Birds and Blooms @ Sapsucker Woods

Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 09:00 am to Fri, 14 Aug, 2026 at 10:30 am UTC-04:00

Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Ithaca

Cornell Botanic Gardens
Publisher/HostCornell Botanic Gardens
Birds and Blooms @ Sapsucker Woods
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Join guides from Cornell Botanic Gardens and Cornell Lab of Ornithology for combined bird and plant walks this season.
About this Event

We’ll alternate between tours of Sapsucker Woods and the F.R. Newman Arboretum in search of birds and to learn about trees and other plants that provide biodiverse habitat. A limited number of binoculars are available to borrow. Space is limited and pre-registration is required for each individual tour date.

Fee: $14 general admission per tour; Free for Cornell Botanic Gardens Access Pass holders.
Sapsucker Woods walks meet in the portico outside the Lab of Ornithology Visitor Center (159 Sapsucker Woods Rd.) on these dates:

Friday, April 17 @ Sapsucker Woods

Friday, June 26 @ Sapsucker Woods

Friday, August 14 @ Sapsucker Woods
Note: the Visitor Center opens at 10 am, so please meet outside the main entrance.


Newman Arboretum walks meet by the Sculpture Garden in the central part of the Arboretum (Sculpture Garden, 362 Arboretum Rd.). Click HERE to register for these Arboretum dates:

Friday, May 15 @ Newman Arboretum

Friday, July 17 @ Newman Arboretum

Friday, September 18 @ Newman Arboretum


Special programming in conjunction with Birds and Blooms tours includes:

April 16 – December 31, 2026, Mann Library
Features a collection of photographic portraits of birds that reside in the biodiverse habitats maintained by Cornell Botanic Gardens. Photographs by wildlife photographer Marie Read.

, Ph.D., Professor of Entomology & Wildlife Ecology (University of Delaware)
Sunday, April 26, 3:00 p.m., Call Auditorium, Kennedy Hall (hybrid event)


Photo credit: Scarlet Tanager by Margaret Hagwood/Macauley Library

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, United States

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