Bird count

Tabbi counted birds one day. She made tally marks in her nature journal for the birds she saw on the sunflower feeder and on the suet feeder.

Licorice wanted to watch the birds, too!

Thistles and Milk Weed

Tabbi, Becca and I went out today to look for thistles for the Outdoor Challenge. We found some, but they were pretty far gone already. We did however get to pull what was left of the flowers apart and see the fluff.

We also found some Milkweed pods that were split open. The seeds were spilling out and the wind was taking them away. So silky, the girls liked the feel of the soft fluff.

Collecting leaves

We collected some leaves, ironed them between wax paper and added them to our nature journals.

Nature walk today

Today we took a walk looking for contrast.

We found some different types of tree bark.

And used a ruler to show the different sizes of fungi we found.

We also took lots of "just for fun" nature pictures!

Some red leaves.

The end of a log.

Part of a log.

And of course the cat and dog had to go along, too!

Licorice

And Kermit! (Love this picture! lol)

Nature walk

On Wednesday, we collected different colored items, to see how many fall colors we could find. Our trees are mostly bare already, so there weren't a whole lot of colored leaves.

This is the chart she colored to show many different fall colors.

Tabbi found a feather, too.

Nature Pictures

Some pictures we took on our nature walk on Wed.

Tabbi and some BIG mushrooms!

Sumac

Wild cucumber

Milbert's Tortoiseshell butterfly

White Underwing Moth

More pictures from Camp Forest Springs

Valeta, Kari, Pheobe, Tabbi

Tadpoles and minnow

"Shiner" minnow and a tadpole

Alex, our guide

Frog