Sport of Kings Day

Included with admission to the VINS Nature Center

Lords and Ladies all are invited to celebrate the Sport of Kings – Falconry! Experience the history, language, and traditions of this 3000-year old practice of hunting alongside a trained raptor. Join us for our flighted raptor demonstrations, learn about animal tracking on a forest hike, explore the medicinal plants growing in our meadow, and try your hand at archery. You’ll even meet some modern-day Vermont falconers from New England Falconry in Woodstock. Costumes are encouraged!

Schedule
10:30am / Scales & Serpents
11:00am / Falconry: Sport of Kings
11:30am – 2:00pm / Archery Demo
11:30am – 3:30pm / New England Falconry Exhibit
12:30pm / Shakespeare Approves!
1:30pm / Raptor Chats with the Master of the Mews
2:00pm / Shakespeare Approves!
2:45pm / Raptor Feeding
3:30pm / Falconry: Sport of Kings

All Day
Pelt and Skull Station
Tools of Falconry Station
Craft a Catapult!
Fairy Houses in the Forest
Medicinal Plants Walk in the Meadow