Upcoming
Programs
Friday, May 3
Hike to Hawk Rock
11:00AM The Kent CAC is sponsoring a hike into the DEP Horsepound Brook unit. We will pass through a pleasant wooded landscape graced by wild flowers and many natural and man-made stone formations. The highlights include Hawk Rock, balancing rock,a colonial farm site, and several stone chambers. We will meet at the end of Whangtown Road at 11:00 AM. A historical interpreter and a naturalist will accompany us. Bring lunch, extra beverage, and insect repellant. Wear good hiking shoes. The tour will take 3-4 hours and has been completed by hardy 6 year olds. This is a family hike to Kent's most picturesque area. Bring a camera. For further information contact George Baum alchemist3@comcast.net 845 225-3942.
Migratory Bird Weekend Events
Friends of the Great Swamp and the Putnam County Land Trust
Friday, May 8, 2009
Owls, Master Hunters of the Night
From 7-9PM at the Thomas Center of Christ Church in Pawling. Jim Eyring, enthusiastic educator, falconer, and head of Pace University Environmental Center will begin the evening by introducing us to some of his live owl friends and tell us about their marvelous adaptations as hunters. Mark Weckel, preserve manager of Mianus River Gorge Sanctuary will explain his citizen scientist owl-monitoring project. Weather permitting the evening will end with an owl walk on the church grounds. Directions: Take Route 22 to the traffic light at Pawling, Quaker Hill Road to Church Street, Christ Church is near its intersection with Old Quaker Hill Road.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Expert Led Bird Walks
From 7PM at "hot spots" in the great Swamp. Choose One 1.
1. Barbara Butler of the Waterman Bird Club will lead a bird walk on the new Oblong Land Trust, Slocum/Mostachetti Preserve in Wingdale. The preserve sits on a low marble ridge that supports cedar groves, open field areas, wetlands and hardwood forest. This varied habitat is attractive to birds, butterflies and unique plants. Directions: Birders will meet at 7 am in the north end of the Star Diner parking lot located at the light where Pleasant Ridge Rd. crosses Route 22 in Wingdale. Please call Barbara at 845-677-9025 to reserve.
2. Beth Herr of the Putnam County Land Trust and Billy Wallace will lead a bird walk through the Clough Preserve in Patterson. The trail passes over a brook, through a grove of conifers and along an extensive wetland before it ends at the old railroad tracks and Ice Pond. Directions: Birders meet at 7 am at the western side of the Brewster High School parking lot near the athletic track. Take Route 312 in Brewster to Farm to Market Road then to the light and high school on Foggintown Road. Call to reserve at (845) 228-5635 SATURDAY,
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Family Programs
At the Patterson Library Community Room
Located on Route 311 between Route 22 and the train tracks.
2:00 to 2:30 - CRAFTS - MIGRATION GAME - MYTHS - BIRD MASK MAKING 1. Make a Bird’s Nest- from available natural materials 2. Native American bird myths 3. Making and decorating simple paper bird masks 4. The Migration Game, will you be a survivor?
2:30 to 3:00 - INDIAN BIRD SONGS AND DANCING TO THE DRUM George Michaud and Bill DiBenedetto dressed in Native American garb, will play Indian bird songs on the big “Pow Wow” drum. The “bird-masked” children and anyone who would like to participate will have a chance to dance to the sound of the drum.
3:00 to 4:00 - AN INTRODUCTION TO BIRDING AND A FIELD WALK For beginning birders and their families. Learn a little about binoculars and bird guides at the library before the group car pools to the Patterson Recreation Center. From there they will go on a guided (easy) field-walk down the forest edge to the Croton River. Some “lender” field glasses will be available and all will get a checklist of birds in the Great Swamp. Learn the best places to look for birds and tips about using behavior, song and field marks for bird identification. There will be a chance to see some of our migrants up close since Dr. Utter will have his bird banding nets set up along the trail and explain why banding is important in tracking migration patterns.
3:00 to 3:30 – CRAFTS - MIGRATION GAME - MYTHS AND MASK MAKING
3:30 to 4:00 - REPEAT INDIAN BIRD SONGS AND DANCING TO THE DRUM “FLOWER MOON” WALK 7 PM Description: Naturalist Beth Herr will lead us on a walk across the bridge and into the meadow under the magical light of the full moon. Listen to the sounds of the Great Swamp as it settles in for the night. Call Beth to reserve (845) 228-5635 Directions: Gather by the pavilion at the Green Chimney’s parking lot on Doansburg Road.
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