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Connected with the Finger Lakes National Forest and a large hemlock wetland,
this 60-acre sanctuary is known as Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory.
An inviting migratory stopover and year-round sanctuary for birds and
other wildlife, this sanctuary and bird banding station provides invaluable
data for assessing the biological health of the area.
In addition to the many trees and other plantings that owners John and
Suzanne Gregoire have added to restore and enhance the habitat over
the sixteen years that they have owned it, there are also several ponds
that they helped to establish, all of which are teeming with life. Numerous
nesting boxes for kestrels, wood ducks, and others are fully occupied
as well. Among the sanctuary's ever-increasing array of wildlife inhabitants
are 208 avian species, several reptile and amphibian species, white-tailed
deer and red and gray foxes, red and gray squirrels, coyotes, skunks,
opossum, three bat species, several rodents, including deer mice, meadow
voles, and house mice, two mole species, woodchucks, chipmunks, and
many species of butterflies, dragonflies, and damselflies. Through the
Gregoires' foresight and generosity, the sanctuary is now protected
by a conservation easement with The Wildlife Land Trust.
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