Get Out!

• Watch for young hummingbirds at your feeders.
• Search a glade for scorpions at night. They glow white under a black light.
• Blackberries ripen in July. Pick some to make this easy blackberry pie recipe at short.mdc.mo.gov/ZN9.
• Tangy, edible sumac fruits ripen in August. Try making sumac-ade. Soak the berries in water, then strain, and add sugar to taste.
• Kids Fishing Day and Nature Festival at Roaring River State Park Hatchery in Cassville on Saturday, August 17 from 7 a.m.–8 p.m. Visit short.mdc.mo.gov/ZxH for more info.
• Go on a wolf hunt. Aim a flashlight into leaf litter after dark to spot the green eye-shine
• of wolf spiders.

Looking for more ways to have fun outside? Find out about Discover Nature programs in your area at mdc.mo.gov/events.