Lakeside Nature Center

Magic Woods
Saturday, October 8th, 2016, 4pm-9pm
Take a walk on the wild side with Mother Nature and her friends. A safe, fun activity for the entire family. Walk our Nature Trail and listen to animal characters tell their stories. Enjoy this enchanted evening at Lakeside Nature Center. There will be fact painting, craft tables and tattoos. See actors from Coterie Theater. Eric the Magician will mystify and amaze you. Eco-Elvis will teach you how to recycle. $5.00 per person. Children under 3 are free.

Rally Mantis Jr is at Lakeside Nature Center.
Stop by the Center during normal visiting hours and pay your respects to the Praying Mantis who made history for the Kansas City Royals.

Pokemon at the Center.
Guess what! The Pokemon critters have invaded Lakeside Nature Center. There are at least three creatures to find inside the building. Stop by and check them out.

Gates at the Center
There are gates at both entrances to the Nature Center. Until March 2nd, they will be open from 9 am to 5 pm. During the summer, the gates will open at 9 am and close at dusk. If you would like to hike the rails when the Center is closed, park in front of the gates and walk around o the trails.

Center Hours

Tuesday through Saturday, 9 AM to 4 PM.
Sunday, 11 AM to 3 PM (Starting 9/19/10)
Closed Monday

Hospital Hours
The hospital is staffed every day of the week. You may bring animals
Monday through Saturday from 8:30 to 4:30
Sunday from 8:30 to 3:30

What to Do For Injured or Baby Animals
If you have a Missouri animal in need, please call the Center (816-513-8960) and leave a message. You will contacted shortly and given instructions on what to do. If you don't receive a call back or the animal is truly needs help, bring it to Lakeside Nature Center by 4:00 pm, (3:30 on Sunday and Monday), or after 9:00 a.m. the following day.

More info here.

Upcoming Events here

Mother Nature Reads

Every Saturday at 10:00

Jan, the volunteer who uses puppets to tell stories will
be at the Center on the 1st of October

Magic Woods
Saturday, October 8th, 2016

4pm-9pm

Hike with a Naturalist Schedule here

October 8 at 10;00
October 22 at 10:00 (last hike of the season)

We need bird seed for the feeders, dry & canned dog food, dry & canned cat food

Rehabber's Tales here
Learn about our current patients here

What happens when you bring an animal to the Nature Center click here

Donations needed.
The Nature Center needs dog food (both dry and canned), cat food (both dry and canned), black oil sunflower seed, raw peanuts, and Niger seed. Towels of all sizes are always needed in the hospital. Please drop off your donations at the center. Check the wish list page for other items the center needs.

Click to see who's at the Feeders
Stop by the center and watch all the birds through our library windows. We even have binoculars so you can see everything clearly!

Featured Animal
Badger

LAKESIDE NEWS
Meet our Resident Raptors