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 from
     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

Breakfast with the Beasts

     Saturday, March 21
     10:00 AM

We really need suet cakes for the birds feeders

Rehabber's Tales here
     Learn about our current patients here
   Check out the release of a trumpeter swan here
   Check out the latest on the Brush Creek Deer  here
 

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

Donations needed.
The  Nature Center desperately needs bird seed,  wild birdseed, black oil sunflower seed, raw peanuts, suet, millet, sunflower chips, and Niger seed. Large bath towels are urgently needed in the hospital.  Please drop off your donations at the center.  We also need lithium batteries, wicker laundry baskets, mesh laundry bags and Daisy mats.  The Center can also use a small chest freezer.  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!

Updated 2/12/15