{"id":1381885,"date":"2018-12-11T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T16:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/local-news\/westin-offering-free-nature-at-night-programs-with-walking-mountains-science-center\/"},"modified":"2018-12-11T09:33:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T16:33:00","slug":"westin-offering-free-nature-at-night-programs-with-walking-mountains-science-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/local-news\/westin-offering-free-nature-at-night-programs-with-walking-mountains-science-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Westin offering free Nature at Night programs with Walking Mountains Science Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:16px\">By  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/entertainment\/westin-offering-free-nature-at-night-programs-with-walking-mountains-science-center\/\">Daily staff report<\/a><\/span>  The Westin Riverfront Resort &amp; Spa is continuing its partnership with Eagle County&#8217;s Walking Mountains Science Center this winter by once again offering the free interactive Nature at Night programs.<br \/>\nNature at Night will be held on 16 Saturday evenings in The Westin lobby from 4 to 5 p.m. Led by a Walking Mountains naturalist, topics for the weekly hands-on programs range from how to track Colorado animals in the winter snow to which animals in Colorado migrate and why to the different types of birds and animals found here in the Vail Valley.<br \/>\nNew this winter will be a program called Bat Bonanza. This program will de-mystify these flying mammals, sharing the truth about vampire bats and how they use echolocation to find food.<br \/>\nFree and open to the public, the Nature at Night schedule includes:<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Dec. 15: Beaks, Feets &amp; Feathers<br \/>\nSaturday, Dec. 22:  Colorado&#8217;s Winter Wildlife<br \/>\nSaturday, Dec. 29: Tracking Time!<br \/>\nSaturday, Jan. 5: Bat Bonanza<br \/>\nSaturday, Jan. 12: What&#8217;s Up<br \/>\nSaturday, Jan. 19: Snow Science Snapshots<br \/>\nSaturday, Jan. 26: Migration Madness<br \/>\nSaturday, Feb. 2: Colorado&#8217;s Winter Wildlife<br \/>\nSaturday, Feb. 9: Beaks, Feets &amp; Feathers<br \/>\nSaturday, Feb. 16: Tracking Time!<br \/>\nSaturday, Feb. 23: Snow Science Snapshots<br \/>\nSaturday, March 2: What&#8217;s Up<br \/>\nSaturday, March 9: Migration Madness<br \/>\nSaturday, March 16: Bat Bonanza<br \/>\nSaturday, March 23: Migration Madness<br \/>\nSaturday, March 30: Tracking Time!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This series offers a unique opportunity to learn more about the interesting creatures of the Vail Valley through hands-on games, activities and lectures,&#8221; said Westin Riverfront General Manager Kristen Pryor. &#8220;This partnership with Walking Mountains is an amazing way to showcase our shared passion for sustainability and to create lifelong memories for our guests.&#8221;<br \/>\nFor more information, please visit http:\/\/www.westinriverfront.com or call 1-866-949-1616. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/entertainment\/westin-offering-free-nature-at-night-programs-with-walking-mountains-science-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"rssmi_more\"> &#8230;read more<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Via:: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/entertainment\/westin-offering-free-nature-at-night-programs-with-walking-mountains-science-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Westin offering free Nature at Night programs with Walking Mountains Science Center\">Vail Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Westin Riverfront Resort &amp; Spa is continuing its partnership with Eagle County&#8217;s Walking Mountains Science Center this winter by once again offering the free interactive Nature at Night programs.<br \/>\nNature at Night will be held on 16 Saturday evenings in The Westin lobby from 4 to 5 p.m. Led by a Walking Mountains naturalist, topics for the weekly hands-on programs range from how to track Colorado animals in the winter snow to which animals in Colorado migrate and why to the different types of birds and animals found here in the Vail Valley.<br \/>\nNew this winter will be a program called Bat Bonanza. This program will de-mystify these flying mammals, sharing the truth about vampire bats and how they use echolocation to find food.<br \/>\nFree and open to the public, the Nature at Night schedule includes:<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Dec. 15: Beaks, Feets &amp; Feathers<br \/>\nSaturday, Dec. 22:  Colorado&#8217;s Winter Wildlife<br \/>\nSaturday, Dec. 29: Tracking Time!<br \/>\nSaturday, Jan. 5: Bat Bonanza<br \/>\nSaturday, Jan. 12: What&#8217;s Up<br \/>\nSaturday, Jan. 19: Snow Science Snapshots<br \/>\nSaturday, Jan. 26: Migration Madness<br \/>\nSaturday, Feb. 2: Colorado&#8217;s Winter Wildlife<br \/>\nSaturday, Feb. 9: Beaks, Feets &amp; Feathers<br \/>\nSaturday, Feb. 16: Tracking Time!<br \/>\nSaturday, Feb. 23: Snow Science Snapshots<br \/>\nSaturday, March 2: What&#8217;s Up<br \/>\nSaturday, March 9: Migration Madness<br \/>\nSaturday, March 16: Bat Bonanza<br \/>\nSaturday, March 23: Migration Madness<br \/>\nSaturday, March 30: Tracking Time!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This series offers a unique opportunity to learn more about the interesting creatures of the Vail Valley through hands-on games, activities and lectures,&#8221; said Westin Riverfront General Manager Kristen Pryor. &#8220;This partnership with Walking Mountains is an amazing way to showcase our shared passion for sustainability and to create lifelong memories for our guests.&#8221;<br \/>\nFor more information, please visit http:\/\/www.westinriverfront.com or call 1-866-949-1616. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/entertainment\/westin-offering-free-nature-at-night-programs-with-walking-mountains-science-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"rssmi_more\"> &#8230;read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1381885","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-20 07:22:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KKCH - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1381885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381885\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1381885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1381885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1381885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}