Day Camp 2009 - Week 7

Deer For mammal day, all the campers got to meet our fallow deer in the first section of the preserve. A wildlife keeper told us about these beautiful animals and we were even able to hand feed them. During craft time we made a deer themed craft and played a fun game.

Stork The bird that we studied this week is the stork. We met an educator at the marabou stork and yellow billed stork exhibit, and we learned all about these large African birds. We also candled eggs and held baby chicks. Later, we made a special stork craft and played a fun stork feeding game, too.

Iguana This week's Reptile is the Iguana. We learned about the two species of iguanas at Lion Country Safari (green iguana and rhinoceros iguana), and we were able to hold the plastic iguana (which looks real). We looked all around the iguana moat to count how many iguanas are in there. Later, we played a fun game and we made a cool iguana craft, too.

Petting Zoo Keeper Rakes, shovels, and brooms are some of the fun tools that the keepers use to clean behind-the-scenes at the Petting Zoo. We enjoyed using these tools to help the petting zoo keeper on our Keeper Day. Then we played a game and made a craft to remember our special keeper day.

Rainforest We met a show staff member at the Animal Theatre, where we learned all about some of the animals from all over the world that call the rainforest home. Some of us had our photo taken with one of these animals. We later went on a Rainforest scavenger hunt and made a craft to remember what we learned about this beautiful habitat.