For the past few weeks, I have been spending a majority of my time preparing for camps, hiking and playing games with campers, and exploring the beautiful natural world around me. All of this running around, playing, and discovering has been more than I could have ever asked for, but sometimes it’s important to sit…
The Naturalist Notebook
Welcome to the Shaver’s Creek blog! The entries here are posted by staff, interns, and volunteers, and aim to keep you informed about the programs, updates, and natural history happenings here at the Creek. Enjoy!
After our previous colony collapsed last fall, we’re excited to report that bees are back in our Honey Bee exhibit in the Lower Classroom. This past spring, intern Lauren Seiler worked hard to get the exhibit cleaned, installed, and ready to receive our swarm. She also developed the educational materials at the bottom of this…
Today is Adaptations Day at Discovery and Explorer Camps! Campers are busy exploring the adaptations that make insects and amphibians fabulous! The pictures below show just how much fun this discovery can be: 1) Discovery campers play an ant food-gathering game with Glacier 2) Beautiful butterflies made by Discovery campers with Meadow 3) Discovery campers…
Shaver’s Creek is excited for our yearly visit to Penn State’s Ag Progress Days in August. Check out this story on many of the happenings that families can check out: http://live.psu.edu/story/47581 See the full gallery on Posterous (Pictures are from this year’s 4th Fest)
If you want to learn more about Shaver’s Creek programs or just say hi, come visit our booth today, Wednesday, Friday and MWF of next week at Spend a Summer Day in Alumni Hall of the HUB! Have fun out there!
The hot temperatures and occasional storms haven’t dampened the spirits of our summer campers. They are filling their days playing games and exploring the forests, fields and streams around Shaver’s Creek, learning about life cycles, insects and amphibians. Here is a sound clip of Camp Program Director Doug Wentzel sharing part of a story with…
Why do our trails, lawns, and buildings always look so good? Because we have some spectacular volunteers that dig in the dirt, haul gravel, push mowers and sling paint. It has been a busy couple of weeks, and we’ve got a lot of projects finished thanks to our volunteers. On Tuesday, June 29, sixteen students…
Imagine having a special superpower. Go ahead. Close your eyes and imagine yourself flying through the sky, turning your head 280 degrees around, or changing different colors to your surrounding to better camouflage yourself. Every animal, from invertebrates to mammals, have developed specialized and unique characteristics that help to increase the odds of survival. One…
Shaver’s Creek is excited to announce that we still have spaces available in our Watershed Wonders summer camp session for next week, July 20–23, for campers ages 12–14. Campers should expect to have a blast staying cool in the waters of Shaver’s Creek and the Juniata River as they discover, by foot and canoe, the…
This week, summer interns Juniper and Tanager won the Trail Steward Champion belts for their superior maintenance of the Sugar Shack trail here at Shaver’s Creek. Interns will be hard at work maintaining their designated trails throughout the summer while competing for the prestigious belts. New winners will be announced each week. So come on…