Egg prices may be soaring, but at the Cache Creek Nature Preserve, youngsters will get an opportunity to hunt down some 3,000 eggs.

This is the second year the Preserve has held an egg hunt. In 2024, there were 1,000 eggs available for children to find lying among trees and grass, as well as a historic barn and play areas.

The Spring Egg Hunt is for children ages 3 and under to between 7 and 10 years old. The hunt will take place between 9 a.m. and noon on Sunday, April 6.

People need to sign up in advance, Preserve staff report, adding that they should also bring their own baskets.

Located at 34199 County Road 20 west of Woodland, the preserve is considered a microcosm of Northern California habitats, including wetlands, marsh, riparian, oak savannah and grassland.

Fortunately, children won’t have to scour the entire 130 acres that make up the Nature Preserve. Staff will have hidden the eggs around the office complex, old barn, in nearby grassland, Memorial Garden and play areas.

That still leaves plenty of places for children to search and given the recent rains a rabbit or two might make an appearance along with plenty of native birds.

The plastic eggs will be filled with candies (although no chocolate out of fear it would melt). People are also being told to leave the plastic eggs so they can be planted again in the future.

There will even be some “special eggs” hidden containing small prizes. To sign up for the event or for more information, go to the Cache Creek Conservancy’s website at cachecreekconservancy.org or telephone 661-1070.