Birding with Lynn:What birds are on the move? Where can you see them and what are their songs? Enjoy a ramble with Lynn Leopold (and celebrate Earth Day) at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 23, at Greensprings Natural Cemetery Preserve, 293 Irish Hill Road. Rain date is Saturday, April 30, 9 a.m. Bring binoculars if you have them. Directions follow. Also note … we’ll be at Community Wellness Day at the Ithaca High School on Saturday, May 7, from 12 to 3. Proceeds (including, I believe, our booth rental!) go to charity. This event generated thousands of dollars for community nonprofits its first year—this is the second.
Please accept my apologies for getting this out so late … I’ve had pretty serious problems with my email lists. Directions to Greensprings: >From Ithaca: Take NY Route 13 (Elmira Road) south 4.5 miles from city limits. (Follow sign for Elmira--right lane--where Routes 34 & 96 split off.) At sign for Newfield, turn left. You will be on Main Street. Go all the way through the village. After post office, turn left on Van Kirk Road. Continue south 4 miles. Where Van Kirk bends nearly 90 degrees to left,slow down, then go straight onto Irish Hill Road. Drive 1.2 miles to the Greensprings entrance, which will be on your left. >From Elmira (I-86/NY Rt. 17): Take Exit 54 onto NY Route 13 north; drive >about 19 miles. Look for sign for Trumbull Corners Road. (This intersection is about 7.8 miles after the Rt. 13-Rt. 224 crossroad.) Turn right at Trumbull Corners Road. At stop sign, turn right. Take first left turn onto Van Kirk Road. Continue south 4 miles; where Van Kirk bends nearly 90 degrees to left,slow down, then go straight onto Irish Hill Road. Drive 1.2 miles to the Greensprings entrance, which will be on your left. >From Binghamton (I-86/NY Rt. 17): Drive west on I-86/NY Rt. 17 to Owego. At Exit 64, take NY Rt. 96 north about 10 miles to Candor. At Candor, follow Rt. 96 where it turns left. (Do NOT follow Rt. 96B north.) Drive west on Rt. 96 about 9 miles to Spencer. At the blinking red light in Spencer continue straight on NY Rt. 34 south. (Do NOT follow Rts. 34 & 96 north!) Drive almost 4 miles to Van Etten. Rt. 34 turns to the south here—you need to go straight onto NY Rt. 224. Continue on Rt. 224 about 5.5 miles. Turn right onto County Road 13 (also Jackson Hollow Road). Stay on the main paved road for about 5.2 miles. After about 2.7 miles, you will cross into Tompkins County.Where Jackson Hollow bends sharply right, continue straight on Van Kirk Road. At 5.2 miles (from NY Rt. 224), Van Kirk Road bends sharply to the right. That’s where you make a sharp left on Irish Hill Road. Drive 1.2 miles to the Greensprings entrance, which will be on your left. -- 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/ --
