The Four Corners

Bobolinks

Tom Andersen — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:58:16 -0400

Landowners in North Salem are helping protect the breeding grounds of our area's last remaining bobolinks.

Angle Fly Work Day

Tom Andersen — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:19:56 -0400

Friends of Angle Fly invite you to join them at Angle Fly Preserve on Sunday, June 14. for their next work day.

Deer on the Diamond

Tom Andersen — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:38:17 -0400

Wondering just how common deer have gotten in Westchester County? A doe ran onto the field during a high school baseball game in Dobbs Ferry yesterday.

Cutting Trees at Usonia

Tom Andersen — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:29:08 -0400

Residents of Usonia, the Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired community in Mount Pleasant, are unhappy with plans by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection to fell dozens of pines as part of a project to improve qater quality in tributary of the Kensico Reservoir, the Journal News reports.

Tour the Vernal Pools

Tom Andersen — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:33:52 -0400

Vi Patek, leader of the Lewisboro Land Trust Walking Group, has enlisted Westchester Land Trust's Damon Oscarson to lead a walk of the Leon Levy Preserve on Friday, April 3, at 1 p.m.

Bird-Eat-Bird

Tom Andersen — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:00:31 -0500

Accipiters - hawks that hunt and eat other birds - are well-known for staking out bird feeders in winter and picking off chickadees, titmice, nuthatches and other small prey: we feed the small birds sunflower seeds, and the small birds become food for the bigger birds.

New at Bedford Audubon

Tom Andersen — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:46:45 -0500

Our friend Jim Nordgren has been named the first executive director in the 95-year history of Bedford Audubon. Jim is a member of Westchester Land Trust's Advisory Board. He and his wife, Peggy, also donated a conservation easement on their land in South Salem, and Jim was instrumental in efforts to buy and protect the Old Field Preserve and the Leon Levy Preserve.

Dim the Lights

Tom Andersen — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:47:37 -0400

We visited a neighbor the other day who we are hoping will become a supporter of Westchester Land Trust. He showed us around his property and, as we were walking among some trees, told us of his plans to put up spotlights - up-lights, I think he called them - to illuminate his maples and oaks at night. I thought: But wouldn't it be nicer if it were dark some of the time? Do we need to brighten everything? It's hard enough to see the stars as it is.

!0-Year-Old Sterling

Tom Andersen — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:07:36 -0400

Sterling Forest, the 15,000-acre state park across the river in Orange and Rockland counties, turns 10 years old this fall, and a celebration is planned for Sunday.

Walking in Lewisboro

Tom Andersen — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:29:29 -0400

You don't have to live in Lewisboro to be part of Vi Patek's Lewisboro Land Trust walking group. Vi leads walks through preserves in town throughout the year. The next on is Saturday, July 26, at 9 a.m., at the Old Field Preserve, on Mead Street, Waccabuc.