It’s not all games on South Padre Island, but sometimes even learning can be fun.
The South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center is offering its second year of Coastal Nature Camp for kids 7 through 12 from June 25-28.
The four-day camp has four-hour daily sessions from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to learn about coastal ecology, habitat, animal and plant species and more.
“The first day, we look at habitat, ecology, testing of water quality in both freshwater and saltwater, so they get a feel for what the habitats are and see how it works,” said Javier Gonzalez, naturalist educator at the birding and nature center who will lead the classes.
The second day will be the study of animals in both the freshwater and saltwater habitats at the SPI birding and nature center. One day will be spent studying the birds in the habitat and another day will focus on insects and fish along with mammals and reptiles.
Gonzalez said the four hours each day will be a hands-on experience for participants who will spend most of it out in the field.
“By the end of the camp they get a pretty full knowledge of what’s out there,” Gonzalez said. “We did it last year, too, and it was a lot of fun.”
Cost of the camp is $100 per camper with a 10-child class limit.
Registration is available at the birding and nature center’s website at www.spibirding.com
By RICK KELLEY Staff Writer
