2024-Winter Spring-Guide-Web

NATURE PROGRAMS

BACKYARD CHICKENS BASICS

WILDANIMALCARE CLINIC NEW! Love animals and make believe? Then come out to our special one-day pop-up Animal Care Clinic for your favorite wild stuffy! Bring your wild-animal stuffed plush toy to have a special examination, to learn best care practices for your specific animal and different ways to help them in the wild. No wild animal stuffy of your own? Then check out one of our own for the program and give them extra love and cuddles while you’re here! Age: 3-9 Min/Max: 5/20 Fee: $14 William F Sherman Jr Interpretive Center - Lyman Woods Class # Date Day Time 1500H01-01 1/27 SA 10:00-11:00am Bundle up and discover the secrets of a forest in winter! Drop in anytime between 11:00am and 2:00pm to play winter games, make crafts, take a self-guided hike, and end the adventure with hot chocolate and cookies. If weather permits, snow shoes will be available to use. Children under the age of 2 do not need to register. An adult must accompany their child(ren) during this program. Fee is per person. Please register everyone attending. Age: 2+ Min/Max: 8/40 Fee: $13 William F Sherman Jr Interpretive Center - Lyman Woods Class # Date Day Time 1500H62-01 2/3 SA 11:00am-2:00pm This in-depth 6-week course will introduce you to basic honeybee biology, social insect behavior, and honeybee colony dynamics, as well as the ins and outs of maintaining a hive throughout the year. Our local beekeeper will teach you how to order gear and equipment, as well as how to harvest honey and other products of the hive. Check with your local municipality to find out if home-beekeeping is allowed in your area. Age: 9+ Min/Max: 5/15 Fee: $135 William F Sherman Jr Interpretive Center - Lyman Woods Class # Date Day Time 1520H01-01 2/29 - 4/4 TH 7:00-9:00pm WINTERWONDERLAND: AFAMILYADVENTURE BEGINNER BEEKEEPING COURSE

NEW! Curious about keeping chickens? Interested in raising your own sustainable and healthy source of home-fresh eggs? This 3-week course we’ll introduce you to the basics of backyard chickens, and the necessities for keeping a healthy, productive mini-flock. We’ll discuss how to choose breeds, set up a brooder, raise baby chicks, shelter requirements, regulations and ordinances, strategies for feeding and housing your adult birds and more! Children under the age of 16 years old must be accompanied by a registered adult. Please register everyone attending. Age: 8+ Min/Max: 4/20 Fee: $75 William F Sherman Jr Interpretive Center - Lyman Woods Class # Date Day Time 1500H14-01 1/16 - 1/30 TU 6:30-8:30pm EARLYBIRDS-BIRDINGHIKES The early birds get the worm! Borrow a pair of our binoculars and join us for a fun and refreshing morning hike to explore and find some of Lyman Woods’ favorite feathered friends. Led by one of our expert birders, we’ll hike through oak savanna, prairie and wetlands to discover both year-round and migratory birds found in the Chicago region. Each program will highlight special topics in birding and ornithology. Great for those interested in birds or photography! Please register everyone attending. Children must be accompanied by a registered adult. Age: All Min/Max: 5/25 Fee: Free William F Sherman Jr Interpretive Center - Lyman Woods Class # Date Day Time Topic 1500H47-01 2/25 SU 8:30-10:00am Winter Birds 1500H47-02 3/10 SU 8:30-10:00am Migrating Ducks 2500H71-01 4/21 SU 8:30-10:00am Owls 2500H71-02 5/19 SU 8:30-10:00am Spring Warblers

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