Descriptions of programs are found below calendar. 

All programs designed for ages 6 and up, unless otherwise stated.

Parent/Guardian must accompany child to all programs except What's It Like to Be a Wildlife Rehabber.

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9:30am:  Preschool Story time  (any age)

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1:00pm:  What's It Like to Be a Wildlife Rehabber? 

(9 yrs & up)

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Closed for tours

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9:30am:  Preschool Story time  (any age)

7:00pm  Birdingwatching for the Tenderfoot

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9:30am:  Preschool Story time  (any age)

7:00pm  Froggy Talking

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4:30pm: Turtles

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1:00pm:  What's It Like to Be a Wildlife Rehabber? 

(9 yrs & up)

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9:30am:  Preschool Story time  (any age)

7:00pm  Nature of Rocks

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4:30pm:  Birds of Prey

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9:30am:  Preschool Story time  (any age)

7:00pm  Kestrels in Wisconsin

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4:30pm: Turtles

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1:00pm:  What's It Like to Be a Wildlife Rehabber? 

(9 yrs & up)

Program Descriptions

Pre-registration required for all programs*

Call, email, or stop in to register

If registering by email please use edu@northwoodswildlifecenter.com 

*Programs can change or cancel without notice.

Birdwatching for the Tenderfoot:  60-90 minutes long

            Find yourself looking at birds at your birdfeeder or wondering what you

               see out on the lake?  Little confused how to find birds in a field guide or

               how to sight your binos?  Join Jaime Healy, an advance beginner birder,

               to learn some tips to get you going on this fast growing sport. 

               For ages 10 yrs and above

               Bird id book and binoculars available to borrow for program.

Birds of Prey:  30-45 minutes long

            Unique adaptations help these special birds hunt and survive.  Come

               learn about just a few.  Meet one of our resident birds up close and

               personal.

Fossils:  45-60 minutes long

               Discover the evidence of life of long ago.  With your help Bart Kotarba

               will put the pieces together that will help us imagine the time that

               dinosaurs roamed the earth.  During this program children will get the

               chance to handle real and replica fossils.

Froggy Talking:  45-60 minutes long

               Jaime Healy will present this program on the sounds of frogs and

               toads make and how to identify them.  Come to this program to learn

               how to ID the most common frogs and toads in the Northwoods.

               Make your own little frog to take home.

Kestrels in Wisconsin: 45-60 minutes

               Join Janet and Amber Eschenbauch, banders and researchers, to learn

               more about the Buena Vista Grassland American Kestrel Survey.  This

               citizen based program has been operating continuously since 1968 and

               is one of the longest running Kestrel nest box studies in the United

               States.  Janet and Amber will talked about their experiences, show off

               their equipment  and explain how their findings are helping us learn more

               about Wisconsin Kestrels

               For ages 10 yrs & up

The Nature of Rocks:  60 minutes long

               Are you a rock hound or find yourself picking up rocks everywhere you

               go?  Bart Kotarba presents this program to help you understand what

               you find or just to get you started.  Geodes will be available to crack

               and keep for $2 each.

Preschool Nature Story time:  45 minutes long

               Children will listen to wildlife and nature related stories and make a craft

               related to the stories.  Program is open to any age level.

Turtles:  30-45 minutes long

           Turtles maybe slow, but they aren't boring.  Learn the ins and outs of

              turtles at this program.  Also meet a couple of our resident turtles up

              close and personal.  (Special appearance maybe made by another type

              of reptile.)

What's it Like to be a Wildlife Rehabber?:  2 hours long

           Ever wonder how we take care of animals here at the center?  Come to

              this program and learn by using equipment and the methods of wildlife

              rehabbers.  Cost: $3/child     For ages 9 years and up

             You cannot become a wildlife rehabber by just

           coming to this program.