Nature Center Events

Wood Carver's Guild The Idaho Wood Carver's Guild members will exhibit their skill on Saturday and Sunday, May 5 and 6, at the Morrison Knudsen Nature Center in Boise. Wood carvers demonstrate their craft, and award winning wildlife wood carvings will be on display from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. A variety of work will be represented in the exhibit, including the traditional woodcarving categories of waterfowl, animal, fish, human figure, and caricature. Northwestern American Indian art forms are a special feature. Show events will include carving demonstrations, classes, contests and raffles. This exhibit will present the work of carvers at all skill levels from beginner to expert. The Idaho Woodcarvers Guild promotes the art through teaching and exhibitions. The membership includes youth and others who whittle for their own enjoyment, sculptors who use wood as their medium and professionals who have won blue ribbons at world-level carving competitions. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated. The Nature Center is behind the Idaho Department of Fish and Game headquarters at 600 South Walnut St., Boise. For information, contact Lennie Williams at 208 336-6787 or Douglas Rose at 208-387-0492. Nature Center Celebrates Bird Life The Morrison Knudsen Nature Center will celebrate International Migratory Bird Day from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 12. This year's event offers a full day of activities, including bird watching, owl pellet investigation, bird beak adaptations, bird Olympics, face painting and other children's activities. Biologists and experts from the Boise National Forest, Idaho Bird Observatory, Idaho Fish and Game, Golden Eagle Audubon Society, National Wildlife Federation Habitat Program and Wild Birds Unlimited will be on hand. For information contact event coordinator Brenda Beckley, wildlife educator at the Nature Center at 287-2901; bird biologist Golden Eagle Audubon Society President Bruce Ackerman 287-2753. Birds in a Changing Climate information: http://www.BirdDay.org.