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Yuck Day
Saturday October 21, 2006
| The 6th annual Yuck Day Owls examined
some wonderful and yucky things found in nature. Worms, spiders,
owls, bats, birds, bones, scat, blisters and scabs were some of the
featured displays and activities.
Pat Mulcahy and Grace Krick, wildlife rehabilitators from Wind Over Wings,
brought a great gray owl, a sawwhet owl, a great horned owl and a
red-phase screech owl. They answered information about each bird, and
discussed issues relating to the health of owls in the wild. There
were also scent tubes to test the nose, worms to examine and animal skulls
to hold. |
| Bird enthusiast and performer Henry
Lappen used many bird masks and demonstrated bird movements to help
visitors understand why birds have so many kinds of beaks, feet and
feathers to help them eat and move around. |
| Earthplace naturalists and Junior Staff volunteers hosted displays and provided information about bats, bugs, parasites, molds, fungi, blisters and scabs, as well as created slime to take home and painted spooky creatures on faces. Former Junior Staff volunteer Georgio Tsangaris brought some tarantulas for people to see, and visitors could examine cockroaches and a millipede. There was information about At activity stations guests could match rubber scat with the animal that left it and identify local animals by the characteristics of their skull. There were several fun projects to create, such as creating a spider going up a spout and crafting owl masks, and . Visitors also enjoyed visiting the Earthplace animal ambassadors, including the snakes, monk parakeets, owls, eagles and vultures, and learning about nature through the dioramas and activity areas in Natureplace. |
