Lindsay Wildlife Experience

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Karen V Chin

Cool education place to bring babies and young children, especially when its cold and rainy. There is always a "talk" by one of the volunteer wildlife ambassadors educating the kids about the local wildlife and the differences between wildlife and pets. Beware: The volunteers do feed the birds dead mice and other things while speaking. In the Exhibit hall is on one floor and is small. You can easily see everything in one hour. but can stay longer for each "talk" (one per 30 minutes to an hour). There is a bird area that there are live birds and owls sitting above the glass enclosed bird habitats, which you think are stuffed because the birds dont move at all. Lots of interactive exhibits for kids of all ages to engage and learn from. The active bee hive is very cool by the window - the bees come in and out from outside and go into the clear "hive" to made honey. There are live snakes, bunny, guinea pig, mice, rat, possum and a tarantula to look at. Lindsay is also an active wildlife rehabilitation hospital for the East Bay and offers wildlife education programs and camps starting at the age of 2 through teens throughout the year at very reasonable rates. Another great value, become a annual Lindsay member and you can also get in free or get a 50% discount to visit six Bay Area science attractions, including Oakland Zoo, and more than 300 across the United States. Diaper changing table in the womens restroom. Tiny-sized elevator to get up to the Exhibit Hall. In a residential neighborhood, Lindsay has access to additional free parking across the street at the churchs parking lot.

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Amy Schroll

5/22/13 NOT THE BEST PLACE FOR PEOPLE WITH ORNITHOPHOBIA There are some seriously cool birds inside the Lindsay Museum, and although some are in cages with glass windows, many sit tethered on top. Like the Giant Bald Eagle. And the Great Owl. Its pretty cool, though, you begin to feel a little bad for the birds. How long could I possibly sit in one spot comfortably? Hmm. I came here a lot as a child (we lived on Larkey Lane so the park was my spot). It was in a different building then, which still sits next door and looks like its not being used for anything. Not sure if they have storage or equipment in here but its definitely not open to the public. I wish It were! Lots of good memories in the big building. Lindsay has demos and hands-on interaction that your kids will enjoy. The downstairs is a large, open room and has art for sale on the wall and items like puzzles for kids to put together. Its pretty open and always surprises me that they dont do more with the space. Its fun to walk around the place from time to time but Im sure its a much great joy to experience this with a child. I think my favorite part of the Museum was the live bee hive with clear walls that has a tube connecting it to the outside world. We watched bees loaded with pollen come and make deliveries to their Queen. Shes marked and pretty easy to find inside the hive. Really neat! If you find a wild animal with an injury, bring it here and theyll patch it up. But if they determine the animal is too friendly, like their fox, theyll cage it up too and put it on display...which kind of sucks for Mr. Friendly Fox.

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Virginie Levesque

Très sympa! Vous trouverez ici : _ des animaux en convalescence qui seront, une fois en pleine forme, relâchés dans leur milieu naturel, _ des informations sur la faune de la région, _ un hôpital pour animaux sauvage (avec la possibilité de participer aux bilans de santé), _ des conférences, des sorties pédagogiques, des camps pour petits et plus grands, _ la possibilité de devenir bénévole si le cœur vous en dit, _ Des bénévoles très sympas pour répondre à vos questions...

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Eva Vasileva

One of my favorite places to visit . they help domestic animals and birds that was hurt. Its one of the best places for kids to learn and be exposed to wild life. Animals are taken good care of all resques I believe . people find them and bring them to the museum they have great staff. This is a place where you and your kids can touch a snake , pat a bunny see bees and a queen bee , look at owls , turtle , snakes. There us a room for the little ones to play . will chair accessible . You can watch how they do daily routine check ups of patients with a live explanation of their actions . Great , great , great place please do visit ! Parking structures available , playground right on a side of the museum. Sprouts close by so you can get your groceries on the way home. Fwy close by as well as close by downtown pleasanthill and walnut creek .

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Mark Ellzey

Its a working hospital first, a museum second. Not knowing that, it may seem uptight, but thats what a proper hospital should be. Professional medical establishments usually equate to uptight, so do not expect Disney world :) One negative thing: I hated to see the owls and falcons tethered to the top of shelves (they are not moved after hours). It looked like opossum and there porcupine were a little cage crazy, but Im not an expert on these matters. But man are some of those cages tiny. This is a private hospital, and very well funded. But that shouldnt detract from giving the unreleasable indoor animals a little more space.

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Kizze YesfromRoots

Always a great place to take the kids. Although at the age of 4 my girls still have an issue completely seeing some of the exhibits, they have to step on their tippy toes or be picked up. The exhibits consist of the surrounding wildlife life birds, reptile and rodents. I particularly enjoy the see though behive, they have a bird flying simulator and a live informational exhibition telling about the different animals they take care of. There are many volunteers around to explain to you about the many animals in detail. And after you can take your kids to the park only steps aways.

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Nettiema Mofam5

Great place free fridays. Kinda small, but nice for the little ones. Parking can be tuff to find and it is kinda hard to track down assistant to ask questions about certain animals. Once you do though they are very Im informative and so very helpful. You want to bring snacks as they dont have any place to purchase things like that. There happened to be a food truck outside when we went. The other side offers a Animal hospital where you can bring injured wildlife. Ps they have an amazing park next door two actually and the kids love it

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Stephan Meyer-Ewald

This is not just for kids and families. If you like to see up close and learn about birds, mammals and reptiles that live in our area, this a very good place to spend a few hours. At $7 for adults, admission is reasonable. Considering the work they do with their wildlife hospital, you should donate a little more if you can afford. Staff is friendly and knowledge. Just what I learned about foxes and raptors was worth the visit. The twice daily demonstration in the hospital area are really insightful and entertaining.

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Daniel Quinn

Not a very educational experience to have animals housed for exhibition it looks like another person out to make a buck. They said nothing about there contribution to there hand in the future extinction of these locked up creatures. And when talking with someone cleaning a cage I was asked to not ask questions ( talk) if it wasnt for my first graders class outing I would have left there and then I was totally embarrassed Your better off going to a zoo

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