Cornell Ornithology Lab

It was cold and wet this weekend in Ithaca. Today we had some time to kill before going to see Wallace and Gromit's new movie, the Curse of the Were-Rabbit. We made a quick trip out to Sapsucker Woods (you can see the woods and pond on the satellite view here) to visit the Ornithology Lab at Cornell. I drove up expecting to see the small, wood timber building that used to house the lab. I was amazed to see a HUGE, new building in its place! You can go here to take a virtual tour. It's a beautiful building, built in 2003, with a large glass wall facing some wetlands as well as a bird feeder area. They have chairs along the window with some spotting scopes to help you watch the birds. Dianne and I watched a heron catch some small fish for an afternoon snack. What a nice facility and what a contrast to the small building they had 15 years ago.