Summer Camps are taught by experts in both primary education and natural sciences.
Price: $180.00 per child per week. Email hesthavneducation@gmail for more info, registration forms, and questions.
When: 9-3 p.m.
Where: Hesthavn Nature Center!

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• * Art in Nature August 5-9 K-3rd grade
  Explore patterns and design in nature- create artwork, build natural sculptures, and learn to draw!

• * Eco-explorers August 19-23 K-3rd grade
  Learn about habitats of Oregon as you visit, explore and study a different habitat each day!

• * Feathered Friends August 12-16 3-6th grade
  Learn all about birds and their adaptations, go birding, and explore with bird feathers, bones, wings and mounted birds. Practice your identification skills, study bird behavior and learn to ID with songs!

• *Survival School August 26-30 3-6th grade
  Learn the basics of fire building, shelter building, edible wild plants, and other survival skills. Learn what to do if you come across a predator in the wild and the number one rule for surviving if you are lost.

  2013 Birding Classes

  • Beginning Birding Workshop
    Sunday, May 5, 8a.m. - 10a.m.

    Free. This class is held jointly by the Audubon Society of Corvallis and the Corvallis Environmental Center. Registration required. (contact ahnc@corvallisenvironmentalcenter.org, 541-753-9211) The basics of binocular use and bird identification. Conducted at the Avery House Nature Center at Avery Park.

    For more information, contact Don Bouchon PH: 541-753-7689, bouchdon@peak.org"

  • Birding Field Trip
    Sunday, May 5, 10 a.m. - noon (same day as workshop)

    Free, no registration required. Please join us for a birding field trip at Avery Park immediately following the Beginning Birding Workshop.

  • Birding by Ear
    May 29 - June 15

    $36. Registration required. (contact The Avery House ahnc@corvallisenvironmentalcenter.org, 541-753-9211) Would you like to know your local bird songs and calls? Learn to listen and remember bird sounds. Beginners, take Beginning Birding Workshop first.

    3-week class:

    • May 29, Wed., Avery House 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
    • June 1, Sat, Field Trip (location TBD) 9 a.m. - noon
    • June 5, Wed., Avery House 7 p.m. - 9p.m.
    • June 8, Sat, Field Trip (location TBD) 9 a.m. - noon
    • June 12, Wed., Avery House 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
    • June 15, Sat, Field Trip (location TBD) 9 a.m. - noon

  2013 Hesthavn Homeschool Progra.m.s

  These progra.m.s are being offered all season. Please choose a topic and a time that works best for you and your group. Each progra.m. runs 2 hours and is $55, and can be geared towards any age group. You can schedule by emailing hesthavneducation@gmail.com or calling (614) 579-1406.

• Bird-in-a-box
  Explore the adaptations of birds through seven discovery boxes full of hands-on activities and real bird mounts, skulls, bones, feathers, and songs. We will discover what makes a bird a bird, and meet some common birds found in our area. We will also venture out with binoculars to seek some of our new friends!

• Habitats
  Join us for a program all about three Oregon habitats! Take a closer look at an oak savanna, a riparian habitat, and our Oregon mossy forest and discover who lives there, how to find them, and why that habitat is important. We will get outside and compare and contrast these habitats with ga.m.es and activities.

• Winter Survival
  Animals have many ways to get through the winter. Learn about migration, overwintering, special adaptations and a.m.azing tricks that help our wild friends survive. Explore through experiments and other science-based inquiries and get outside to seek-and-find some hidden animals.

• Hide-and-Seek
  One of nature's most a.m.azing adaptations is ca.m.ouflage. Learn all about how animals use deception to blend in, and try your hand at some ca.m.ouflage ga.m.es of your own. We will get outside, and down and dirty as we practice our new ca.m.ouflaging skills and search for each other.

• Wonderful Wetlands
  Oregon has lots of water - and that makes for some really a.m.azing wetlands. Come and learn all about these unique habitats, and what they do for the environment. We will explore a wetland area and try to catch some critters in the creek. Bring your water shoes!

• Wild Cats
  Do you know which wild cats live in Oregon? Do you know what you should do if you come across one of these predators while out in the woods? Learn all about these mysterious animals and how to handle yourself around them and other predators that share our beautiful state. A must for those who love to spend time in the woods!

• ID That TREE
  Have you ever looked up and wondered, "Which tree is that?" Come and find out with us! We will learn ten or twelve common trees, and create a journal to help you remember which trees are which and be able to identify the trees at home. Knowing your trees can help you know the forest better.

• Night Hunters
  join us for an evening progra.m. all about owls! We will discover the common species found in Corvallis, dissect owl pellets, and go on a night hike to hopefully spot these a.m.azing hunters. Progra.m. starts at dusk - seasonally dependent.

• Wild Edibles
  Where did the food come from before there were grocery stores? Learn all about the native uses of plants in our area. We will learn about plant uses, how to identify some common edibles, sa.m.ple some delicious forest foods and go on a hike to collect some of our own.

Please keep in mind we would need at least two weeks time to adapt progra.m.ming to your specific group.

Contact:

Michelle Shula
614-579-1406
hesthavneducation@gmail.com

We are also in contact and excited to be working with a new group of students at OSU - the Bird Nerds! These driven and bird-friendly students have approached Audubon and want to help with education and field trips. We are thrilled they want to be involved, and look forward to building a stronger connection with Oregon State University students and staff.