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On Route 82, you will have passed Buttercup Farm Sanctuary, over 500 acres of diverse habitats, six miles of trails, and, on a good May day, over 80 species of birds, including, if you’re lucky, nesting Great Blue Herons, Wood Ducks, Bobolinks.]

Buttercup Farm Audubon Sanctuary, Route 82, Pine Plains
Dawn until dusk, seven days per week. For further information, contact sanctuary warden David Wheeler; 518.325.5203.

Excerpted from a Posting by Marilyn Bethany on 04/01/08