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BAS in Audubon Magazine

Reprinted with permission from Audubon, March 2004

Chapter News
New York

Three years ago Mary Welsh Parker gave the Bedford Audubon Society a manicured 300-year-old estate in Katonah. The 120-acre property, called Bylane Farm, has reverted to its natural state. Now part of the Hunt-Parker Sanctuary, it has so far attracted 60 species pf butterflies, close to 500 species of moths, and 29 dragonfly/damselfly species. A highlight this past fall was a rare visit by a queen butterfly. The chapter, which offers butterfly walks in spring, summer, and fall, plans to create a butterfly garden and develop the site further to promote native plants and animals.

Cover photograph copyright and Courtesy of James Balog
www.jamesbalog.com


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