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Ages: 10 through adult | All children must be accompanied by an adult also registered for the program. Cost: Free but pre-registration is required Instructor: Laura Bush, Principal Park Naturalist In honor of Valentine’s Day, enjoy a slide show of various courtship rituals in nature around the world. The male house wren constructs “dummy nests” of a few sticks in several different locations and brings the female around on a “house-hunting” tour before she decides on the perfect spot for her nest. Male nursery web spiders present a parcel of food wrapped in silk as a gift for their chosen female. Male bowerbirds build a “bower” of sticks and decorate it with blue objects, and then dance for the females.