Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck will have summer programming for youth this year. Programs will serve children 6- to 12-years-old and will include a wide range of topics.
The day camp program will offer one-day programs that focus on topics that include recycling, watersheds, waterfowl, and insects.
The day will include instruction, physical activity, crafts, animal presentations and a tour of a portion of the park.
Parents can select one day in the four-day series or select all four days and receive a price discount. Sylvan Heights will be partnering with other educational agencies to offer off-site excursions, traveling to the NC Zoo in Asheboro to participate in an overnight Zoo Snooze Experience as well as tour the facility.
In August the park will take a group to the NC Estuarium for a wetlands program and tour.
Both excursions will include a Sylvan Heights Bird program as well.
According to Lee Peoples, education coordinator at Sylvan Heights, “Children will delight in nature as they engage in hands-on, interactions with our education animals and discover the outdoors at Sylvan Heights.”
Contact Kathleen Fleming at Sylvan Heights Bird Park at 252-826-3186 or
The camps are as follows and the cost for all being held at the park is $30 for members and $35 for non-members:
For rising first through third graders
Go Green Camp: Tuesday, July 15.
Water Wonders: Wednesday July 16.
Waterfowl Exploration: Thursday, July 17.
Crawly Creatures: Friday, July 18.
For rising fourth through sixth graders
Go Green Camp: Tuesday, July 29.
Water Wonders: Wednesday, July 30.
Waterfowl Exploration: Thursday, July 31.
Crawly Creatures: Friday, August 1.
Off-site events
Zoo Snooze: Creatures of the Night: Tuesday, July 1 through 2 for ages 7- to 12-years old. Cost is $110 for members and $130 for non-members.
NC Estuarium Adventure: Tuesday, August 5 for rising first through fifth graders. Cost is $45 for members and $50 for non-members.
