Birds and Blooms

Event details Date: Friday, July 17, 2026 Time: 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM Location: https://events.cornell.edu/auth/logout Type: Exhibits Department: Cornell Botanic Gardens Contact: Kara Peet | knp34@cornell.edu | 607-254-3263 About this event Join guides from Cornell Botanic Gardens and Cornell Lab of Ornithology for combined bird and plant walks this season. 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.). Click HERE to register for Sapsucker Woods 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 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: Keeping Common Birds Common: Birds and Habitat at Cornell Botanic Gardens and Beyond Exhibit 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. Details can be found here: https://events.cornell.edu/event/keeping-common-birds Cornell Botanic Gardens’ Elizabeth E. Rowley Lecture Keeping Our Common Birds Common, by Douglas Tallamy, 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: Ruby Throated Hummingbird by Michael Stubblefireld/Macauley Library Official event details: https://events.cornell.edu/event/birds_and_blooms_2026