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Special Event

Event

Junior Ranger Day-Beginners Birding

Petersburg National Battlefield

Fee:

Free.

Location: LAT/LONG: 37.232608, -77.354285


Stop #3 on the Eastern Front Driving Tour

Dates & Times

Date:

Saturday, April 19, 2025

Time:

12:30 PM

Duration:

3 hours

Type of Event

Children’s Program
Hike
Talk

Description

No matter your age, you are invited to explore, learn and protect battlefield birds on National Junior Ranger Day. After learning about birds and their special adaptations, take a bingo sheet and binoculars and explore our trail system. Once you finish, turn in your bingo sheet for a special Junior Ranger Day button. 

Reservation or Registration: No

Image Gallery

A male black ranger and female white ranger use binoculars to look at birds in the distance.
A small gray brown bird, with a conspicuous white throat, dark bill, yellow spot before the eyes.
A male black ranger and female white ranger use binoculars to look at birds in the distance.
Petersburg National Battlefield is a great place to explore different recreational activities while learning.
NPS Photo/Schmidt
A small gray brown bird, with a conspicuous white throat, dark bill, yellow spot before the eyes.
White-throated Sparrows are a common winter bird of eastern woodlots, shuffling about on the ground in loose flocks.
NPS Photo/SHEN
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