On Saturday, July 27th the Cast Away Club’s featured topic was “Bee Wild”. Lisa Wood of Bee Cause taught the kids all about bees. Lisa brought a bee hive to show the kids how the hive works – the role of the queen bee, worker bees and the drones. Lisa explained the importance of bees and the mission of the organization to inspire the next generation of environmental stewards while protecting our planet’s precious pollinators. Everyone that attended received honey sticks and a bio-degradable flower pot (seeds included) to start their own pollination garden and was invited to visit the Bee Garden located at Sparrow Field. After the nature presentation the kids and their parents fished the lagoon for about an hour. Volunteers were on hand to distribute fishing rods and bait provided by CCA. Volunteers also helped set up and repair rods as necessary. Cast Away Club events are always free. Kid’s logoed Cast Away Club hats and insulated drink bottles are available for a $10 donation. CCA is a non-profit organization with chapters on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf Coasts. For more information about CCA of Skidaway, contact Rick Tallon (417) 294-2002. For more information about CCA’s Georgia […]
Monthly Archives: July 2024
The Skidaway CCA (Coastal Conservation Association) hosted “The Secrets of Bluebirds” on Saturday, June 29th at the Landings Kids Lagoon for the CCA Cast Away Club. Bluebird secrets were revealed by Skidaway Audubon board members and Bluebird Trail experts Brenda Ecken, Sarah Lucas, and Bill Lee. The event was an engaging, interactive program on the lifecycle of bluebirds. The children learned how the bluebird houses are monitored on the island and the lifecycle from nest, egg, nestling to fledgling. Ellis S. was amazed that each bluebird laid a unique color egg. Did you know that they lay three to six eggs? The most found on Skidaway was nine eggs in one nest! “Mister Bluebird was on our shoulder” and in the variety of nests for viewing. The childrenwere gifted binoculars to keep our budding young ornithologists inspired. Volunteers from the Skidaway CCA were onhand for a fishing clinic after the Bluebird presentation for the kids, parents, and grandparents. It was an exciting, educational, fun-filled, morning for the Cast Away Club!