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PRESS RELEASE: April 25, 2008
Contact: Teresa Mitchell or Peggy Morgia, 315-646-1000
Birds of New York State Visit Seaway Trail Discovery Center May 8
Sackets Harbor, NY -- Ever wanted to meet a Turkey Vulture up close or see if a Red-tailed Hawk really has a red tail… On May 8 at 6:00 pm Educator Colleen Bernard of the New York State Zoo at Thompson Park brings a vulture, a hawk and other birds of prey to the Seaway Trail Discovery Center in Sackets Harbor. The opportunity to see the birds and learn how their form is adapted to their function is part of the 2008 Birds of the Great Lakes Seaway Trail series.
Avian species are featured at four zoos on the 518-mile-long Seaway Trail. The New York State Zoo at Thompson Park, established in 1920 in Watertown, specializes in bird and animal species native to New York. Seneca Park Zoo in Rochester breeds African Penguins and the Bali Mynah bird as part of Species Survival Plan program. The birds at the Buffalo Zoo range from chickens to the Black-necked Swan and Speckled Mousebird. Along Seaway Trail Pennsylvania, Andean Condors and African water birds call the Erie Zoo home.
“By showcasing the diverse natural and manmade birding attractions found along the Seaway Trail, we are encouraging birding and nature enthusiasts to travel the byway to experience the resources that are unique to the Great Lakes freshwater shoreline of New York and Pennsylvania,” Seaway Trail, Inc. President and CEO Teresa Mitchell says.
The $5 program admission to this live birds program by the New York State Zoo at Thompson Park benefits the Seaway Trail Foundation. The 2008 Birds of the Great Lakes Seaway Trail Exhibit and Program Series will continue through fall with live birds and speakers from the Fort Drum Fish and Wildlife service, Audubon New York, the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History, the National Wild Turkey Federation and others.
Watch www.seawaytrail.com for dates and details on the series sponsored by the Seaway Trail Foundation, Town of Hounsfield, Key Bank, National Grid, New York State Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, North Country Bird Club, Roger Tory Peterson Institute, and Bird Coalition of Rochester. # # #
