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Take Flight: A
Celebration of Our Feathered Friends at DCP
What better time to celebrate birds than Earth Day? On Saturday, April
22nd from 7am to 2pm join Darke County Parks and spend the day with
family exploring the wild birds that call Shawnee Prairie home.
This fun-filled birding festival will begin with “Breakfast with the
Birds,” a fundraiser by the Darke County Birders Club, which will offer
breakfast bites in an effort to raise money for the care of Greta, the
Darke County Parks’ owl. Five Rivers MetroParks will join the
celebration with a wide selection of the birds of prey animal
ambassadors! See a Screech Owl, Kestrel, and a Red-tailed Hawk up
close, and learn about these amazing animals! The day will continue
with a variety of bird-themed hikes, activities for all ages,
workshops, and more!
Join the naturalists to discover who’s nesting around the Nature Center
or a lunch-time chat about bird feeding. At 7:30am avid birders can
enjoy a discovery hike, with an 8:30 beginners bird walk to follow. The
whole family can discover birds together on the 9am hike, and ongoing
after 10am there will be nest box building, a bird feeder craft, toys
that fly, bird bingo, workshops on gardening for birds, backyard bird
feeding, and much more. From 11am to 1pm the Friends of the Parks will
be offering a quick hotdog lunch. The park staff and volunteers hope to
see everyone enjoying Earth Day on the trails of Shawnee Prairie!
If you have any questions about this or any other program offered by
the Darke County Parks, please call the Nature Center at (937) 548-0165
or visit the website at www.darkecountyparks.org
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