Passing on an invitation from Greensprings Natural Cemetery who are sponsoring this event:
Friends, We’d love to see you at this birding event: Attracting Birds to Your Garden:free presentation and slide show with Steve Kress, Thursday, April 21, 7 p.m. at the Sciencenter, 601 First Street (right off Route 13). Birding With Lynn:Saturday, April 23, 9 a.m. at Greensprings Natural Cemetery Preserve, 293 Irish Hill Road, Newfield. More info follows. Attracting Birds to Your Garden: Which plants do best by birds—offering abundant food, shelter, and nesting sites? Stephen Kress, author of The Audubon Guide to Attracting Birds, shows how your yard can mimic natural habitats and attract birds year-round. His free presentation and slide show, “Attracting Birds to Properties Large and Small,” will be held at the Sciencenter at 601 First Street, right off Route 13, on Thursday, April 21 at 7 p.m. Planting the right mix of native fruiting and flowering trees, shrubs, and vines helps keep birds in your neighborhood all season long. Kress describes which plants attract birds with sweet fruits in the summer, fatty foods just in time for migration, and fruits high in carbohydrates for winter survival. He tests these techniques for improving landscapes and gardens on his own property. Kress will make recommendations for which plants do best in the Northeast, showing how to arrange them on your property for maximum benefit to birds. Kress also tells how to create backyard water baths and pools and how to encourage cavity-nesting birds. And he suggests how to create a hummingbird garden. Kress will even provide ideas on how you might, someday, place bird-friendly plants on a gravesite at Greensprings Natural Cemetery Preserve. This event is made possible by Greensprings Natural Cemetery Preserve in honor of Earth Day and its 5th anniversary year. Kress is the author of TheAudubon Society Guide To Attracting Birds, The Bird Garden, The Audubon Society Birder’s Handbook, Project Puffin, Saving Birds and the Golden Guide Birdlife. He will sell and sign books at the even. To learn more about Greensprings, go to naturalburial.org. The Sciencenter is a hands-on museum that inspires excitement for science through interactive exhibits and programs that engage, educate and empower. For more information about the Sciencenter, visit www.sciencenter.org. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
