Monday
April 5th, 2021
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| Monday 4/5/2021 |
Spring into the world of wildlife! Meet one our Wildlife Ambassador reptiles Start a Nature Observation Journal Click on follow-up DIY activities below: Print Monday's activities |
Nature Walk Bingo!
Practice your observation skills next time you go on a walk and you will start to notice lots of nature in your neighborhood!
Here's what you will need for this activity:
✅ Click here to open and print the Nature Walk Bingo✅ Colored pencils, markers, or crayons.
Go for a walk outside with your family and bring a Nature Walk Bingo sheet for each person.
When you find something in nature that matches a square on your bingo sheet, color it in. Remember to leave what you find in nature (except trash! That goes in a trash can).
When you find and color in five squares across, down, or diagonal, you can say "Bingo!"
If you don't find everything on your walk, save your bingo sheet and take it with you on your next walk.
When you find and color in all of the squares, you can say, "Bonus Bingo!" Congratulations, you finished the game!
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Wildlife Coloring Pages!
We have coloring pages for different animals that all call the Bay Area their home!
Pick the ones you will have fun coloring in, and click on them to download and print them.
Pick the ones you will have fun coloring in, and click on them to download and print them.
Barn Owl
Black-tailed Mule Deer
Leopard Shark
River Otter
Wetland SceneNature Picture Frames!
Go outside and collect a handful of sticks the size of a piece of a paper. You can also look for dried leaves or flowers. A special helper might join you!
Use yarn to wrap the sticks and leaves together to make a rectangle.
Now you can display your coloring pages and other works of art in a Nature Picture Frame!
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Meet our Wildlife Hospital Patients!
Find out how what do to if you find a baby deer, and how to tell if it is perfectly fine, or if it actually needs our help. The white spots on their fur help them camouflage as they stay in one spot during the day while their mother goes out to find food.
Meet an orphaned black-tailed mule deer fawn
Video clip is 7 minutes long.
Find out how we care for orphaned mallard ducklings in our wildlife hospital, and watch them go for their daily swim!
Meet orphaned mallard ducklings
Video clip is 6 minutes long.
It's baby season at WildCare and the Hospital Birdroom is filling up! This clutch of newly-hatched quail chicks was brought to WildCare after a rescuer saw a cat attacking them.
They will recover in an incubator at WildCare until they're healthy and self-feeding, and then they will go into Foster Care with a trained quail specialist. They will be released back to the wild when they are old enough.
Meet orphaned California quails
Video clip is 4 minutes long.
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Animal Jokes and Puzzles
Mammal Riddles in Rhyme
What animal is each of these riddles about?
Finding food when night is inky.
When upset, he’s rather stinky...
A long, thin tail and 50 teeth.
Mothers have a pouch beneath...
Flying quickly in the night,
Finding moths a tasty bite...
Breathing air while swimming free,
Singing songs beneath the sea...
Quills protect from enemies,
Or this guy just climbs a tree...
A head of hair for all to view;
Did you know that you are one, too? ...
Questions and Answers
Find answers to your questions about Spring Camp below, or send us an email
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How does my camper join the Zoom meeting?
Click on the Zoom link sent to your email with your registration confirmation. You will be prompted to either download the Zoom app and join from there, or you can choose to join from your web browser without creating an account. The password is embedded in the link; do not share the link with anyone outside of camp!
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Will my camper get to talk and ask questions?
Yes! Campers will have plenty of time to ask questions, share stories, and interact with other campers and our wildlife educators over Zoom. Sometimes campers will be automatically muted while our wildlife educators are presenting.
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Will there be any live animals?
Yes! Campers will get to ask questions and interact with our wildlife educators as they introduce a different non-releasable Wildlife Ambassador animal each day of camp.
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What does my camper need to bring each day?
Pick up a complimentary packet of printed materials from WildCare before the week of camp, or download and print the craft activity for each day. Please have your camper join the Zoom meeting ready with the printed activity for the day, scissors, and coloring supplies.
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When can I pick up my packet of printed craft materials from WildCare?
Please pick up ahead of time 7 days a week 9am-5pm from March 15th to April 2nd. Come to our front gate and push the Ring button to be assisted. Let the staff member who greets you know that you are here to pick up your Spring Camp packet, and they will bring it to you.
WildCare's address is:
76 Albert Park Lane, San Rafael, CA 94901.