Syracuse.com - New Cayuga County birding brochure offered by county tourism office

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The free brochure includes a color-coded checklist of many of the birds seen in the county, along with pictures to help in identifying them.

 

A free brochure highlighting Cayuga County's birding hot spots is being offered by the county's tourism office.

The brochure, "For the Birds, Bird Watching in Cayuga County" highlights 14 prime bird watching locations as well as several just outside the county's limits, said Meg Vanek, executive director of the tourism office. The brochure consists of 12 folded panels, plus a map.

Vanek said the brochure features such locations as the Sterling Nature Center, with its well-known great blue heron rookery; Fillmore Glen, an ideal spot to see fly catchers, hermit thrushes and other songbirds and the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge with all its migratory birds coming through each spring and fall.

"Each location on the map has a little description of the types of birds you'll find there, plus websites you can go to for further information," she said.

Vanek said the brochure also lists the Montezuma Audubon Center in Savannah; Derby Hill, on the shore of Lake Ontario in Oswego County and Sapsucker Woods in Ithaca.

Finally, the brochure includes a color-coded checklist of many of the birds seen in the county, along with pictures to help in identifying them.

To get a copy of the brochure, stop by the tourism office at 131 Genesee St. in Auburn, or call the office at 800-499-9615 to have one mailed. For further information, check out the tourism office website at tourcayuga.com.

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