Nature Detective
Find the Wildlife Signs Left Behind

Saturday, July 12
6:30pm - 9:00pm

Hone your skills as a nature detective and learn to identify wildlife by the signs they leave behind.

As we wander through natural areas, we often don't see the wildlife that lives there. Their senses are much more acute than ours so they know we're coming long before we can see them. Additionally, many of the animals are nocturnal so we normally don't see them during our daytime activities.

Discover ways of identifying the wildlife that lives in an area, even if you don't see the animals themselves. Splash guide and naturalist David Rosen will lead a walk in Mather Regional Park to see what clues we can find and learn more about the behavior of the animals that left them.

We'll search for animal signs, such as tracks, scat (scientific term for "poop"), pellets, trails, diggings, feathers, hair, and more. Then we'll piece together the clues to tell a story about how the critters spent their day. It'll be like CSI Mather!

Fees for this program are $10.00/adult and $5.00/child (5-18) and are payable by cash or check. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Reservations are recommended.