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Weekend 3, Spring Naturalist Immersion: Renewal and Awakening


  • Raven's Roots Naturalist School Friday Harbor, WA, 98250 United States (map)

San Juan Island Prairie with camping San Juan Island County Park

  • Opening circle - sensory exercise / gratitude ceremony / Thanksgiving Address / dialogue

  • Indigenous presence in San Juans / shell middens

  • Sit-spot on Prairie / park at American Camp and walk down to coastline thru Prairie looking for Fox, Hare, and endangered Butterfly

  • Discuss routine of invisibility / disturbance bubble / Fox walking

  • Forest therapy session

  • Species focus on Red Fox & European Hare, Vultures

  • Coastal focus on Whales, Orcas, Harbor Seals, Sea Lions

  • Visit Whale Museum - learn about Orca Pods / Orca roundup

  • Possible Madrone Cellars visit - Sunday brunch?

  • Introduce bird language / skits to perform / 5 voices / baseline vs alarm / seasonal cycles of different calls

  • Feather lesson and discussion / touch on pellets and bird scats as well

  • Discuss different Woodpeckers in PNW, sign and niches (tongue wrapping around skull)

  • Optional fireside chats both Friday and Saturday nights - book discussions

  • Introduce next book -  How to Love a Forest