Leaf Litter Bug Hunt
Photo Day Out
- Families can spend hours of fun looking at the tiniest members of the deciduous forest...the insects! In fall, after the leaves fall from the trees, the leaf litter acts as a home and food source for insects. Families can do a scavenger hunt by collecting beetles, millipedes, ants and centipedes. The family members can release the insects back into the forest afterward, or take them home as creepy-crawly pets (that is, if only your not freaked out by bugs).
Photo Day Out
- Families may bring digital cameras to a temperature deciduous forest to capture its beauty. They can take pictures of the green trees in summer, the russets and oranges of the fallen leaves in fall, and the range of animals that live in the forest, such as deer, rat snakes, bank voles, hawks and squirrels.