Photography Scavenger Hunt: Experience Nature through Your Smartphone Camera!
06/06/2025
| 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
McMurry Natural Area
Budding Young Naturalists
This activity is in partnership with the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery "Nature All Around Us" Exhibit! Please stop by the museum to check out the exhibit and learn more about the natural world that surrounds us. When: Friday June 6th, 9-11 a.m. Where: Meet at the Shields Street River Access parking lot. Enjoy a walk along the Poudre River through McMurry Natural Area. Activity Description: Let’s explore nature with a photography scavenger hunt! Each participant will be given a list of 10 things in nature to find and photograph. For example, find and photograph the leaf of a cracked willow tree, a caterpillar or a fish in the river. There will be bonus points for the silliest selfie on the river and the creepiest critter photo! Interspersed with the fun we will learn the basics of good photography and learn some cool nature stuff! What to Bring: Dress for the weather and bring plenty of water. Bring a smartphone or camera that youth participants can use.
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General Info
Thank you Fort Collins and Larimer County voters! Your support of citizen-initiated sales taxes makes land conservation and educational activities like this possible.
Lauren Hennessey
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Public Engagement Specialist
City of Fort Collins Natural Areas Department
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Leader/Volunteer Info
Bill W - Volunteer Naturalist
I have been a volunteer naturalist since early 2023. My special interests include prairie dogs, photographing people in nature, diversity and access. My wife Barbara and I moved to Fort Collins in 2019 from Dallas. My volunteer work in Texas included service as a Texas Master Naturalist, 15 years as a Boy Scout leader and numerous medical projects as a physician. We come from Canada originally but moved often as a Service brat and later serving as a medical officer. We have 4 dogs.
Brent E - Volunteer Naturalist
Born and raised in New Jersey, (still a Rutgers fan!!). College in Pennsylvania, graduate school in Princeton, NJ, and South Bend, IN. Currently retired. Lived in NJ, Missouri, Wisconsin, New York, Houston, TX, PA, and Ohio. Retired to Fort Collins area in 2021. Hobbies and interests: fly fishing, jazz guitar, wildlife photography. Family: married to Karen, parents of Emily (Denver,CO), and currently sharing home with Benson, our rescue dog.
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