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Ipswich River
NATURE DAY CAMPS
In Topsfield, Marblehead, & Essex
DISCOVER. EXPLORE. BE OUTSIDE!
SUMMER 2019
ABOUT CAMP
Ipswich River Nature Day Camps
give campers ages 4–14 a unique
opportunity to learn about nature,
meet new friends, and have fun
outside. Our knowledgeable staff
encourages an educational, non-
competitive camp environment for
memories that will last a lifetime.
Locations include Topsfield,
Marblehead, and Essex.
Our Camp Staff After-Camp Program
We take pride in offering a fun, caring, Monday–Friday, 3:00–4:00 pm
organized, and educational program. $9/day; $35/week
Staff are carefully selected for their We offer an optional extended day
competence in outdoor education and program for campers enrolled in
leadership. Counselors have teaching full-day sessions at Topsfield and
experience and a commitment to Marblehead. Please note:
educating children about nature. preregistration is required.
Our Camp Director
This summer Ipswich River Teacher-
Naturalist Scott Santino returns for
his 18th season as Camp Director.
New This Year!
MARBLEHEAD:
5th WEEK ADDED + TREKKERS ages 7–11
COUNSELOR-IN-TRAINING July 8-19; July 22-August 2
We’ve added our Counselor-In- Special guest Rick Roth, Director of
Training program for teens ages 14-16 the Cape Ann Vernal Pond Team, will
in Marblehead. See details on page 8. give his amazing live reptile
We’ll be running an additional camp presentation. See details on page 7.
session the week of August 5-9.
TOPSFIELD PROGRAMS
At Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary
Half Day (AM): 8:30–11:15 am
Half Day (PM): 12:15–3:00 pm
Full Day: 8:30 am–3:00 pm
Your child will love exploring the forests, fields, ponds, and
Ipswich River at the sanctuary. Take daily walks to the
Rockery Pond, vernal pool, or canoe landing to gain a greater
appreciation for the outdoors.
DISCOVERERS HALF DAY ages 4-5
See Page 3 for Full-Day (Young Naturalists) Program
AM SESSION: 8:30–11:15 am PM SESSION: 12:15–3:00 pm
$190 members; $255 nonmembers $180 members; $245 nonmembers
Counselor-to-Camper Ratio: 1 to 5
THINGS WITH WINGS SQUISH SQUASH
June 24–28 July 22–26
Hummingbirds hum, butterflies Have fun exploring ponds, streams, and
bounce, hawks hover, and damselflies the river for basking turtles, hopping
dart through the summer air. With self frogs, and hunting herons. After daily
-designed binoculars, nets in hand, walks we’ll play water games, sing
and eyes to the sky, discover many songs, and tell stories about squishy
amazing flying animals on daily walks places.
to the field, forest, and pond.
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YOUNG NATURALISTS ages 5-6
8:30 am–3:00 pm
$330 members; $395 nonmembers
Counselor-to-Camper Ratio: 1 to 5 Extended
Day
available.
See page 1.
COOL COLORFUL CRITTERS ON SAFARI
Session 1: June 24–28 Session 1: July 15–19
Session 2: July 29–August 2 Session 2: August 19–23
How many colors can you find Venture through the sanctuary
outside? Campers will search for looking for large animals, from deer
green frogs, bluebirds, red-backed and bull frogs to hawks and turtles.
salamanders, gray squirrels, and Search off the beaten path to find
other colorful critters. After gathering them hiding in the grass, basking on
inspiration, they’ll create their own a log, perched in a tree, and in other
colorful nature art. out-of-the-way places.
A BUGGY GOOD TIME CALL OF THE WILD
Session 1: July 1–5* July 22–26
Session 2: August 5–9 Animal sounds are all around us.
Look in fields, forests, and Using our ears we’ll listen to birds
wetlands to discover sing, bugs buzz, and chipmunks
beautiful bugs including chatter. Play games that test our
butterflies, moths, hearing, create noise makers, and
grasshoppers, dragonflies, take walks to discover why so many
damselflies, and more. Using nets animals create sound. Are they
and bug jars we’ll get to capture and talking to us? Let’s find out.
see all kinds of bugs. *Please note:
camp will not be held on July 4. This
session is prorated: $264 members; $329
nonmembers.
ANIMAL INSTINCTS
Session 1: July 8–12 All of the Young Naturalists
Session 2: August 12–16
counselors are terrific and really
Fly fast like a falcon or sit still like a
bunny. Discover how wild animals
made it such an enjoyable
see, smell, hunt, hide, and move. experience!
Playing nature-themed games and
activities will help us understand
animal behavior.
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INVESTIGATORS ages 7-8
8:30 am–3:00 pm
$325 members; $390 nonmembers
Counselor-to-Camper Ratio: 1 to 8
CARNIVORE CAMP
July 1–5*
Nature lovers are dazzled by
predators. Snakes, frogs, hawks, and
dragonflies are a few of the
carnivores we’ll be on the lookout for
to see what they’re eating. Special
guest raptor rehabilitator Jane Kelly
of On the Wing will stop by to present
live birds of prey. *Please note: camp
will not be held on July 4. This session is
prorated: $260 members; $325
nonmembers.
WILY WETLAND PREDATORS HERPETOLOGY TIME
Session 1: July 8–12 Session 1: July 15–19
Session 2: July 22–26 Session 2: July 29–August 2
What do dragonflies, otters, snakes, If you like amphibians and reptiles
herons, and catfish all have in you just might be a herpetologist.
common? They’re wetland predators! Join us for a fun-filled week of
Spend the week scouring wet places discovering frogs, turtles,
including ponds and vernal pools for salamanders, and snakes. At Rockery
evidence of these fascinating Pond, look for Godzilla, the resident
carnivores. Special activities include snapping turtle, and catch frogs on
a paddle on the Ipswich River to look the edge of a vernal pool. Special
for these wily animals, and listening guest Rick Roth, Director of the Cape
to stories told by special guest Native Ann Vernal Pond Team, will give an
American storyteller Pat Bade. exciting live reptile presentation.
MULTI-SESSION DISCOUNT
Register your camper for two or
more one-week sessions on pages
Thank you for transforming my
3–6 and receive 10% off the camp
fee for each week. Offer is only good daughter’s summer into such a
for individual campers attending multiple memorable and healthy time!
weeks.
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NATURALISTS ages 9-11
8:30 am–3:00 pm
$325 members; $390 nonmembers
Counselor-to-Camper Ratio: 1 to 8
INTO THE WILD
Session 1: July 8–12
Session 2: July 22–26
The wilds of Topsfield are rich with
wildlife. Using nets, microscopes, and
binoculars, we’ll search for interesting
insects, fantastic flowers, beautiful
birds, awesome amphibians, and
more. Go canoeing on the Ipswich
River, and listen to Native American
stories told by Pat Bade.
REPTILE ROUNDUP
Session 1: July 15–19
Session 2: July 29–August 2
Lots of really neat reptiles can be
found in Massachusetts including
turtles and snakes. Warm summer
weather is the perfect time for
campers to search for these dinosaur-
like creatures with bony backs and
scaly skin. A visit with special guest
PREDATOR PROWL Rick Roth, Director of the Cape Ann
Vernal Pond Team, will introduce
July 1–5*
everyone to live reptiles.
It’s not easy being a predator.
Predators need to be strong, fast, FUN WITH NATURE
cunning, and persistent to catch their PHOTOGRAPHY
prey. We’ll search for hawks, snakes,
August 19–23
frogs, fish, and dragonflies that are on
Capture all the amazement nature
the hunt. Special guest raptor
has to offer with your camera!
rehabilitator Jane Kelly of On the Wing
Campers will learn basic photography
will stop by to present live birds of
skills and a few tricks to take their
prey. *Please note: camp will not be held
photos of wildlife and landscapes from
on July 4. This session is prorated: $260
average to great. Families are invited
members; $325 nonmembers.
to a Friday afternoon photo show.
Please note: campers must bring their own
digital camera.
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SPECIAL INTEREST CAMPS ages 7-11
8:30 am–3:00 pm
$295 members; $360 nonmembers (*unless otherwise noted)
Counselor-to-Camper Ratio: 1 to 8
RIVER RAMBLE NATURAL LANDSCAPE ART
June 24–28 August 5–9
Canoe to not one but two islands Paint panoramas, draw backdrops,
located along the Ipswich River! and collage countryside vistas this
Families always ask us for more canoe week. Campers will experiment with
trips, and this session won’t different techniques and various
disappoint. We’ll canoe upstream to media such as watercolor and
Perkins Island, build ever-popular charcoal to create dynamic
gnome homes, and take a second boat landscapes inspired by exploration of
trip downstream to Colt Island to play the sanctuary. This session will be co-
camouflage and for more island taught by an artist-educator and a
investigations. Campers will be divided naturalist. Families are invited to a
into 7-and 8-year-olds and 9–11-year-olds. Friday afternoon art show.
A CLOSER LOOK ANIMAL ART
August 5–9 August 12–16
*$335 members; $400 nonmembers All the leaping, swimming, and soaring
Take a closer look at nature by animals of the sanctuary will be our
focusing on a new topic each day. subjects for painting, drawing,
Explore the sanctuary with a wildlife sculpting, and more. We’ll investigate
tracker to search for mammal signs the trails to observe creatures, engage
and an insect specialist to learn in activities and games to learn about
amazing facts about butterflies. As a their adaptations, and capture their
special day, the 7-and 8-year-old likeness in clay and on canvas. This
group will take a lobster boat cruise, session will be co-taught by an artist-
while the 9–11-year-old group educator and a naturalist. Families are
experiences a whale watch. invited to a Friday afternoon art show.
SUPER SCIENTISTS
August 12–16
Kids dream of becoming scientists
when they grow up, and this week
they’ll do real science. Catch and study
insects up close, observe and feed wild
birds, solve a nature mystery, and
design experiments using real
scientific tools. Campers will be
divided into 7- and 8-year-olds and 9–11-
year-olds.
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TREKKERS ages 7-11
8:30 am–3:00 pm
$540 members; $605 nonmembers
Counselor-to-Camper Ratio: 1 to 8
SESSION 1: July 8–19
SESSION 2: July 22–August 2
Spend a day learning how to canoe on the Ipswich River and paddle to Perkins
Island. Once there, we’ll have lunch, play games, and build gnome homes.
Listen to Native American stories told by storyteller, Pat Bade. Visit all of the
amazing locations our sanctuary has to offer, including the Rockery, vernal
pool, the stone bridge, and the observation tower. At the end of each session,
play the camp favorite Predator/Prey game.
New This Summer: Special guest Rick Roth, Director of the Cape Ann
Vernal Pond Team, will give his amazing live reptile presentation.
Campers will be grouped by age, and the activities will be appropriate to their age
level. All campers will join together for group choice activities each afternoon.
It’s the one camp he loves returning to year after year.
He’s already talking about 2019!
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TRAVELING ADVENTURES ages 12-14
8:30 am–3:00 pm
Counselor-to-Camper Ratio: 1 to 6
NATURE MOUNTAINTOPS
NEW PHOTOGRAPHY July 22–26
Exciting $460 members; $525 nonmembers
July 15–19
Locations!
$435 members; Hiking is on the agenda for this week
$500 nonmembers of Teen Travels. We’ll take day trips to
Take your photography skills to the the Overlook Trail in Lynn Woods and
next level as we trek to capture the the boulder field at Pawtuckaway State
natural world with our cameras. Learn Park in New Hampshire. On Thursday,
tricks to improve pictures of we’ll head north to Wildwood, Mass
mountaintop vistas, forested trails, Audubon’s overnight camp in Rindge,
coastal landscapes, and wildlife action New Hampshire, where we’ll hike
shots as we visit the Middlesex Fells nearby Mount Monadnock and paddle
Reservation, Great Bay National canoes on Hubbard Pond. The group
Reserve in New Hampshire, and Mount will camp out Thursday night and
Agamenticus in Maine. While in Maine enjoy an evening of storytelling and
we’ll have a special private tour of the s’mores around the campfire.
Center for Wildlife. Campers will have
an extraordinary opportunity to get up
close and photograph owls, falcons,
and other animal ambassadors!
Please Note: campers must bring their own
digital camera.
COUNSELORS-IN-TRAINING ages 14-16
8:30 am–3:00 pm
$175 members; $240 nonmembers
Our Counselor-in-Training (CIT) program
TOPSFIELD is for teens who want to gain experience
Session 1: June 24–July 5 working with children in an outdoor
Session 2: July 8–19 setting. Participate in lesson
Session 3: July 22–August 2 development trainings, lead games,
assist camp groups, and learn to teach
activities. Please note: An application is
MARBLEHEAD
required, and space is limited. For more
Session 1: July 15–26
information and an application, contact
Session 2: July 29–August 9
Camp Director Scott Santino at
ssantino@massaudubon.org.
8CANOE ADVENTURES ages 12-14
8:30 am–3:00 pm
Counselor-to-Camper Ratio: 1 to 6
IPSWICH RIVER FURTHER RIVER ADVENTURES
ADVENTURES August 12–16
August 5–9 $360 members; $425 nonmembers
$340 members; Paddle less-visited sections of the
$405 nonmembers Ipswich River while searching for frogs,
Learning to canoe opens up another turtles, fish, and other animals that
world along the Ipswich River that is inhabit its banks and islands. Cool off
usually out of reach. Learn paddling in the river with daily dips and learn
techniques, water safety, and watercraft safety skills. An overnight
teamwork skills as you explore the campout on Perkins Island will be the
river and its islands. Discover highlight this week as we pitch
different insects, birds, reptiles, tents, enjoy s’mores around a
amphibians, and mammals that live on campfire, and observe nocturnal
various islands and lurk in the animals such as owls, bats, and
backwaters of the river. beavers. *Please note: Program
participants must know how to swim.
Programs are led by staff who have been
trained in Water Rescue and Small Craft
Safety.
9MARBLEHEAD PROGRAMS
Church of Saint Andrew
8:30 am–3:00 pm
Explore the forests, fields, ponds, and coastal surroundings of
Marblehead. We’ll wander the Wyman Woods trails, watch for turtles in Hawthorn
Pond, and search a salt marsh for herons along the Forest River. An extended-day
program is available from 3:00–4:00 pm. See page 1 for details.
YOUNG EXPLORERS ages 5-6
$320 members; $385 nonmembers
Counselor-to-Camper Ratio: 1 to 5
July 8–12
Young children are natural explorers with big imaginations. With counselors
by their side, campers will go on nature hikes, sing camp songs, listen to
stories, play games, and create nature crafts to nurture a joyful and
memorable connection with wildlife and wild places.
EXPLORERS ages 7-12
Campers are divided into two age groups: 7–8 and 9–12
$310 members; $375 nonmembers
Counselor-to-Camper Ratio: 1 to 8
CREATURE CAMP July 15–19 ANIMAL ARCHITECTS July 29–
Observe, catch, and learn about the August 2
creatures that live around us. We’ll Beavers build dams, birds build nests,
collect insects in a field, find mammal and moths build cocoons. Taking
tracks in mud, see birds soaring in the inspiration from these and other
sky, and spy reptiles lurking in a pond. natural builders, we will use natural
Each day will focus on a different materials to create our own shelters in
group of wildlife with hikes, crafts, and woodlands, nests in fields, mini-boats
hands-on activities. to float down the river, and more.
NATURE HEROS July 22–26 NATURE & ART August 5–9
Learn about real-life nature heroes Enjoy nature and unlock your inner
including the founder of Mass artist! Make paintbrushes, paint with
Audubon, Harriet Hemenway, water watercolors at the pond, build
warrior Rachel Carson, and climate sculptures with natural materials, and
scientist Bill Nye. Explore wildlands, much more. Close observation of wild
catch and observe wildlife, and do real plants and animals, hikes to beautiful
projects to help out nature every ocean views, and learning about
day. We are all nature heroes! famous nature artists will inspire us.
10ESSEX PROGRAMS
Essex County Greenbelt’s Cox Reservation
9:00 am–3:00 pm
Discover the amazing coastal creatures that live at Essex
County Greenbelt’s Cox Reservation, located along the Essex
River. An artist’s studio barn will provide a unique base for our
games and activities.
ESSEX EXPLORERS ages 7-10
$255 members; $320 nonmembers
Counselor-to-Camper Ratio: 1 to 8
MARINE MANIA OCEAN IN MOTION
August 5–9 August 12–16
Dive deep into marine wonders and Ride the tide of discovery to reveal the
catch the craze for exploration. The secrets of plants and animals that live
outdoors will be our laboratory as we where the Essex River meets the sea.
investigate the amazing animals and Learn if you have what it takes to
plants that call salt marsh, ocean, and survive the ups and downs of tidal
coastal uplands home. Binoculars, changes. You’ll be left high and dry if
nets, and microscopes will be the you miss the fun of mucking the
tools of our trade as we observe intertidal flats for snails and clams,
nesting birds, and capture crabs, scouring the skies for egrets and
periwinkles, and mummichogs. We’ll herons, and searching fields for
also take a special field trip to Eastern Monarch Butterflies. A special trip to
Point Wildlife Sanctuary in Gloucester Mass Audubon’s Eastern Point Wildlife
to explore the dunes and upland Sanctuary in Gloucester will allow us
forests. Play nature games, make to explore the teeming rocky tide
crafts, and do exciting hands-on pools. Nature crafts and activities will
science activities all week alongside be inspired by our seaside
beautiful seascapes. surroundings.
This was a great camp!
We’ve done a few Audubon
camps, but this was our first
time at the Cox Reservation.
She had a great time!
11Camp Registration Information
To Register for Camp: available for select sessions. See details
massaudubon.org/ipswichrivercamp on page 1.
Call 978-887-9264 Financial Aid
Mail or bring camp registration form Financial assistance is available based
and payment to: on demonstrated economic need and
Ipswich River Nature Day Camps available funds, and is generally limited
87 Perkins Row | Topsfield, MA 01983 to one session per child; however, all
Registration Confirmation applications are considered. Applications
A confirmation letter/e-mail containing are due by April 30. Please call to request
important documents and information an application or download one at
will be sent once your camper’s massaudubon.org/campforms.
registration has been processed. Payment Plans
Deposit Payment plan options are available.
A nonrefundable deposit of $50 per Please contact the Camp Director for
camper, per session is required to more information.
register for camp. The deposit will be Important Deadlines
applied to your camp tuition and cannot All camp forms, waivers, and the balance
be transferred to another camper, family, of your camp tuition are due by May 15. If
or camp location. If registering after May registering after May 15, payment in full
15, payment in full is required (unless a is required and a specific camp form
payment plan has been established with deadline will be set for you. A camper
the Camp Director.) cannot attend camp and his/her spot is
Refund Policy not guaranteed until all forms, waivers,
A full refund, minus the nonrefundable and payments are completed (or a
deposit, is provided to camp families payment plan has been established.)
who cancel in writing on or before May 15. Camper Requirements
After May 15 no refund is available. Campers are expected to meaningfully
Deposits are not transferable, and participate in age-appropriate activities,
refunds are not given for participant including outdoor exploration and nature
dismissal, failure to attend, absence, or study. To ensure a successful camp
sick days. If we must cancel a session, experience, please discuss any pertinent
you will receive a full refund. information regarding your child’s
Membership & Discounts special needs with the Camp Director. We
Mass Audubon members at the Family can accommodate on a case-by-case
level or above receive a discounted rate. basis in order to establish the best
To qualify, your membership must be strategy for a great summer camp
current through your camper’s last experience. All campers must follow
session, and you must be the parent, stated behavior expectations and safety
grandparent, or legal guardian of the rules. The Camp Director reserves the
camper being enrolled. Membership can right to dismiss a camper when, in his/
be purchased or renewed at the time of her judgment, the camper’s behavior
registration. Multi-session discounts are (Continued)
12interferes with the rights of others or the week prior to the first day of camp. We
smooth functioning of the group or will try to honor requests for one friend
activity, or violates the camp’s behavior to be placed in the same group with your
policy. In such cases no refunds will be child, depending on the experience and
provided. If you have any questions ages of both campers.
regarding your child’s ability to
participate in our camp program, please
contact the Camp Director. Camp Contact Info
Camp License
Our camp complies with the regulations Scott Santino, Camp Director
of the Massachusetts Department of Ipswich River Nature Day Camps
Public Health (105 CMR 430) and is 87 Perkins Row
licensed by the Topsfield, Marblehead, Topsfield, MA 01983
and Essex boards of health. 978-887-9264
ACA Accreditation ipswichrivercamp@massaudubon.org
We are proud to be accredited by the massaudubon.org/ipswichrivercamp
American Camp Association. Developed
exclusively for the camp industry, this
nationally recognized program focuses
on program quality, health and safety,
management, and camp operations.
Camp Policy Requests
You may request copies of our
There’s more to explore at Wildwood:
background check, healthcare, discipline,
bullying, and grievance policies at any Overnight Camp, ages 9–14
time. Wildwood Warblers, ages 7–8
Buddy Requests Teen Adventure Trips, ages 14–17
One buddy request per camper will be Leaders-in-Training, grades 10 & 11
honored when possible. Both campers Family Camp, all ages!
must be the same age and both must
Visit massaudubon.org/wildwood or
request each other. All buddy requests
call 866-627-2267 to learn more.
must be made in writing at least one
Mass Audubon protects 38,000 acres of land throughout Massachusetts,
saving birds and other wildlife, and making nature accessible to all. As
Massachusetts’ largest nature conservation nonprofit, we welcome more than
a half million visitors a year to our wildlife sanctuaries and nature centers.
Today, Mass Audubon is a nationally recognized environmental education
leader, offering thousands of camp, school, and adult programs. With more
than 125,000 members and supporters, we advocate on Beacon Hill and
beyond, and conduct conservation research to preserve the natural heritage of
our beautiful state. We welcome you to explore a nearby sanctuary, find
inspiration, and get involved. Learn how at massaudubon.org.
13Camp Registration Form
Register one of three ways:
Call 978-887-9264 Visit massaudubon.org/ipswichrivercamp
Mail this form and payment to: 87 Perkins Row, Topsfield, MA 01983
Please complete a separate form for each camper.
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specified above and understand
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14Ipswich River Nature Day Camps
Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary
87 Perkins Row
Topsfield, MA 01983
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