Cool Kids Winter Fun Skulls & Skins Ages 6+ Friday, December 29, 10-11 a.m. Lost Valley Visitor Center, Glacial Park, Ringwood Fee: R Free / NR $5 Code: 8862 Join us for an indoor presentation on the fascinating adaptations of local wildlife. We will use skulls and furs to more closely examine each animal’s traits. Owl Pellet Dissection Ages 8+ Saturday, December 30, 2-3 p.m. Lost Valley Visitor Center, Glacial Park, Ringwood Fee: R $5 / NR $6 Code: 8876 In this dissection lab, we will have a short presentation to learn about how owls hunt and eat, and then dig into Sensory Night Hike Ages 5+ our own real, sanitized owl pellets Saturday, December 2, 7–8:30 p.m. to see what’s inside. Marengo Ridge, Marengo Fee: R Free / NR $5 Code: 8880 Not everything goes to bed when the sun goes down! Experience the nighttime by using sight, touch, taste, sound and smell. We’ll also learn Crazy About Canines Ages 8-13 Just for kids! about nocturnal animals and how they use their senses at night. Saturday, February 17, 1:30-3 p.m. Rush Creek Conservation Area, Harvard Family Scavenger Hunt All Ages Fee: R Free / NR $5 Code: 8879 Wednesday, December 27, 9:30-11 a.m. Do you love dogs? Come learn about their local Lost Valley Visitor Center, Glacial Park, Ringwood wild cousins - coyotes and foxes! We will take a Fee: R Free / NR $5 Code: 8861 closer look at their skulls and furs, and learn how Bring the whole family out for a winter scavenger hunt adventure! Meet at the they survive in our area before going on a short visitor center for an introduction and to pick up your map and scavenger hunt hike to see if we can 昀椀nd any evidence of wild sheet. Then head out on the trails for a self-guided exploration. Bring your canids. completed sheet back to the program leader and get a prize! Fort Building Fun Ages 7+ Saturday, January 6, 9-11 a.m. Hickory Grove Conservation Area, Cary Fee: R Free / NR $5 Code: 8731 Participants are invited o昀昀-trail to use their creativity and ingenuity to build forts and shelters using the natural materials around them. We will then discuss the importance of “Leave No Trace” as we disassemble our creations. Winter Tree ID Ages 12+ Sunday, February 11, 2-3:30 p.m. Harrison Benwell Conservation Area, Wonder Lake Fee: R Free / NR $5 Code: 8886 How do you tell tree species apart in the winter when there are no leaves? We Cynthia Smith will take a 1.6 mile hike and learn about tips and tricks to identify some of our common tree and shrub species in the cold months. 16 Landscapes | Winter 2023-24 Register online at MCCDistrict.org.