It was fun with wildlife as children of all ages enjoyed holding snakes, owls, bunnies and other creatures during Saturday’s First Annual Fall Family Festival at Breakheart Reservation.
Friends Lennox Ricketts, 4, and Michael Brown, 2, posed on a pumpkin.
Saugus Middle School sixth grader Darius Paone, 12, held Marianne, a boa constrictor from Cape Ann Vernal Pond Team, saying that she’s oily and easygoing.
Breakheart Reservation and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Recreation hosted a special show – titled “Owl Encounters” – presented by Mass Audubon.
Malden resident Gordon Hanson, 9 months, played with George, a goat from McDonny’s Traveling Farm of Derry, N.H.
Malden Early Learning Center preschooler Ariela Lopez, 4, played with ducks at Saturday’s First Annual Fall Family Festival at Breakheart Reservation.
Harris Dolbeare Elementary School second grader Everly Byrnes, 7, of Wakefield, pat the bunny, which she named Coconut.