MAY 21ST E-NEWSLETTER
Thank You! Photo Credit: Ann Burks This year Bird Fest went virtual and it was a huge success! Folks from all across Washington, Montana, and California participated in the Stay-At-Home Bird Watching Challenge. 122 bird species were seen from the 50 households that entered to win prizes! Painters joined Sip and Paint virtually. Icicle Creek Center for the Arts' artist exhibition went virtual. Thank you to all sponsors for sticking with Bird Fest through this year's redesign! If you missed some of Virtual Bird Fest, you can still watch the 'Meet the Birders' and 'Birding Number 2 Canyon' videos!
Events Coming Up Summer Camps Summer camps might go live! We need to know if you would sign up!
The Plant ID Mini-Series Learn with guest naturalists Jennifer Hadersberger, from the Wenatchee Valley College, and Brittany Thurlow, owner of The Plant Ally, in the next two episodes.
Other News Neat Nature Notes: Roaming Reptiles Rubber Boa This snake prefers to stay out of the sun. You can find it out and about during dusk, dawn, night, and on cloudy days. It uses its blunt tail as a decoy "head" while hunting. You can safely pick up a Rubber Boa, just be prepared to wash up afterwards. Western Skink These lizards are very challenging to sneak up on and are super quick to hide. You can't miss its bright blue tail, which will separate from the body and wriggle violently to escape capture.
Living things on Earth use camouflage to hide, raise young, get food, and to mimic something in their environment. Follow these links to dive deeper into how remarkable camouflage really is! Art Can you camouflage as well as animals do naturally? Science Learn why some plants and animals are designed to blend in with their surroundings while others are designed to stand out. Connect Some animals camouflage so well they become invisible. Can you find them?
Twitter is Back! Wenatchee River Institute is back on Twitter! Read our tweets here.
Thank you for helping us surpass our goal! "We heard your plea. As scientists we know the value of children learning about the precious environment." -Donor More students will continue to be connected to the natural world because of your contributions.
Thank you to our donors from the last 2 weeks!
Martha Tucker Jane and Alvin Lee Rebecca Hartley Dave and Nancy Bartholomew -Sustaining Donors Orin Melvin Shayne Magdoff and Paul Armentor Network for Good Lisi Ott -Sustaining Donor Jabe Blumenthal and Julie Edsforth Gordon and Linda Congdon Mary Carol Nelson -Sustaining Donor |