Join us for our “What’s Blooming Now”? Series! This month we will focus on pollinators. See what’s blooming now and how pollinators make it all possible! Great for all ages-fun, interactive and full of color and life.
Join us this month for “Owl Pellet Lab”! Today we will dissect what owls couldn’t digest. Ages 5-12
Join us for our “What’s Blooming Now”? Series! This month we will focus on spring ephemerals, and other seasonal flora. A fun and educational look at spring botany for all ages!
Join us as we learn about and taste some of the indigenous wild plants used in Liberty Tea blends. Pre-registration required by: May 22nd. Fee is $5 per person
Learn the basics of excavation and dating techniques and get your hands dirty putting them to use. Review local archaeology, including how to determine if an area is archaeologically sensitive, what diagnostic artifacts occur, and how current societal ethics and laws inform us.
Families will explore nature together through short journaling and drawing activities inspired by what we see and hear. Let’s all slow down and connect with the outdoors.
Join us this month for “Water Quality Detectives”! We will go down to the stream and collect stream samples looking for macroinvertebrates, do a turbidity test and learn about indicator species. Ages 5-12
by Danniela Ciatto Trailside Nature Museum has been very busy this past year! There have been so many exciting things happening, and I’d love to share some highlights with you all. As always, we had a very successful year welcoming school groups for our Native American program. We hosted 56
by Hayley Lewis Ward Pound Ridge Reservation’s diverse ecosystems provide ample habitat for a wide variety of avian species, with our meadows in particular being known for our abundance of Eastern bluebirds and tree swallows. Both species, known for their vibrant blue hues and beautiful songs, happen to have particular
by Leah Cass With its habitat mosaic of forests, meadows, wetlands, ponds, and streams, Ward Pound Ridge Reservation provides ideal habitat for many important wildlife species. One such species is the eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina), and while this elusive animal may not make frequent appearances to park visitors,