August 2023 – Ranger Ramblings

August 21-24 marked the return of the Outdoor Explorations Program to the NWDC River Campus for the 2023-2024 school year.

Winter Solstice wonders, birdseed crafts, Great Blue Heron sightings, and more! Read our January 2025 Ranger Ramblings now.

Turkey vultures—gross but loveable creatures—have returned from their annual migration south for the winter!

This fall, our Earth Studies students got to see incredible biodiversity firsthand on their first trip of the year to visit us!

We participated in a silent hike, an egg dissection, and an egg experiment (pictured above), which was my favorite activity of the day.

NWDC Raptor Center Director Diana Miller drew a beautiful red-tailed hawk out from a portable carrier and held it up for all to see.