Bedford Audubon Society

A Northern Westchester & Eastern Putnam Counties, New York
Chapter of the National Audubon Society

Celebrating 96 Years of Conservation 1913-2009


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Atom, A Big Hit at the John Jay High School Sustainability Fair

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Atom an American Kestrel at the John Jay High School Sustainability Fair

Two More Adults Needed for the
Intergenerational Summer Camp Program at Bylane

We're looking for two more adults to participate with six elementary school children next month at Bylane in an Intergenerational Summer Camp program.

This is being organized by InterGenerate, the same organization who hosted our "Breakfast Birding" event a few weeks ago. You may recall meeting Peggy Clarke and Roseann Rutherford, co-founders of InterGenerate, at that time.  More information about their organization, InterGenerate, can be found at www.intergenerateny.org.

The July program will be held on 4 Thursdays from 9 a.m.-noon. The activities may include many of the following gardening adventuresplanting herbs, making flower boxes, doing cuttings and rootings, canning, learning how goat cheese is made. We'll also do casual hikes around Bylane looking at birds and learning about the native plant garden and wetland plants. Adults will make lite lunches/snacks with the kidsveggie kabobs, goat cheese salad, and we might even learn how to pickle and make salsa!

This program will be under the direction of Patricia Compton and Becky Simkhaiboth Board members of InterGenerate, and will also be facilitated by our own on-site Master Gardener, Cathy Clare.

As of now they are fairly close to achieving full enrollment for children, but still need 6 adults willing to participate and commit for all four dates - July 9, 16, 23, 30. If you would like to participate or for more information, contact Roseann Rutherford by email at byntyme@aol.com or phone 914.393.7169, or you may register directly on their website at www.intergenerateny.org.

The BAS Summer Newsletter Is on the Web
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Audubon Photo Contest

Audubon magazine is launching the 2009 Audubon Magazine Photography Awards: Birds in Focus, created to celebrate the beauty and diversity of birdlife through the art of photography, and to honor the exceptional work of talented professional, amateur, and youth photographers from all over the U.S. Click for details.

Bedford Audubon's Bird Friendly Vegetable Garden
Read Cathy Clare's article about the latest happenings at the gardenupdated weekly!


Also read The Bedford Pound Ridge Record Review's article on the garden

Upcoming Events

Monday, June 1–Sunday, August 9—Citizen Science: Bird Banding
Sunday, June 28—Field Trip:"Wildman" Steve Brill Will Teach You to Identify Edible Plants at Bylane Farm
Thursday, July 2—Field Trip:Mianus River Gorge, Bedford
Thursday July 9—Field Trip:Excursion to New Jersey Meadowlands With a Pontoon Boat Tour

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See Carol Gracie's Summer Images

Carol Gracie's
Scenes of the Season: Summer

Indian Pipe by Carol Gracie

Indian Pipe—
Summer Ghost of the Forest
by Carol Gracie

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Bedford Audubon Society's headquarters are located at:
    Bylane Farm
    35 Todd Road
    Katonah, New York 10536
and the phone number is (914) 232-1999.
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