The Spooktacular Oktoberfest is a festive fall celebration combining the fun of Halloween with the traditions of Oktoberfest. This family friendly event will feature live music, food vendors, kids' games, trick-or-treating and a haunted house. Buy your tickets here: Spooktacular Oktoberfest Tickets
The Spooktacular Oktoberfest is a festive fall celebration combining the fun of Halloween with the traditions of Oktoberfest. This family friendly event will feature live music, food vendors, kids' games, trick-or-treating and a haunted house. Buy your tickets here: Spooktacular Oktoberfest Tickets
Join us on Saturday, October 10th at 10am at the Visitor Center for our annual meeting to learn more about our mission and to see how you can help.
Join us in the Visitor Center as we discuss the birds found at the sanctuary and view sample specimens. Then we will trek out to observe the birds and learn about their behavior. Please bring binoculars.
Come and learn all about owls with hands on activities including dissecting owl pellets.
We will identify the birds that visit our feeders as well as create some simple feeders that you can take home to attract birds in your neighborhood. Participants must register by March 22, 2025. Registration can be done by the following: sqw2@westchestercountyny.gov or by phone at 914-967-8720.
In this popular program, we will learn the needs of these creatures that constantly struggle for nesting habitat. All materials will be provided to make a box. Participants must register by March 1, 2025. Registration can be done by the following: sqw2@westchestercountyny.gov or by phone at 914-967-8720. Limit one bluebird box per household to take home.
Come witness, through a tripod scope, the behavior and movements of these waterfowl visitors. Please bring binoculars.
We will identify weeds and other plants during their winter months, and learn how they cope with this dormant period.
Come take a guided journey to identify different animal tracks throughout the sanctuary learning about markings and species in the area. Also included is a take home plaster print.
This may be the right time to observe both types of birds in action, from the brackish waters of the lake to the salty shoreline adjacent to the Long Island Sound. Please bring binoculars and dress for the weather.
Come join the Nature Center Staff in a simple lesson to help identify trees in the wintertime by their buds and bark. An interactive program that will look at a variety of tree species.
