Today’s theme was birds and their nests and how to watch for signs of birds nesting. At this time of the year slow down and watch around you. Do you notice birds flying back and forth to one tree, a bird house or to nest you may have just noticed in the eave of a house? Use your ears: Listen. Are little birds tweeting? Are the parent birds and perhaps supporting family members busily bringing food back to their babies?
I was unable to get a hold of the story I had planned on reading today Have You Heard the Nesting Bird however we did read a few fun non-fiction stories Birds by Kevin Henkes and Little Owl Lost by Chris Haughton. We also looked at pictures of birds nests in the book Urban Roosts: Where Birds Nest in the City by Barbara Nash. Then as we hiked we did a short nest making activity and game where we made paper bag nests. We hid them in nearby bushes and pretended they were our nests and we needed to feed our babies- gathering pretend worms and insects. Finally we went on a hike looking for bugs. We looked in the bark of several trees. We shook the low branches of a fir tree onto a sheet.
So many books. So many trails. So many birds. So many songs. So many activities. I am looking forward to next month already!
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