I am so excited about the Great Backyard Bird Count! I’ve been studying the birds in our backyard every day to identify which types we have. I’ve seen as many as 12 different birds in a single day. Since I last posted, I found an excellent site that gives the 50 most common birds in […]
2011 Great Backyard Bird Count
February 18-21, 2011 is the Great Backyard Bird Count. We are going to participate, are you? In preparation for the big weekend, we have hung up a birdfeeder ordered binoculars looked through our bird guide to identify the birds that are already coming to our backyard printed a Tally Sheet The Great Backyard Bird Count […]
Last Nature Study for a While
We had an excellent nature walk at the botanical gardens last week! It’s amazing how things work together! We’d been listening to Burgess Bird Book for Children. (Sprite loved it! She was sad when it ended! I was pleased to tell her that there is also a Burgess Animal Book for Children which I put […]
Owl Pellet Science Experiment
What an excellent experiment — dissecting an owl pellet. You know that owls eat their prey whole but cannot digest all the hair and bones. So those things are later coughed up in what is called an owl pellet. Fascinating stuff in there! We found the remains of 3 mice inside one owl pellet. < […]