| Fly into the Grange Insurance Audubon Center’s Second Annual Bird Festival! |
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Join us at the Grange Insurance Audubon Center for a family fun weekend festival, celebrating the Summer Solstice & to learn about birds nesting in Ohio and within the downtown Scioto- Greenlawn IBA.
Grange Insurance Audubon Center’s Bird Festival is a family event where Columbus residents can learn about one of our most remarkable natural and cultural resources: migratory and nesting birds! The Grange Insurance Audubon Center Bird Festival will be held Saturday, June 16, 2012 from 9:00a.m until 2:00p.m. The festival will provide an opportunity for parents and children to interact with and conduct numerous hands- on learning activities- all connected to birds!
Some activities featured are Bird Feeder and Wild Bird Egg crafts, Face Painting, Bird Hikes, Games and more! Bird Fest is free admission to all families. Waste Not Center will be partnering to provide recycled bird crafts all day during the event. Waste Not Center will use recycled and items donated to their center to create a fun waste- free craft to providing and enriching craft experience for families at Bird Fest.
Bring dad and the entire family and enjoy this unique Summer solstice celebration! For more information visit: grange.audubon.org
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| Audubon Adventure Camp Summer Registration Open Now |
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SIGN UP ONLINE TODAY for Audubon Adventure Camp Early Bird Discount: Register by April 1 and save the $30 registration fee (discount code: Early Bird)
 What are your kids going to be doing this summer? Audubon Adventure Camp is a great place for them to explore the great outdoors, learn lots of fun and interesting things, and have a blast! So many exciting discoveries to make as campers learn about the wonders of birds, what happens to our environment when invasive species are introduced, what conservation means, and how campers can make a positive impact on their world as they play in ours. There’s no cooler place to go to day camp than the Grange Insurance Audubon Center. Campers enjoy the forest play room, bird viewing library, and awesome classrooms. They’ll get outside an investigate the forest, river, wetland, and prairie habitats around GIAC and play in the incredible Scioto Audubon Metro Park, an oasis of green overlooking downtown Columbus. GIAC is easy and convenient for parents working downtown.
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Welcome to the Grange Insurance Audubon Center
Exploring the Nature of Change
Less than a 10-minute walk from downtown Columbus, on a half-forgotten bend in the Scioto River, lies a fragile green oasis, a tiny jewel, a hidden haven for wildlife and birds set amid an industrial landscape now in transformation. At the heart of this transformation will be the Grange Insurance Audubon Center, one of the first such centers in Audubon’s storied history to bring hands-on conservation and nature-based learning this close to the core of a major American city.
The Grange Insurance Audubon Center in the Scioto Audubon Metro Park is located in an Important Bird Area (IBA) where thousands of birds migrating from Central and South America use this spot along the Scioto River as a stopover during their long journeys.
The restoration of the Whittier Peninsula is happening through a unique partnership of City of Columbus Recreation & Parks Department, Metro Parks and Audubon Ohio.
With spring and warmer weather’s arrival, we invite you to come and out enjoy the Center. Our hours (now – Oct. 31, 2012) are Tuesday – Friday 10a – 5p, Saturday 9a – 3p and Sunday 11a – 5p. Bring the kids and enjoy the play room and library where you can watch and count the birds at the feeders. No kids, bring a book and enjoy a relaxing place to catch up on your reading. Hope to see you soon!
Grange Insurance Audubon Center
505 W. Whittier Street
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 545-5475
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