PRESS RELEASE / Use before May 20, 2011 Ornithologist Presents on American Kestrel & Other Grassland Hawks May 20 at Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery Center Sackets Harbor, NY – On Friday, May 20, 2011, at 6:30pm, professional ornithologist Gerry Smith will present a program on the American Kestrel and other grassland hawks at the Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery Center in Sackets Harbor, NY. Smith is the author of the 195-page illustrated Birding the Great Lakes Seaway Trail field guide for the 518-mile National Scenic Byway that parallels the St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, the Niagara River and Lake Erie in New York and Pennsylvania. “Travelers, where veteran birders or beginners, will experience some superlative birding spectacles along the Great Lakes Seaway Trail,” Smith says. Smith says the American kestrel, also known as the sparrow hawk, has been seen on the Great Lakes Seaway Trail at Henderson, Chaumont Bay, the grasslands near Cape Vincent, Braddock Bay Park on Lake Ontario west of Rochester, Erie Bluffs State Park on Lake Erie, and overwintering along the St. Lawrence River.” The Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery Center, located at 401 W. Main Street, is open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 10am to 5 pm through June 26. Day admission is $4. The May 20th evening program fee is $5. For more information on the Discovery Center and the Great Lakes Seaway Trail National Scenic Byway, visit www.seawaytrail.com or call 315-646-1000. # # # |
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