Animal Adventures: Who’s in the Woods?
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NY, United StatesIt’s hooting and hollering time in the woods! Find out what the racket is all about in this program featuring Teatown’s owls. For families with children 5 years old and up.
The Tortoise and the Hare
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NY, United StatesWhat’s the science behind the fable? Does the hare have a disadvantage? Does persistence have a place in nature? Meet a fleet footed rabbit and one determined tortoise as we explore the abilities of these two animals of legend! For everyone.
What’s in The Pool?
Cliffdale Farm Teatown Rd,, Ossining, United StatesSpring rains bring salamanders, toads and tree frogs back to the vernal pool at Cliffdale Farm. Discover which animals are using the water and why as we scoop in the pond. Meets at Cliffdale Farm.
Power to The Pollinators
Cliffdale Farm Teatown Rd,, Ossining, United StatesCliffdale Farm’s old fields become a hive of activity as spring progresses. Birds, bees, bats, butterflies, and small mammals all have a role in pollination. Talk a walk across the meadows, into the apple orchard and pollinator garden to watch early pollinators in action and find out ways you can invite pollinators into your backyard.
Breeding Birds of Teatown
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NY, United StatesThe woods and meadows of Teatown are alive with birdsong at this time of year. Take a walk in search of breeding warblers and other birds. Free.
Animal Adventures: Beaks
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NY, United StatesWoodpeckers bang their heads against trees, ducks sieve through water, raptors tear apart their prey. All these birds use their beaks the way we use tools, to get the job done! See if you can be as successful as a bird’s beak in getting food in a challenging game.
Seminar: Coexisting with Coyotes
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NY, United StatesMyths and misconceptions about coyotes seem to run wilder than the canines themselves. Learn how to coexist safely with these clever animals and find out what makes them such an integral part of a healthy ecosystem.
Hope on the Hudson 2
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NY, United StatesJoin Jon Bowermaster, noted oceans expert, award-winning artist, author, filmmaker, and adventurer, as he talks about using cinematography to promote conservation of nature. This program will include a screening of three new films from Jon’s Hope on the Hudson series (www.hudsonriverstories.com): Source to Sea, Growing with the Grain, and Undamming the Hudson River. For adults.
A Little Moth Magic
Cliffdale Farm Teatown Rd,, Ossining, United StatesJoin Charlie Roberto at Cliffdale Farm as he lights up the night to attract moths and other flying insects.
Pond Life
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NY, United StatesGrab a net and join us at the boat house to scoop for dragonfly nymphs and tadpoles, fish and lily pads!
Gardening with Native Plants Workshop II
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NY, United StatesGardening with native plants in our suburban landscape has many environmental benefits. Join landscape designer Amanda Bayley, for a presentation on how to beautify your own yard with native plants. She will present on ecoregions, review the native plant communities that are part of Westchester’s ecoregion, and go over local plants to garden with that are best suited for wet, dry, sunny, and shady areas.
Beachcombing at the Riverwalk Center
Kathryn W. Davis RiverWalk Center 299 Palmer Avenue, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United StatesShells, sea glass, feathers! What will you find as we walk on the beach? Join a Teatown educator at the RiverWalk Center in Kingsland Point Park in Sleepy Hollow to find natural objects on the shore, while learning about the treasure that is the Hudson River Estuary.
Sugaring Sundays
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NY, United StatesStoke up the fire, its sugaring time at Teatown! From tapping to collecting, boiling to bottling, Teatown’s naturalists will be in Warren’s Sugarhouse sharing facts and folklore about this sweet time of year!
Sugaring Sundays
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NY, United StatesStoke up the fire, its sugaring time at Teatown! From tapping to collecting, boiling to bottling, Teatown’s naturalists will be in Warren’s Sugarhouse sharing facts and folklore about this sweet time of year!
Sugaring Sundays
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NY, United StatesStoke up the fire, its sugaring time at Teatown! From tapping to collecting, boiling to bottling, Teatown’s naturalists will be in Warren’s Sugarhouse sharing facts and folklore about this sweet time of year!