elsewhere, standard accommodations are available at several nearby hotels for approximately $100 per night. Participants will be responsible for their own transportation.
If you are interested in attending, please visit the following link and fill out a registration form: Motus Workshops - Powdermill Nature Reserve