Storytime is geared toward children aged 3 to 7. Field Sketching and Illustrating Birds 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Program is free but reservations are required. Join naturalists and artists Jack Laws and Allan Hopkins on a bird watching and illustrating exploration. First, look for birds and sketch them at Strybing Arboretum and then come to the Academy and work on the details of your field sketchings. Jack and Allan will also lead a tour of Audubon's Birds of America , featuring original lithographs by John James Audubon.
Program is free but reservations are required.
Heron observation and explanation continues at Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park thanks to Academy interns and Stow Lake Education Project Director Nancy DeStefanis, a heron expert. On Saturdays until the middle of June, visitors can peer through spotting scopes and gain insight into the lives of these majestic birds as they mate and hatch chicks on the island they have occupied since 1993. The Heron Explainers Project is cosponsored by the Academy of Sciences and the Golden Gate Audubon Society. Follow signs at the Stow Lake Boathouse to the Heron Explainers Project Music of the Celtic Lands 1 p.m. Musician Pat Ryan and his 'Celtic Junket' bring us a lively concert of music from Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, as well as the United States and Canada.