The California Living Museum hosted its week-long event known as CALM’s Spring Fling.
The CALM Spring Fling began on March 15 and concluded on March 22.
The goal of this week-long event was to invite students to come and get a firsthand experience of the many different types of wildlife in the world while school was not in session.
Throughout the week, children as well as adults observed the many exhibits that CALM had to offer.
One of the exhibits was The Trees of California Trail.
This garden exhibit featured many types of plant life from the coast, the valley and the High Sierra Mountains.
An exhibit that seemed to attract the younger crowd was the Reptile House. Since most of the habitants are ectothermic or cold-blooded animals, the rooms had to keep its temperature at 78 degrees, and they also kept the room dimly lit.
Jacob Sanders, 13, seemed to enjoy this exhibit the most. “I’ve been here like three times today.”
The Sanders come to CALM at this time when they go camp at the Kern River Campgrounds just two miles away.
Another popular exhibit was the birds of prey round.
The exhibit consisted of a large birdcage where people can see various birds such as bald eagles, golden eagles, red-tailed hawks, turkey vultures, ravens and crows.
As two added bonuses, CALM had a children’s crafts corner and also offered rides on the Central California Children’s Railroad whose tracks ran throughout the grounds of CALM.