REINDEER HERE? NO, MULE DEER!

Linda Hawley’s Nature Adventures! FREE—ages 4-10 with an adult These beautiful, elegant mammals stand taller than all other San Diego native animals. Why are they called Mule deer? How are they different from the White-tailed deer & Santa’s Reindeer? How are they alike? What do they eat? Are they predators or prey? Which have spots & velvet antlers? Are antlers the same as horns? They don’t have red noses, fly through the sky or deliver gifts, but they are marvelous animals nonetheless! ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Linda Hawley, Ed.M., delights children & adults alike with the animated enthusiasm she brings to her monthly programs by entertaining them with her PowerPoint presentation, songs, puppets, real animal pelts & nests, replicated skulls, specimens, scats & tracks; take-home craft materials &/or handouts will be provided. EVERYONE HAS FUN LEARNING! Ms. Hawley has 40+ years of experience as a classroom teacher, college professor, naturalist guide & educator for Audubon Society’s OutdoorExplore! & at Mission Trails Regional Park, where she created & taught her “wildly popular” nature classes for 10 years. She is author of NATURE ADVENTURES! A Guidebook of Nature Facts, Songs and Hikes in San Diego County, Sunbelt Publications, Inc. 2017 Her classes go full STEAM ahead: S—Sciences—zoology, biology, botany T—Technology—PowerPoint, Smartphone, computers E—English language, new vocabulary, scientific terms A—Arts, crafts, creativity M—Music—Singing about the fauna of San Diego