Bayard Cutting Estate

Bayard Cutting Estate, originally uploaded by Alida's Photos.

The estate of Bayard Cutting in the Cutting Arboretum.

You can visit and read more about it here:

http://www.bayardcuttingarboretum.com/

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Autumn on Long Island

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Autumn colors here on Long Island...

Many trees are already bare. I realized, as I walked through the Bayard Cutting Arboretum, that I waited a week too long. The red maples seemed to be the only trees with color, still holding onto their leaves.

I'm happy to be back on Long Island with Thanksgiving just a few days away!

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Osprey at the Arboretum

Ummm...err...how do I say this and sound "like a proper lady?"

I was watching and photographing this osprey at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum, and he was having a nice little breakfast/lunch of freshly caught fish.

Well, he fluffed his wings and raised his tail and I kept snapping away.

After I got home and put the photos onto the computer, I realized what he had done!

I'm glad I wasn't too close.

If you have a chance, go over to the Bayard Cutting Arboretum. There is a nesting pair of osprey with a nest right atop the chimney of the main estate building.

They are close enough for everyone to see.

My husband and I keep returning hoping to see the babies hatch.

Everytime there, we are amazed at the size and beauty of such a large bird.

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Click on the photo to see the larger version!

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Bayard Cutting Arboretum, Oakdale

This is the estate house, an English Tutor in style, of the Cutting family.

For more information about the estate and the arboretum....click here.

Take time to visit the beautiful grounds here at the arboretum. Now that spring is here and the weather is warm, the arboretum is alive with fresh flowers and the blooms of the season.

Each week, or every few days actually, something new is in bloom.

There is a $6 parking fee, free if you have the Empire Pass.

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Spring Flowers at the Arboretum

Weeping Cherry Tree

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Star Magnolia Tree

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Pink Magnolia Tree

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Bayard Cutting Arboretum, Oakdale

A beautiful estate, and of course beautiful grounds, take a trip and see the flowering trees this time of year.

The trees are beginning to bloom after the heavy rains.

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