On Saturday, Dec. 12, the Audubon Community Nature Center’s Little Explorers will learn how different trees and plants spend the winter. After an indoor lesson, they will head outside to learn more.

When the leaves fall off a plant, what is left behind? Does every tree and plant lose its leaves in the winter?

Adults and the 3- to 8-year-old child(ren) in their life can learn about “Evergreens and Conifers” at Audubon Community Nature Center’s Little Explorers, Saturday, Dec. 12, from 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Explore different trees and plants and figure out how they survive during these colder months. Along the way, learn what it means to be an evergreen, which trees are known as conifers, and which plants might be both. After an indoor lesson, you will head outside to find plant skeletons, identify evergreens and conifers, and look for evidence of the ways plants provide forest animals with the resources they need to survive the winter.

A snack is provided after the walk and a craft is offered if there is time.

Since the program takes place rain or shine, be sure to dress for the weather.

Audubon’s COVID-19 safety precautions require face coverings for all visitors ages 3 and up for indoor programs. Face coverings are also required when people cannot maintain physical distance outdoors, so plan to have one available.

The fee for the program is $8 for adults, $6 for children and Nature Center members.

Make reservations by Thursday, Dec. 10, by calling 569-2345 during business hours or by going to AudubonCNC.org and clicking on “Register for a Program.”

The 2020 Little Explorers series is sponsored by Univera Healthcare. Little Explorers is presented on the second Saturday of every month from 10 to 11:30 a.m.

The Audubon Community Nature Center is located at 1600 Riverside Road, one-quarter mile east of Route 62 between Jamestown and Warren.

The first floor of the Nature Center building, including the Blue Heron Gift Shop, live animals, and the 2020 Nature Photography Contest winning photographs, is open to the public Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Because not all of the building is accessible, admission is by donation only.

Visitors are welcome to visit the 600-acre nature preserve from dawn to dusk daily. While practicing safe social distancing measures, view the grounds and six miles of trails, and view Liberty, Audubon’s non-releasable Bald Eagle.

For more information, call 569-2345 during business hours, visit AudubonCNC.org, or find Audubon Community Nature Center on Facebook.