 Hello Friends of Lime Hollow!
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Composting workshop Lime Hollow Center for Environment & Culture is offering a free backyard composting workshop to area residents from 10 am – noon on Saturday, May 8th at the Lime Hollow Visitor Center, 338 McLean Road, Cortland.
Please join Master Composters Morris and Jody Lacey to learn the basics of composting and how to recycle yard and food waste into soil supplements for the garden using various types of compost systems. Angela Birchfield will explain the secrets of vermi-composting. Participants will discover how to save on space and achieve big benefits by letting worms eat your garbage! Worm composting is a great way to recycle kitchen scraps into a fantastic organic fertilizer.
This is a hands-on composting workshop so be prepared to get your hands dirty.
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Bird Walks in May We had beautiful, warm weather on Saturday for the first May bird walk at Lime Hollow.
In all the group saw (or heard) 41 species! Here is the list: Canada Goose, Wood Duck, Mallard, Northern Harrier, Turkey Vulture, Ruffed Grouse, Mourning Dove, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker, Harry Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Eastern Phoebe, Blue-headed Vireo, Blue Jay, American Crow, Raven, Tree Swallow, Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Hermit Thrush, American Robin, European Starling, Yellow Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Oven Bird, Northern Cardinal, Chipping Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Slate-colored Junco, Baltimore Oriole, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird, and American Goldfinch.
All in all a pretty good day!
Interested in participating in the next walk. Mark your calendars for the following dates:
All walks leave at 7:30am
May 8
Location: Visitor Center
Led by: Liz Hensel
May 15
Location: Tunsion
Led by: Matt Young
May 22
Location: Chicago Bog Parking Lot
Led by: Bobbie Monroe
May 29
Location: Visitor Center
Led by: Werner Stavenhagen
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"Poet Tree" Contest All ages welcome! Since the Earth has given so much to us, what would you give back to the Earth if you could?
Have you ever sat under a tree and wondered what it would say if it could talk?
Can you imagine all of the things it has seen?
What do chipmunks do for the holidays?
Do snakes fall in love?
What would happen if bats, bugs and slugs all had a tea party?
Awards presented at ArtFest June 6. Prizes by grade.
Students are to write poems on a
large Lime Hollow oak leaf (after they do a rough draft, of course). Then attach the poems to our “Poet-Tree” on June 6 where the poems will be displayed during and after ArtFest. Questions? Call Lime Hollow at (607) 662-4632.
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6th Annual Art and Music Festival at the Hollow-Sunday June 6th Celebrate the beginning of summer,on Sunday, June 6th from 12-4pm, with this multi-sensory event that brings the community together for art, music, recreation, and fun.
Highlights include:
~ Music in the woods! Featuring local musicians along Lime Hollow trails (12-1:45pm)
~ Main concert event: Bernice Lewis, singer, song writer, and educator (2-4pm)
~ Booths of nature-inspired artists and craftsmen showcasing their work
~ Special performance by Cleanheart Hoop Troop
This event will be held rain or shine!
Tickets: members $5, non-members $6, children under 3 free. For more information call 662-4632, e-mail info@limehollow.org
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From My Sit Spot By: Pete Angie  Tonight I sat in the woods after sunset and watched the night descend, slowly shortening my vision and peeling away the cares of the day. I startled a deer that came across me, causing it to look, sniff the air, move on, then come back to investigate more. Holding still, my eyes grew dry as I tried not to blink and the deer puzzled over what it had found. While we watched each other, in my peripheral vision a dark figure swooped to perch on a nearby tree and seemed to be watching us. Heart quickening, I wondered how close the deer would get as it moved forward, paused, moved again.
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Empire State Senior Games
June 9, Empire State Senior Games Orienteering
Lime Hollow is hosting the 2010 Empire State Games Orienteering event on Wednesday, June 9th rain or shine).
At 10am all competitive participants will begin a 90 minute Orienteering Course. A recreational and noncompetitive course will begin 10 minutes after.
Transportation to and from the venue leaving SUNY Cortland from the Park P.E.R Center will be provided.
June 12, Seniors Day
Lime Hollow will open its doors to Seniors on Saturday, June 12th from 12-4pm. To celebrate the Senior Empire State Games we'd like to welcome all local and visiting guests to Lime Hollow to learn about our organization.
We will offer free guided hikes and Visitor Center store discounts.
For Seniors with Mobility concerns, our " Trail for All" offers multiple wildlife observation platforms. So come, sit, and enjoy nature at its finest. There's no better place to be during Spring-time! Lime Hollow- it's where seniors belong!
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Sincerely,
Your friends at Lime Hollow... It's where you belong! |
