{"id":7339,"date":"2025-10-23T13:32:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ithacatrails.org\/?post_type=experience&#038;p=7339"},"modified":"2025-10-23T13:32:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:32:52","slug":"cornell-lab-of-ornithology-sapsucker-woods","status":"publish","type":"experience","link":"https:\/\/ithacatrails.org\/experience\/cornell-lab-of-ornithology-sapsucker-woods\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornell Lab of Ornithology &#8211; Sapsucker Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cornell Lab of Ornithology <\/a>(locally known as the &#8216;lab of O.&#8217;) offers a wide array of outdoor experiences for bird lovers. Start at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visitor Center and Wild Birds Unlimited store<\/a>. The facility features a variety of exhibits about the science of birds and admission is free. Check the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official website<\/a> for current exhibits and hours.<\/p>\n<p>Outside you will find an expansive network of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/visit\/what-to-do-outdoors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trails through Sapsucker Woods<\/a>. These trails wind around ponds and through wetlands and offer many opportunities for watching birds and other wildlife. Benches and pavilions offer patient observers places to rest.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the woods are home to a unique outdoor art installation by Andy Goldsworthy called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/andy-goldsworthy-and-the-sapsucker-cairn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sapsucker Carin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-7339","experience","type-experience","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ithacatrails.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/experience\/7339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ithacatrails.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/experience"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ithacatrails.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/experience"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ithacatrails.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/experience\/7339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7341,"href":"https:\/\/ithacatrails.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/experience\/7339\/revisions\/7341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ithacatrails.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}