Jack Henke, Oneida Lake historian and OLA director, stating the OLA's position on cormorant control on the lake, and Trooper Brent Chomyszak, of the New York State Police, reporting on personal watercraft usage and boat exhaust noise enforcement. The doors and exhibits open at 6 p.m. The fifth annual Lake Ontario Bird Festival will be held May 6 at Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Resort, County Route 16, Mexico. The festival will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be a variety of activities, including programs on birding, hummingbirds, bluebirds and wild bird rehabilitation, along with field trips, children's activities. Sponsored in part by the New York Power Authority, the festival is held to raise public awareness of the Lake Ontario shoreline as a habitat for springtime raptors.
Bluebirds are, of course, our state bird.
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