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Tulip Tree & Baltimore Oriole

In this archived broadcast from June 29, 1990, John Weeks talks about flowers, birds, and spring weather. Weeks says how his favorite subject is flowers and birds and he tells the story about a painting that he did two years ago of a Baltimore oriole and some tulip trees. He said after studying more about the Baltimore oriole he decided to fix the painting that he created. Weeks also talks about his favorite places to go se flowers and birds.

John Weeks studied ornithology and wildlife management at Cornell University and earned a graduate degree in plant ecology from Syracuse University. He has served as Conservation Biologist for the NYS Conservation Department; Associate Professor of Biology at SUNY Oswego; Founding Director of The Rogers Environmental Education Center at Sherburne, NY; and Director of the Onondaga Nature Center and Center for Nature Education at Baltimore Woods, Marcellus, NY. He assisted in the creation of the Cayuga Nature Center and the Sterling Nature Center in Cayuga County near Fair Haven, NY.