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Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center “Nature Nights” Starts Today – $1 Admission

8th July, 2010 - Posted by katherine - No Comments

Check out “Nature Nights” at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - the center has 4 family friendly nights planned for July, and admission is only $1 per person.  Visitors can learn about plants, animals, and ecology of Central Texas.  Tonight is the first night, and the topic will be “reptiles.”  Below is the full schedule from the Center’s webpage:

Thursday, July 8: Reptiles - Dr. Travis LaDuc, Assistant Curator of Herpetology at the Texas Natural Science Center, will be presenting at 7 and repeat at 8 pm about Central Texas reptiles.  Meet a few of our slithery friends with Tim Cole of Austin Reptile Service in the Visitors Gallery. And celebrate these often misunderstood creatures at a discovery station with members of the Horned Lizard Conservation Society and with volunteers from Capital Area Master Naturalist program. Nathan Jensen, noted children’s illustrator, will be in the Gift Store signing copies of his children’s snake book.

Thursday, July 15: Bees – you heard the buzz about native bees? Take flight through our gardens and learn about the curious behavior of our winged friends. Native bee activities provided by Texas Bee Watchers. Check out an obersvation hive with live European honey bees, courtesy of Texas Beekeepers Association.

Thursday, July 22: Wildlife Tracking – take a guided prowl through our gardens and trails and look for signs of the kinds of wild animals that live in Central Texas. Join Koy Coffer, Education Specialist with Texas Wildlife Association, for family tracking activities, as well as staff from Texas Parks and Wildlife to explore the habits, habitats and culture of our native wildlife.

Thursday, July 29: Birds of Prey – soar with us to explore the habits of hawks, eagles, buzzards and more birds of prey. Don’t miss a flying demonstration provided by Blackland Prairie Raptor Center with their feathered friends in our Courtyard! Stop by the Travis Audubon Society booth for more information on local birding programs.