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March 21, 2008 - Byway Bird House Auction Begins

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The Seaway Trail Foundation is offering an April-through-September e-Bay auction series of artist-designed bluebird nestboxes.

The byway is celebrating the diverse avian expression along its length with a Birds of the Great Lakes Seaway Trail exhibit, which will be the program and speaker theme for 2008.

Six artists who live or vacation along the Seaway Trail have donated their talents to design and handpaint bluebird nestboxes donated by John Rogers, a nationally recognized authority on bluebird conservation and co-founder of the New York State Bluebird Society. Rogers will lead off The Birds of the Great Lakes Seaway Trail Exhibit and Speakers Program series at the Seaway Trail Discovery Center at 1 pm on Saturday, April 5.

One unique hand-painted nestbox per month will be offered on e-Bay. The proceeds from the electronic sale will support educational programming by the Seaway Trail Foundation. The birdhouses can be seen online with artist bios at http://www.seawaytrail.com.

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