7 things to do in the Canandaigua area this week

Mike Murphy, MPNnow
·3 min read

You can tell it’s spring, according to the calendar, anyway. But many activities this week will either get you outdoors or prepare you for when you do.

If you like birds and birding, or want to learn how to do it, programs are scheduled at Finger Lakes Community College and Victor Farmington Library.

The always popular Maple Weekends concludes this weekend. Several participating Rochester-area maple locations offer opportunities to learn more about making syrup, tastings and other fun activities.

Maple Weekends are back, and in this file photo, Chris and Hayden Schoff, of Schoff's Sugar Shack in Victor, do their part.
Maple Weekends are back, and in this file photo, Chris and Hayden Schoff, of Schoff's Sugar Shack in Victor, do their part.

Sweet tooth satisfied, here are more things to do this week:

1. Birding for Beginners

This Victor Farmington Library program features Chris Lajewski, who is director of the Montezuma Audubon Center. Enjoy this introduction to birding 6 p.m. March 21 at the library, 15 W. Main St., Victor. For details and to register for this and other programs, visit www.victorfarmingtonlibrary.org.

2. Radiotracking migratory songbirds

Radiotracking the Baltimore oriole and other migratory songbirds is the subject of an FLCC talk March 23.
Radiotracking the Baltimore oriole and other migratory songbirds is the subject of an FLCC talk March 23.

Mark Deutschlander, who is a professor of biology at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, will present on the topic at 6 p.m. March 23 at Finger Lakes Community College Muller Field Station, 6455 County Road 36. Deutschlander teaches courses about physiology, ornithology, and migration at the Geneva colleges. While tracking technologies allow researchers to learn where birds go, these technologies also can provide detailed knowledge about the pace of migration and the evolutionary trade-offs in migration. Several case studies will help illustrate the impacts of new tracking technologies, particularly radiotracking.

3. Wayne's Wildflowers

Join Mark De Cracker for a presentation on Wayne's Wildflowers, at 6:30 p.m. March 21 at Lyons Community Center, 9 Manhattan St., Newark. De Cracker will share pictures of the wildflowers in Wayne County he's photographed. The presentation is free.

4. Wood Library Mini Golf

The second annual library fundraiser offers miniature golf fun for all ages, as the library is transformed into an 18-hole indoor golf course. The Fairway Frolic for adults is 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 24. The family-friendlyLibrary Links is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 25. For tickets and tee times, visit www.woodlibrary.org/event.

5. Learn about printing

“Riches from Rags: The Materials and Processes of Printing, 1450-1950” will be held at 2 p.m. March 25, at the Geneva History Museum, 543 S. Main St., Geneva. The free program is presented by the Antiques Club of the Finger Lakes in association with Historic Geneva. This program, presented by printing historian and special collections librarian Seth Gottlieb, will also be presented virtually through Zoom. Go to https://historicgeneva.org/ and use the link on the calendar item for this program.

6. Maple Weekend

Maple Weekend is 10 a.m.-4 p.m. March 25-26. More than 50 maple producers across the 15 counties of Western New York will open their facilities so visitors can see how maple syrup and related products are made and sample some products. Visit www.mapleweekend.com. Here are some Rochester-area locations and contact information: Genesee Country Village & Museum, 1410 Flint Hill Road, Mumford, 585-538-6822; Kettle Ridge Farm, 515 Log Cabin Road, Victor, 585-217-7108; Keyes’ Trout Brook Sugarhouse, 296 Taylor Road, Honeoye Falls, 585-624-5648; Alpaca Petting Zoo Packard Valley Farms, 438 Macedon Center Road, Macedon, 585-329-4216; Red Shed Sweets, 3835 Shay Road, Naples, 585-770-6266; Schiek’s Maple, 873 Ridge Road, Penn Yan, 315-730-0926; Schoff’s Sugar Shack, 1064 Willis Hill Road, Victor, 585-924-3769; Shadow Hill Maple Syrup, 7259 Lakeside Road, Ontario, 315-524-2190; Stoney Ridge Farms 625 County Road 28, Palmyra, 585-733-0814; Syrup A’ LaRue, 927 LaRue Road, Clifton Springs, 315-879-7390; Timber Trails Forest Farm, 5565 Country Road 33, Canandaigua, 585-205-0708.

7. Winter Canandaigua Farmers Market

The Canandaigua market is open 10-11 a.m. March 25 in the Antis Street lot, off South Main Street, behind Frequentem Brewing Co. and across the street from V-Pub and Pizano's.

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