Peachtown+Elementary+School+(NY)

What's in our neighborhood?
Our village is located among the Finger Lakes and it called Aurora. In our little town, you will find roads, forests, a college, grass, shops and other things you can find in a small town. But most importantly, you can find Cayuga Lake, which is the deepest lake of all the Finger Lakes. Also in our area, you will find birds from vultures to sparrows and cardinals to crows. In our town the trees you will find trees mostly everywhere you go. These trees are oaks, evergreens, maple trees, locusts, willows ginkgos and other trees. We also have all four seasons: fall, winter, spring and summer. When the leaves fall snow soon fallows in October through to December then spring and summer. Every winter we get around 35 feet of snow throughout every winter. The lake is a big hibernation spot for the birds in the summer the birds love to take swims in the hot weather and then they leave for the winter to go down to Florida so they wont freeze. Also in are town there is not many tall buildings. They are mostly two story homes and stores. Also, there is a highway running through the town with a couple streets going off of the highway. This highway is called rout 90.The college takes up a lot of the room in the area of our school. This all adds up to saying that are town has a wide variety of plants and animals. by Alex

We’re located in the Cayuga Lake water basin, which is part of the Finger Lakes region of Central New York. Our habitat consists of a huge grassy slope descending into Cayuga Lake. Also, our school shares the slope with Wells College, a tiny liberal arts school. This property is spacious enough so that trees can grow between buildings. A variety of deciduous and evergreen trees grow here. Every 100sq. feet has at least a couple of trees. Some common trees around here are: evergreens, sugar maple, white spruce, black locust, cotton wood, shag bark hickory, black walnut, and ginkos. As for flowers we have: dept fordpink, daisy fleebeen, dandilions, chicory and clover, which are all native to the area. Shrubs are scarce, except on the shore where there’s a thick barrier of shrubs, trees, and flowers separating the slope from the lake.

We have four distinct seasons, which vary in temperature, precipitation, and vegetation. Rain is frequent in the spring, and during the winter most of the lake freezes. Our winters are long and frigid with little sunlight. On the other hand, our summers are humid and hot with scarce rain. In conclusion, our habitat is the most beautiful and resplendent places within miles.

by Sam

** What features make our neighborhood a suitable place for birds? **
We have lots of tall and short trees such as evergreens and sugar maples, that are great shelter for all kinds of birds. We also have a lake right nearby, where water birds can swim and catch fish, and many people in our neighborhood have birdfeeders that provide food for birds. We have lots of grassy fields that are homes for many worms and insects that are a great food source for birds. There is lots of space for birds to roam around and find food to eat.

by Marea

** What birds do you regularly see on your bird counts? **
In our classroom, we went on bird watches and observed our birdfeeders. During these activities, we have seen many birds such as: //tufted titmouse, downy woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, white-breasted nuthatch, blue jays, crows, robin, house sparrow, black caped chickadee, cardinals, seagulls, goldfinch, juvenile red winged black bird, turkey vultures, Canada geese, mallard ducks, and juncos. //

//by Jenny and Skyler //