Avian Adventures, Blue Ridge Birders, Community Programs, Event, SWVA
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For four days each February, birdwatchers of every skill level can participate in a global event for the love and wellbeing of birds.

Help Scientists by Collecting Data with the Great Backyard Bird Count
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Science In Nature Program: Session II

Join us October 14th through November 18th (one day per week) for Session II

Science In Nature Program: Session II
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A Naturalist's Book List

With all of the wonderful apps available, it is still a good idea to have a shelf of guides to call on.  We love paging through them while planning our next exploration, exploring their beautiful illustrations, and carrying our favorites with us for quick reference.

A Naturalist's Book List
Galax Enrichment Program
BRDC, Admin
Galax Enrichment Week - Primitive Technology

BRDC recently hosted a Primitive Technology course as part of Galax Middle School Enrichment Week. The students were engaged with a variety of hands-on activities that connected them to skills used by early American Indians and materials found in their backyards.

Galax Enrichment Week - Primitive Technology
Book Club
Anonymous
(July 2014) 4. The Sixth Extinction: An ...

"Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs."

(July 2014) 4. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Elizabeth Kolbert

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August 20 Event Announcement

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Blue Ridge Discovery Center presents:

A day at the Matthews Farm Museum, August 20th from 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM.

Activities include:
  • An expanded orienteering activity led by the Museum staff (outdoor scavenger hunt with prizes)
  • American chestnut tree workshop with Zach Olinger from the Virginia Department of Forestry (morning)
  • Guided tree identification walk with Zach Olinger (afternoon)
  • Sketching in the outdoors in collaboration with Chestnut Creek School of the Arts (using found objects as subjects, such as leaves, crickets, butterflies, etc.)
  • Field explorations with Dr. Robert Perkins (BRDC’s director of a biological survey on the Farm’s property)
  • BRDC’s Fish Bugs program review with living critters (an ongoing project designed to learn about aquatic invertebrates)
  • Hold a live corn snake. Reptile talk by Claire Gleason
We will also have live music from Mike Floyd and Larry Paluzzi, playing their own
compositions.

Drinks and snacks will be for sale on site.

This event is free and open to the public, but any contributions will be most welcomed.
All ages encouraged to come and join in the fun!

For further information contact :
Scott Jackson-Ricketts at 276.773.2039 or scottjr@ls.net.

Visit Blue Ridge Discovery Center's website: www.blueridgediscoverycenter.org