Come see how sweet Lime Hollow is in March. Lime Hollow in conjunction with the BOCES New Visions Environmental Science class will guide you through stations in the Lime Hollow Sugar Bush at the Education Center to discover how maple syrup is made. Taste sap running right out of the tree! Best of all enjoy a delicious pancake breakfast at the Visitor Center. We'll have pure maple syrup available for purchase and much more!

Admission:
Members $5
non-members $6
children under 12 $3
children under 3 free.

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Don't forget to sign up for Lime Hollow's Summer Adventure Day Camp!

Discounts Discounts! Everyone loves discounts! Lime Hollow is offering the early bird discount again this year. Register by paying in full by March 15th and receive 10 percent off our weekly rate. Register for 3 weeks or more for an additional savings. Contact us for more details.

New Weekly Rates
Full -Day- Members:$150, and Nonmembers: $170
** New prices include lunch on Friday for Full-Day Campers**

Half-Day- Members: $70, and Nonmembers: $80
**New this year; Afternoon session available for half day!

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Don't forget about our Adventure Day Camps!
We have two more opportunities before our Summer Camp begins. We welcome students from kindergarten through 8th grade for a day of non-stop fun. We provide activities from 9AM till 4PM on days during the school year when school is not in session, for example: staff development days and school holidays. Your children will be outside socializing and enjoying nature. Each day is an outdoor adventure filled with fun and learning.

Interested? Please bring or send a completed registration form with a deposit to secure your spot as soon as possible.

Are you looking for a program that helps introduce younger children to nature? Please ask about our Nature's Keepers program that targets ages 3-5. This program meets every Thursday from 10am-11:30am. Call (607) 662-4632 for details.

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Early morning light comes to the forest incrementally, in stages and shades almost imperceptible in their variance. At my sit spot recently, tree trunks slowly transformed from the ubiquitous gray of pre-dawn to their own distinct colors. Dark chocolate oaks, steel sugar maples tinged with green highlights of lichen, the granite-gray bark of American beeches. Then, when I thought day had fully arrived, the sun broke over the horizon and shone warm and golden on all of our cold faces. A nuthatch made its nasal yank! almost continually, unseen.....

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Mark your calendars because you don't want to miss Lime Hollow's 17th Annual Fishing Festival on Saturday, April 24 from 8am-noon.

This fun-filled program is focused on all things fishy! Come learn about water, aquatic life, and fishing. Children ages 3-14 may try to catch and take home their very own lunker!

Admission prices:
Pre-registered $4,
walk-ins $5.
Pre-Registration is highly recommended! Call, email, or even stop in.

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During this very popular 8-week course you will learn to identify birds by sight and song and visit the best birding spots in the Cayuga Lake basin with local experts. Discover the stories behind bird behaviors, and get ready to greet thousands of migratory birds returning in spring! The class is taught by Dr. Steve Kress, Vice president of Bird Conservation for Audubon, and guest speakers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

“The thing I enjoy the most about Spring Field Ornithology is sharing my enthusiasm for birds with those who are just getting started with bird watching,” says Kress. “When they go home they can see things in their own backyard they never noticed before.”

There are two sections to the course: Wednesday evening lectures on bird song, nesting, courtship, migration, habitat and more, and guided Saturday or Sunday field trips to local birding hotspots. Participants may sign up for lectures only, just the field trips, or both. There are also two optional overnight trips--one to Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and the other to Cape May, New Jersey, to experience peak spring migration.

The cost of the course is $150 for lectures, $150 for the field trips, or $290 for both sections. Additional fees are required for the optional overnight trips, and discounts are available for members of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Registration contact: Erica Van Etten, (607) 254-2466, sfoclass@cornell.edu

Media contact: Pat Leonard, (607) 254-2137, pel27@cornell.edu

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