Join Tracy Aviary for an
Avian Adventure Summer Camp
Join Tracy Aviary for an Avian Adventure during their week-long summer camps for children going into Kindergarten through 5th grade. Each camp has a different theme, but all are packed full of bird-related crafts, projects and games. Campers will spend three hours each camp learning and experiencing lots of nose-to-beak encounters with Tracy Aviary’s feathered friends during flighted bird shows, keeper talks and special bird feedings!
For more information, please visit Tracy Aviary's Avian Adventure Camp website, or contact the Bird Programs Department at 801-596-8500x116 for more information.
Kindergarten & First Grade
Fast As A Falcon
June 20th - 24th 2011, 9 am - 12 pm
Come soaring with some of the fastest, most majestic birds in the world! In this half-day camp, your child will get an insider's look at what makes raptors such talented hunters and fliers. Each day we will explore the world of hawks, eagles, owls, falcons and vultures through creative crafts, sweet songs, close encounters and high-flying games.
Treetops and Tropics
June 20th - 24th 2011, 1 pm - 4 pm
Earth is graced with tropical flying beauties of all sorts and where better to get to know them than at Tracy Aviary? Campers will use their imaginations to uncover the mysteries of the world's most diverse habitat-the rainforest-while visiting our collection of colorful birds from all over the world. Bright paint, sparkling glitter and energetic games will dominate the week as we explore this magical environment.
Second Grade & Third Grade
UMNH Partner Camp- Natural Survivors
Partner Camp with Utah Museum of Natural History
June 27st - July 1st 2011, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Spend the week exploring the survival skills of animals and ecosystems. In the mornings at Tracy Aviary, campers will discover how birds cope with threats in their environment...from oil spills and habitat loss to natural predators and storms! In the afternoon, you'll become a biome explorer as you investigate how plants and animals survive in harsh desert environments, wetlands, and forest communities while at UMNH. Drop campers off at Tracy Aviary by 8:30am and pick them up at UMNH by 4:30pm. Transportation fee of $30 is included.
For enrollment instructions for this camp, please click HERE to visit Utah Museum of Natural History's summer camp web site.
Weavers, Drillers & Builders
July 11th - July 15th 2011, 9 am - 12 pm
This summer become a nest investigator as we spend a week visiting different birds and creating their crafty nests. Campers will learn all about the nests birds build, from flamingos' mud mounds to tinamous' scratches on the ground. You'll even gather sticks, fluff and leaves to create your own kid-sized nest! By the end of the week, campers have a bird's eye view of the intricacy and care that is taken with each baby bird's home.
Wet and Wild Waterfowl
July 11th - July 15th 2011, 1 pm - 4 pm
Make a splash this week as we explore the wet and wild worlds of swans, ducks, geese and more! This camp introduces campers to our feathered friends who love the water. We will cool off while the weather gets hot, tossing fish to our flock of pelicans, racing like a duckling and folding paper into beautiful swans. Feel free to wear a swimsuit and bring a towel to dry off your feathers!
Talented Talons
July 18th - 22nd 2011, 9 am - 12 pm
Birds have inspired artists for centuries and now it's your turn! Let your creativity soar with a week of exploring the beauty of birds and art at Tracy Aviary. Campers will meet birds of all colors, shapes and sizes while creating paintings, nest sculptures, musical murals and more. Each day we will focus on a different type of bird-inspired art and will culminate the week in an art show of the camper's creations.
Feathered Fliers and Floaters
July 18th - 22nd 2011, 1 pm - 4 pm
Birds may all have wings, but they don't just fly to get around. This week in camp, come discover the different ways birds travel and why, from running and hopping to flying, swimming and diving. We will explore how the diversity of birds relates to lifestyle and habitat: from roadrunners to pelicans, quail to falcons, there's no end to the unique skills of birds and campers will explore them all during a week of nose-to-beak encounters with live birds and plenty of fun and games.
Fourth Grade & Fifth Grade
UMNH Partner Camp- Environmental Detectives
Partner Camp with Utah Museum of Natural History
June 27th - July 1st 2011, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
This week is all about you and the environment. Spend your mornings at UMNH, solving a mysterious environmental calamity. We'll investigate a simulated oil spill while learning about the recent spills in our community and in the gulf. Explore groundwater movement and filtration and test for contaminants in water samples while analyzing and comparing results. In the afternoons investigate trash, pollution and waste while creating recycled crafts and exploring Tracy Aviary and Liberty Park. Drop campers off at UMNH by 8:30am and pick them up at Tracy Aviary by 4:30pm. Transportation fee of $30 is included.
For enrollment instructions for this camp, please click HERE to visit Utah Museum of Natural History's summer camp web site.
Bad Dog Arts Partner Camp- Famous Feathers
Partner Camp with Bad Dog Arts
July 25th - July 29th, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Explore how birds have played a role in our lives through culture, myth and entertainment. From ancient mythology to cartoon characters, feathered friends have been in our lives and are here to stay! Spend the morning with staff from the Tracy Aviary meeting birds both familiar and foreign, making crafts, conducting experiments and playing plenty of games that will take you to Egypt, Hogwarts, Swan Lake and back! Be creative in the afternoon with artists from Bad Dog Arts. We will play with all types materials applying what we learned the first half of the day about birds into our art making adventure in the afternoon.
Avian Explorers
August 1st - 5th 2011, 9 am - 12 pm
Spend a week discovering what it takes to be a bird expert. From ornithologists studying wild birds the world over to talented keepers at Tracy Aviary, campers will experience first-hand what it is like to be one of these bird professionals. We will start life lists while learning how to be birders, make dummy eggs and enrichment for birds just like zoo keepers, explore the Aviary with active games and create fun crafts to take home. You may come as a camper, but you'll leave an expert!
Birds and Beyond
August 1st - 5th 2011, 1 pm - 4 pm
Master the elements in this week-long camp exploring how birds interact with the natural forces in their environment. Campers will conduct science experiments while learning how wind, water, sun and soil all fit into the lives of birds, create art projects, play fun games and make journals to take home with them at the end of the week.
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