A First-Time Camper’s Bird’s-Eye View of the Platte River Safari

Every summer time, younger explorers arrive at Audubon’s Rowe Sanctuary prepared to find the wonders of the Platte River ecosystems. From scooping up bugs with sweep nets to every day birding adventures to creating new associates and studying in regards to the pure world, Rowe’s summer time camps create alternatives for curiosity and connection to the outside. This month, we sat down with one in every of our campers to listen to firsthand what made their week at camp such a memorable expertise.

Meet Scarlett. She’s 9 years outdated. And she or he attended camp final 12 months and plans to take action once more this 12 months!

Hello Scarlett. Final 12 months was your first 12 months of camp. That’s so thrilling!  What made you wish to come to camp at Rowe Sanctuary?

My mother went to camp at Rowe when she was younger. And I like nature and studying. It sounded enjoyable!

That’s proper! Your mother did come to camp at Rowe- we even discovered photos along with her at camp in our archives. Had been you nervous or excited earlier than camp?

I used to be a little bit nervous. I hadn’t been to nature camp earlier than, however I had been to Rowe earlier than. I caught bumble bees there (throughout a Bumble Bee Atlas survey day). And I additionally noticed cranes and made a crane image (throughout a Household Artwork Workshop with an Indoor Crane Viewing Expertise). I had enjoyable once I was there, so I believed camp could be enjoyable.

It sounds such as you’ve come to Rowe Sanctuary for many totally different occasions. Would you say camp was your favourite?

Positively. I really like making associates, and I made a lot of associates throughout camp.

What was your favourite exercise of camp?

I preferred the wetland. We caught bugs and frogs in nets after which checked out them below a microscope. That was cool!

What was your favourite factor to find out about?

I preferred studying about birds. On daily basis we went out to have a look at birds and discovered which of them we noticed. We even made our personal birds throughout camp!

Are you excited for camp this 12 months?

Sure! I really like crafts and making issues, so I’m excited for the artwork and nature camp.

And we’re excited to have Scarlett again! There’s nonetheless time to register for camp! Now we have 3 weeks of Platte River Safari Camps for youth at present in 2^nd-5^th grades in the course of the 2025-2026 faculty 12 months. Registration is open by way of Could 26^th. Study extra about our camps here.

Whereas our Flying Larger camp will sadly not be supplied this summer time as a consequence of low registration, we’re so grateful for campers like Scarlett who remind us simply how significant these outside experiences will be. We look ahead to welcoming new and previous campers again to the prairie and Platte River for one more camp season of discovery!

Summer season Camps at Rowe Sanctuary
Platte River Safari Camp
9:00 am-4:00 pm | Monday-Friday 
Grades 2-5 
·      June 15-19 – Chook Week!
·      June 22-26 – Habitats Week!
·      June 29- July 3 – Artwork & Nature Week!

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