Wild Senses: See, Hear, Taste, Touch and Smell in Nature
Sunday-Friday, July 26-31, 2009
Learn more at the Elderhostel website, program number 17421RJ. Click here!
Tantalize all your senses in the beautiful natural settings of western New York. Join naturalists in a perfect location for exploring with your grandchild as you immerse yourself in fun activities evoking the richness of the natural world through all five senses. Take a blindfolded hike through the woods together, feeling the ground underfoot, warmed by the sun overhead and hearing the breeze in the leaves. Take your sharpened senses on a night hike to learn how bats “see” and owls hear and to decode the messages that fireflies send each other. Visit the Seneca-Iroquois Museum to discover how Native Americans used plants and animals for food and dyes, and explore Allegany State Park to learn how early settlers lived and changed the land.
For participants and kids ages 7-11. One adult must attend for each youth registered. That adult and child will share the same room. The adult is responsible for supervision of child. Children and adults will walk up to three miles over mostly level terrain; some off-trail hikes in fields and streams.
Detectives Wanted: On the Trail of Amazing Butterflies and Dragonflies
Sunday-Friday, August 2-7, 2009
Learn more at the Elderhostel website, program number 16204RJ. Click here!
Dragonflies, butterflies and moths exhibit nature’s flashiest fashion trends. Participate in a dragonfly survey, butterfly identification and night-time moth discovery as you investigate how these lively insects transform from eggs to ornate adults. You and fellow citizen scientists will collect information on these creatures and send it to a statewide data bank for study. Document your findings photographically, become an experienced “investigator” during naturalist-led walks and kayaking trips, and discover a region rich in natural history with a boat trip on Chautauqua Lake. Enjoy behind-the-scenes exploration of the collections of renowned naturalist Roger Tory Peterson and hear regional music and folklore around the evening campfire.
This Intergenerational program is for young learners ages 8-15. (At least) one adult must attend for each youth registered (1:1 ratio). That adult and child will share the same room. The adult is responsible for supervision of child. Children and adults will walk up to three miles over mostly level terrain; some off-trail hikes in fields and streams.
