Special Weekends

DESERT ANIMAL EXTRAVAGANZA
Code: Animal
Instructors: Joe and Donna Hopkins
Friday, May 30 to Sunday, June 1
Meet at Borrego Springs Middle School, room 104
Fee: Member $10 per session or $25 for full series; Non-Member $15 per session or $50 for full series (children under 12 free with an adult)

Bring your love of the desert and sense of adventure and join Park

Volunteer Naturalists Joe and Donna Hopkins for a day or entire weekend of searching for and observing desert animals. Activities will include car-caravanning looking for sheep, an early-morning hike looking for birds, lizards, and more sheep, road-running at night looking for snakes, blacklighting for scorpions, trapping rodents, and more! While there are no guarantees when looking for wildlife, there is an excellent chance of seeing many of these creatures as they search for food and water in the heat of the desert summer. Come and enjoy this special time of year in the desert in the safety of a group, and learn how you can look for animals on your own.

Friday, May 30, 7 – 11 pm: Focus on scorpions and snakes (some short strolls)
Saturday, May 31, 8:30 – 11 am: Focus on bighorn sheep, lizards, and other creatures (light hiking)
Saturday, May 31, 6 – 11 pm: Focus on scorpions, snakes, bats, toads and frogs
Sunday, June 1, 7 am – noon: Hike up Borrego Palm Canyon in search of sheep, lizards, birds, rodents and other creatures.
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