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| Thursday 12/31/2020 |
Hibernation Meet Stryker, the California King Snake Make a fox mask for a costume dance party Click on follow-up DIY activities below: Print Thursday's activities |
Tortoise Greens Salad Recipe
SNACK BREAK!
Mohave the Desert Tortoise is an herbivore, which means he only eats plants! Desert Tortoises eat a variety of leaves and grasses that grow in their habitat, as well as other plants like cactus and wildflowers. Try this seasonal Tortoise Greens Salad recipe to find out just how tasty an herbivore’s meal can be!
Click here to open and print the Tortoise Greens Salad recipe.
Substitute any of these for your personal favorite salad ingredients. This recipe makes enough salad for 2-3 people to share.
Ingredients:
- ½ bunch of kale
- 2 cups baby spinach
- 1 apple
- 1 carrot
- ¼ cup dried cranberries
- A sprinkle of salt
- A dash of olive oil
For the dressing:
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Steps:
- Wash your hands!
- Wash your kale, spinach, carrot, and apple.
- Remove the kale stems. Rip up the kale into 1 inch pieces and place into a bowl. Sprinkle salt and a dash of olive oil over the kale and massage it with your hands for about 1 minute.
- With the help of an adult, grate the carrot and slice the apple into bite size pieces. Add spinach, dried cranberries, grated carrot, and sliced apples to the bowl.
- Mix the olive oil, apple cider vinegar, honey, and Dijon mustard in a small mason jar. Make sure the lid is on tightly, and then shake to combine.
- Pour the dressing over the salad and gently toss to combine.
Enjoy your Tortoise Greens Salad!
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You are invited to participate in the
BioBlitz Dance Challenge!
The BioBlitz Dance was created as a celebration of the outdoors, of diversity in the conservation movement, and for the 100th birthday of the National Park Service, which was in 2016.
Take a look at the Official BioBlitz Dance Tutorial and learn the Black Bear, Turkey Vulture, and Ground Squirrel dance moves. The additional freestyle comes at the end, which is where you get to show off an animal-inspired dance move that you create!
Video clip is 3 minutes long.
Now you can try the BioBlitz Dance challenge and break out your dance moves at home, outside, or anywhere anytime you feel the need to dance!
Costumes are encouraged! Have fun!!!
Bird Dance Moves!
Go outside and try each of these bird dance moves:
Shuffle like a penguin!
Waddle like a duck!
Stand like a flamingo!
Flap like a dove!
Glide like a hawk!
Hop like a sparrow!
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Meet Rosie, our Wildlife Ambassador
Rosy Boa
Humans and wildlife can work together!
Rodents like mice and rats can find lots of food and shelter in places where people live, but most people aren't happy about that. Lucky for us, we have other wildlife on our team! Snakes and other carnivorous predators give us free rodent control!
Humans attract rodents, and snakes eat the rodents and leave us alone.
This is just one of the reasons why you should never use rat poison, because when you poison rodents, you also poison and kill the animals that eat them, like snakes, owls, bobcats, coyotes, and turkey vultures.
Meet Rosie, our Wildlife Ambassador Rosy Boa!
She came to WildCare after having been kept by someone as a pet. She couldn't be returned to the wild, so she lives full time at WildCare teaching people to love and appreciate snakes.
Video clip is 6 minutes long.
We can also protect snakes by not using garden netting, which you can see tangled in the picture. The two Gopher Snakes in the video below came in to WildCare's Wildlife Hospital totally entangled in garden netting.
Click here to learn more about their rescue story.
WildCare's Medical Staff carefully untangled the snakes, and kept them for observation to make sure they weren't suffering compression injuries from their ordeal. Watch as these two snakes return to the wild after making a full recovery!
Video clip is 3 minutes long.
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Animal Jokes and Puzzles
Scrambled Reptile Words
Unscramble these words to see what they are about!
Many reptiles lay their eggs in... NSDA
Sea turtles love to eat... SYIHJLLEF
King snakes are... SROCITTRNOSC
Fence lizards appear to do... PHSU-SPU
Scrambled Amphibian Words
Unscramble these words to see what they are about!
Newly hatched baby toads are called... SPOTELDA
Tadpoles eat a lot of... LAGEA
Newts are a type of... DESLARANMA
Salamanders love to eat... CESNIST
That's all of the activities for today! We hope you have a fun New Year's Eve!
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Questions and Answers
Find answers to your questions about Winter 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 December 9th to December 23rd. 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 Winter Camp packet, and they will bring it to you.
WildCare's address is:
76 Albert Park Lane, San Rafael, CA 94901.