Here’s the full schedule for Butterfly Day, this Sunday at DeKorte Park from  10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Throughout the Day — Inside and Outside the Meadowlands Environment Center (MEC)
Information tables on Gardening for Butterflies, Butterfly Identification and more, with plenty of free Butterfly Guides, and coloring-book activities for kids. — Bergen County Audubon Society

Throughout the Day — Outside the Meadowlands Environment Center
Guided Butterfly Walks
Look for butterflies and diurnal moths. — Led by NABA-North Jersey Chapter

 

Introduction to DeKorte Park Butterflies

10:10 a.m., 12:10 p.m., 2:10 p.m.

Talk and slide show by Jim Wright of the NJMC,

10-15 minutes. Held in the MEC Auditorium.

 

Book talk: “Meadowlands: A Wetlands Survival Story”

11:10 a.m., Talk and slide show by author Thomas F. Yezerski,

15-20 minutes. Held in the MEC Auditorium.

 

Book talk: “The Nature of the Meadowlands”

1:10 p.m. Talk and slide show by the author, the NJMC’s Jim Wright,

15-20 minutes. Held in the MEC Auditorium.

 

Butterfly-friendly Plants Walk  — 11:30 a.m.

Leaves from the front of the MEC, approximately 25 minutes.

— Led by Botanist Edith Wallace of the BCAS.

 

Butterfly Costume Contest  — 1:00 p.m.

For children 12 and under.

Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Places. Held at Jill’s Garden

 

Throughout the Day —Outside the Meadowlands Environment Center

Face-painting for kids by Myra Tang, Folk music by Steve Kelman

 

Throughout the Day —Outside the Meadowlands Environment Center

Scavenger Hunt

Great prizes, for kids of all ages. In or near Jill’s Garden. Get a list of items in the MEC.

Raffle  — 4 Grand Prizes! Drawings at 11:00 a.m., noon, 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m.

Pontoon Boat Tours for Two (11 a.m., noon, 2 p.m.), Framed Butterfly photograph (1 p.m.)

Enjoy a guided pontoon boat cruise along the Hackensack River and its marshes with staff from the NJMC. You do not have to be present to win.