Herricks Cove Wildlife Festival
Sunday, May 05, 2024 from 10:00am to 04:00pm
Herricks Cove Wildlife Festival
Missing Link Road (Route 5)
The Herricks Cove Wildlife Festival will be on the first Sunday of May. We hope to see you there, enjoying a special day of nature, programs, and activities for those naturally curious about our beautiful corner of the world.
2024 Draft Schedule
7:00 am – Bird Walk with Don Clark and Ken Cox
9:30 am – Gates open
10:00 - Festival Exhibits and Programs Begin
10:00 am – Butterfly Program by Jerry Schneider
10:30 am – Turtle Walk with Jim Andrews
10:30 am – Vermont Institute of Natural Sciences Program-Animals in Myth and Legend
11:00 - Audubon Vermont Bird Walk for Kids
11:30 am – Lindsay and her Puppet Pals
11:30 am – Bug Walk with Michael Sabourin of the Vermont Entomological Society
11:30 am – Canine Search and Rescue Demonstration by Vermont Fish & Wildlife
12:30 - VT Fish and Wildlife Program - Habitats: Messy is Best for Birds and Fish
1:00 pm – Mike Clough of the Southern VT Natural History Museum - Live Animals Up Close
1:00 pm – Audubon Vermont - Bird walk for Beginners
1:30 pm – Bats Program by Jerry Schneider
1:30 pm – Canine Search and Rescue Demonstration by Vermont Fish & Wildlife
2:00 pm – Squam Lake Natural Science Center Program- Why Do Animals Do That?
2:00 pm – Bug Walk with Michael Sabourin
2:30 pm – Turtle Walk with Jim Andrews
3:00 pm – Plant Walk with Lynn Levine - All About Trees
4:00 Exhibits Close and Festival Ends
Plus on-going events, exhibits, activities, and demonstrations by:
T-shirt painting with Jerry Schneider
Wunderle’s Big Top Adventures: Interactive Circus Activities
Vermont Fish & Wildlife - Bears, Bats, Fish, Canine Unit, Skins and Skulls, and more
Southern VT Natural History Museum
Wildlife Encounters - Live animals
Nature Museum (Grafton, VT)
Ascutney Mountain Audubon Society
Audubon Vermont
Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation - Composting demonstration, aquatic invasive plant identification, and more
Rich Earth Institute - Urine Diversion to make fertilizer
USDA National Resources Conservation Service - Walk through the Soil Tunnel
Windham County Natural Resources Conservation District - Water Flume
HB Energy - Solar Power
Children’s tent with activities and face painting and more!
Plus
Food by:
Lisa Moir’s Blue Pig Ice Cream
Vendors:
Wildlife Art, Crafts, Books and Gifts by:
Jenna May Konesko
Mythic Forest Creations by Martha Haskins
Sapsucker Books
Festival ends at 4:00 pm. Gate closes 5:00 pm
We look forward to seeing you again!
