Date: 5/19/26 10:25 am From: Jody Enck <jodyenck...> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Lighthouse Point Woods habitat improvement
Hi All,
We will have another Thursday after work event at Lighthouse Point Woods this week (May 21st) from 6:30pm to 8pm.
Last week, we got a fence up around plots L9, L10, K9, and K10. That gives us 4 fenced plots in which to plant the native herbaceous plants and shrubs we've been holding down there since last fall.
Main plan is to plant the herbaceous plants more or less in single-species clumps closest to the trail (e.g, plots L9 and L10), and do the same thing with the woody shrubs a little farther back (K9 and K10). We'll put a single labeled flag in for each species clump so we know what we planted.
We want to get these things we've held over winter in the ground while it is quite wet. Given the forecast for the next week or ten days, these plants should get pretty well established before the dryness of summer arrives.
Whatever we cannot get planted on Thursday will spill over to Friday afternoon starting about 2pm.
For those of you who are having privet withdrawal (the emotional kind), we also can continue to cut privet out of the net lanes ahead of starting our banding operation in June.
Thanks, and let me know if you are able to help out (or have questions). Jody
Jody W. Enck, PhD Conservation Social Scientist, and Founder of the Sister Bird Club Network 607-379-5940
