Wear your favorite PJ’s, get together with family and friends, watch The Fox and the Hound, and enjoy popcorn on a Sunday afternoon. After the movie, there will be a scavenger hunt, either inside the Richard S. “Doc” Phillips Discovery Center or outside in the woodland. Meet at the Discovery Center. This program is open […]
Forests are full of life, including many different animals. The story titled, Bear Helps the Forest (Maybe You Help, Too) will be read. It is a picture book that highlights the life of a baby bear and other animals, such as squirrels, white-tailed deer, and Virginia opossums. After the story, we will hike the trails […]
Chris Allen from the Blanchard Valley Poultry Association and Hancock County Park District will be at the Findlay-Hancock County Public Library to talk about how to raise chickens – all ages welcome! This program is part of the 2025 CommunityREAD! Don’t forget to read this year’s CommunityREAD book, Gaining Ground by Forrest Pritchard!
It is that time of year when many animals build their nests and await the arrival of their babies. Learn about nests through play, such as what’s in my egg memory game and if I had a bird beak. You can try and build a nest using beak-like tools. Afterward, you will enter the Nature […]
In spring, Hancock Park District's wetlands are filled with the songs of frogs and toads. Learn why frogs and toads are calling this time of year and how to identify the frogs and toads that are calling. Afterward, we will take a night hike in search of songs, sounds, and calls. Meet at the Discovery […]
Get ready for spring by attending this free seminar on tree care. Tree expert, Joe Puperi, will present what is known as the 3 legs on the stool of healthy trees with proper selection, planting and maintenance. Joe is an ISA Board Certified Master Arborist, licensed by Ohio Department of Agriculture as a Commercial Pesticide […]
Join Hancock Park District on a snipe hunt. We will search for a bird called Wilson’s Snipe that shows up in the wetlands this time of year. We will talk about the Wilson’s Snipe, listen to the sounds it makes, and then hike the wetlands with binoculars and a spotting scope in search of birds […]
During the spring season, we can encounter many different types of weather including rain, snow, and wind. Children will learn about these types of weather through a story read by […]
Toddlers can work on mathematical development, the concept of numbers, and counting with the help of nature. Toddlers along with an adult will take a guided hike on the trails […]
Hancock Park District will talk about what makes a bird a bird, how to identify birds, and how to use binoculars. We will create an observation journal to document the […]
