Bear Creek Nature Center - Environmental Education

08/07/2026

🤩Voila!

🥳Bat Fest 2026 is exactly 36 days away from now! We are making a final victory lap from our summer t-shirt campaign to celebrate the victorious, voracious, vibrant, vivid, and vivacious bats of Bear Creek Nature Center--uh, Oatmeal, did you come up with some of those adjectives? 🦇

🎉Celebrate the Batty Season through October 31st by ordering a celebration BAT GIFT BOX which includes a Bat Boss t-shirt, a framed bat print, specialty bat stickers made by one of our longtime art volunteers (including but not limited to the featured stickers in our spotlight), and the street cred of being someone who supports bats--everywhere!

🌏Our domestic and international friends from all over the world can participate! Please share with your friends and support our bats and our bat education. You never know the difference one contribution can make.

Thanks from all of us at Bear Creek Nature Center including:
The Fruits🦇🥭🫐Bobbie, Mango, Pommi, Papaya, and Berry
and Oatmeal 🥣

~~~~INFO~~~
🦇$45 Bat Themed Gift Box
📬Mailed Anywhere in the World
⏳Order by the end of October 31st
🎁A perfect gift for your batty friend or family member!

⭐ORDER HERE: donorbox.org/bcnc-bat-box

Learn more about our upcoming BAT FEST ATL 2026 here:
bearcreeknaturecenter.org/bat-fest-atl/

08/06/2026

He’s no Jimothy, but our buddy Nubz has his own stubby bum and a silly gait—we’re used to different. Like most of our formerly wild animal ambassadors, he came to us with his own special look and we work hard to give him the enrichment and accommodations he needs.

Here’s some summer glamour shots getting some exercise around his walking paths. Nubz enters his era as a geriatric opossum, as most have a lifespan in the wild of only around 2 years and, in captivity, a few opossums have aged to 5. We cherish every moment with our sweet silver haired fox—er, ‘possum. 😎

Make time to visit Pawpaw Nubz this summer! We are open Tues-Sat 11am-4pm.

08/06/2026

One of our local volunteers got a little local spotlight. Spoilers: we love her! If you have been to one of our festivals, you have probably met her holding a snake 🐍 or two, and wearing a batty shirt and accessories 🦇

Today’s Human of Coweta: Tiffany!

“Tiffany is an awesome human bean 🫘! Most of you might know her from Leaf & Bean or Bear Creek Nature Center. While she can make a mean latte, she can also teach you so much about reptiles.

Since the first grade when a teacher had a class pet that was a snake, Tiffany fell in love. She has gone on to get certificates in this field and is also on the board of directors at Bear Creek Nature Center. If you have ever seen her at the nature center you can see how passionate she is about animals. I've never seen Tiffany more in her element than when she has a snake in her arms. Her hero has always been Steve Irwin and anyone who knows her will agree it shows 😄.

On top of her love for reptiles is her love for all animals, at home we have 8 dogs, 4 cats, 7 lizards, 9 snakes, and a husband (Me!) She's the best fur/scale baby momma there is!

She is one of the amazing people I know. Always putting others before herself and expects nothing in return. The best daughter, sister, aunt, granddaughter. All in all she is pretty much the coolest person i know and my life partner.”

08/01/2026

🦇 Me irl on the last Saturday before school starts

Best of wishes to our students and teachers on another year! You can do it!

And when you need a break…come see us for some fuzzy, scaley, or feathery respite.

P.S. You can come to us for a field trip and we can also come to your school with animals if you are in the greater Atlanta metro and west Georgia region! Call us and book now!

08/01/2026

Please take note. All our outdoor activities and spaces and gift shop area are open all day and the main hall will reopen after 12:30pm. Thanks for your understanding!

07/30/2026

IT BEGINS! Construction on our donor pathway will begin soon! There is still an opportunity for you to contribute a brick to the project.

🦉The commemorative bricks will be installed on the Bear Creek Nature Center campus near the bird compound. This will improve accessibility, and visitors will be able to see your contributions for years to come. 🦉

We hope that you will help our fundraiser by purchasing a $50 brick commemorating your support of our little nature center, or in honor of a friend or loved one. You can even pitch in as a family, team, classroom, or club and buy a brick on your collective behalf!

Thank you so much for all your support in helping to make our little nonprofit flourish and your encouragement to both the humans and animals that help to make it all go.

🍂Claim your brick now!🍂

Visit the following link to place an order and specify your brick text: https://www.bricksrus.com/donorsite/bearcreeknaturecenter

The link is also available on the front page of our website.

07/29/2026

“My armor is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!”

Let’s go there and back again—to the nature center, that is. There are always fierce looking (attempts) critters and magical beasts to discover.

You don’t have to imagine the wonder and fun that lives in our little slice of woods—it enchants adventurers of all ages!

07/26/2026

We had a fun party to top off our summer t shirt fundraiser. It ended with a big rain that fell! It was quite the core memory as our littlest volunteers enjoyed getting a little wet coming in from the rain and the older volunteers enjoyed watching the pond ripple.

Goodnight and…
Thanks for all the bats!

07/25/2026

Psst psst psst

Was it even a challenge? Team Bat won heartily for our summer t-shirt fundraiser! We have a lot of batty activities to engage you in the season leading up to and after Bat Fest!

Expect some fun ways to learn more about bats and how to support our local bat education in coming weeks!

Mark your calendars: Bat Fest is September 12th this year!