September 28, 2025, AFRMA display at the Wonders of the Watershed event sponsored by the Hidden Valley Nature Center, held at the Rancho Jurupa Regional Park in Riverside, CA
![]() Welcome to the Wonders of the Watershed sponsored by the Hidden Valley Nature Center, held at the Rancho Jurupa Regional Park in Riverside, CA. This was a small event that was only 2 hours but well attended by the public. |
![]() The Rancho Jurupa Regional Park has 2 huge shade structures and the event was held under the Acorn Shelter. |
![]() The booths for the event in the morning. |
![]() Some of the booths. |
![]() AFRMA’s booth at the Wonders of the Watershed event in the morning before opening with Craig Robbins manning the booth. |
![]() Some visitors looking at the mice and rats with Esther Kinzer answering questions. |
![]() The two female rats in the display: OS01 KK2444-3 Great New Tastea Cinnamon AOC Standard mom and her daughter OS01 KK2467-3 Daisya Cinnamon English Irish Standard, owned by Esther & Craig Kinzer, bred by Karen Robbins, Karen’s Kritters. |
![]() The mice in the display were a splashed mom OS01 KK5399-2and her 2 Splashed 7-week-old daughters OS01 KK5493-1and OS01 KK5493-2all owned and bred by Karen Robbins, Karen’s Kritters. |
![]() The Flutterby butterfly booth with Monarch and Mourning Cloak butterflies the public could feed with sugar water on q-tips. https://flutterbyranch.com/ |
![]() One of the Monarch butterflies in the Flutterby booth visitors could interact with. |
![]() One of the Mourning Cloak butterflies in the Flutterby booth. |
![]() The Hidden Valley Nature Center table where visitors could look on the microscopes to see the organisms in the pond water. |
![]() The Riverside County Natural Resources booth promoting native landscaping and flowers. They had native flower seeds the public could take home and plant. |
![]() The Riverside County Natural Resources booth with a horned lizard blending it with the dirt. |
![]() The Reptile Hunter, Joseph Hart, brought a sample of snakes, lizards, and other critters that drew the crowds and saw a line of people waiting to see the animals he brought. https://www.reptilehunter.org/ |
![]() Some of the critters at The Reptile Hunter booth, with a ball python, a Northern Blue Tongue Skink middle tray, and 2 Russian tortoises in the end tray. They also had a tegu and large boa for visitors to see. |
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