NATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC
ALLEGHENY COMMONS WEST 700 ARCH ST, PITTSBURGH, PA 15212 www.aviary.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: TO PROTECT AND PROVIDE FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES, TO CONDUCT AVIAN RESEARCH AND PROVIDE INFORMATION AS A NATIONAL RESOURCE, TO PROVIDE A RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND TO PROMOTE AN APPRECIATION OF NATURAL LAW AND A RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

THE NATIONAL AVIARY WORKS TO INSPIRE RESPECT FOR NATURE THROUGH AN APPRECIATION OF BIRDS.

VISITOR RECREATION AND EDUCATION: THROUGH ENHANCED SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND VIRTUAL OFFERINGS, THE NATIONAL AVIARY CONTINUES TO PRIORITIZE EXCEPTIONAL GUEST EXPERIENCES AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. MANY OF THE NATIONAL AVIARY'S SIGNATURE EXPERIENCES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE DURING 2020 WITH NEW COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS IN PLACE. ADDITIONALLY, NEW EXPERIENCES HAVE BEEN CREATED THAT ALLOW FOR SAFETY TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT WHILE ALSO ALLOWING VISITORS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BIRDS AND MAMMALS THAT CALL THE NATIONAL AVIARY HOME. DUE TO REGULATIONS REGARDING SHUTDOWNS AND CAPACITY LIMITATIONS, 2020 REVENUE GENERATED FROM VISITOR RECREATION AND EDUCATION DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN COMPARED TO 2019. HOWEVER, THE NATIONAL AVIARY WAS ABLE TO CONNECT WITH OUR AUDIENCE THROUGH NEW, ENGAGING AND REVENUE-GENERATING VIRTUAL PROGRAMS. A TOTAL OF 150 VIRTUAL PROGRAMS WERE PRESENTED IN 2020 REACHING 9,325 PARTICIPANTS WHILE 61,248 VISTIORS MADE IN PERSON VISITS TO THE NATIONAL AVIARY.

WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH: THE NATIONAL AVIARY HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO ITS AVIAN COLLECTION OVER THE YEARS. DURING 2020, AND AS A RESULT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, IT WAS IMPERATIVE TO SIGNIFICANTLY CURTAIL ACQUISITIONS TO THE AVIARY'S FLOCK AS WELL AS TO ITS BREEDING PROGRAM. 11 FLEDGED BIRDS FROM 6 SPECIES INCLUDING RED SISKINS, GUAM KINGFISHERS, MARIANAS FRUIT DOVE, VICTORIA CROWNED PIGEON, WHITE THROATED LAUGHINGTHRUSH AND PIED IMPERIAL PIGEON DID OCCUR. THE NATIONAL AVIARY'S DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND FIELD RESEARCH CONTRIBUTED TO AND/OR PUBLISHED MEANINGFUL STUDIES INCLUDING (1) IN THE JOURNAL IBIS, A STUDY SUGGESTING SEX-SPECIFIC INFLUENCES OF SHALE GAS DEVELOPMENT ON GENE EXPRESSION THAT MAY AFFECT LONG-TERM POPULATION SURVIVAL AND FITNESS OF BIRDS; (2) A STUDY IN SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, DEMONSTRATING THAT ANTHROPOGENIC HABITAT DEGRADATION CAN AFFECT THE MICROBIOME OF NESTLING BIRDS, PROVIDING EVIDENCE FOR YET ANOTHER MECHANISM BY WHICH RIPARIAN SONGBIRDS ARE IMPACTED BY STREAM ACIDIFICATION; AND (3) IN THE JOURNAL ORNITHOLOGY, A DESCRIPTION OF THE LITTLE-KNOWN, VERY HIGH-INTENSITY, POST-BREEDING MOLT OF FLIGHT FEATHERS BY WARBLERS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. ADDITIONALLY, A NEW RESEARCH PROGRAM WAS EXTENDED TO DETERMINE HOW BIRDS DEPEND ON OLDER HARDWOOD RIPARIAN FORESTS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN US. INCLUDED IN THIS PROGRAM IS AN INTENSIVE SEARCH FOR PERHAPS THE MOST ICONIC NORTH AMERICAN BIRD - THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER WITH A GOAL OF FINDING A NESTING PAIR OF IVORY-BILLS AND PROVIDING INCONTROVERTIBLE EVIDENCE OF THEIR SURVIVAL. THE NATIONAL AVIARY'S DIRECTOR OF CONSERVATION AND FIELD RESEARCH CONTINUES TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF CONSERVATIONISTS BY ADVISING GRADUATE STUDENTS AT DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS IN THEIR THESES AND DISSERTATION RESEARCH.

ADVANCED ON-SITE AVIAN TREATMENT AND CARE: THE NATIONAL AVIARY MAINTAINS A POPULATION OF MORE THAN 500 BIRDS WHICH REQUIRE DAILY CARE AND HUSBANDRY, HABITAT MAINTENANCE, ENRICHMENT AND SPECIAL DIETS. THE VETERINARY HOSPITAL PROVIDES HIGH-QUALITY VETERINARY CARE AND PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE TO ENSURE THE HEALTH OF OVER 150 DIFFERENT SPECIES. VETERINARY SERVICES PROVIDED IN 2020 INCLUDED PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, EMERGENCY SERVICES, SURGERY SERVICES, PREVENTATIVE HEALTH CARE, NEONATAL HEALTH CARE, AND GERIATRIC HEALTH CARE. THE VETERINARY HOSPITAL TREATED AN AVERAGE OF 20 PATIENTS PER MONTH, RECEIVING DIAGNOSTIC TESTS AND CUSTOMIZED TREATMENT WITH A 98% RECOVERY RATE. PREVENTATIVE HEALTH CARE INCLUDED ADMINISTERING 170 VACCINATIONS, 1,900 PREVENTATIVE RESPIRATORY TREATMENTS, AND OVER 1,800 AVIAN MALARIAL PREVENTATIVE TREATMENTS. EMERGENCY AND ICU CARE WAS PROVIDED FOR 41 ANIMALS WITH FULL RECOVERIES. VETERINARY STUDENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS INCLUDED MENTORING 22 PRE-VETERINARY AND VETERINARY STUDENTS REMOTELY. A TOTAL OF 20 VETERINARY EDUCATIONAL CLASSES WERE GIVEN; 6 ON-SITE PRE-COVID AND 14 VIRTUALLY POST-COVID. IN THE TEACHING HOSPITAL, MEDICAL PROCEDURES DEVELOPED AT THE NATIONAL AVIARY WERE SHARED WITH ZOOS AND WILDLIFE CENTERS NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY TO HELP ADVANCE MEDICINE AND CARE.

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