We went very far into the woods today and saw 2 geese by a huge pond that we did not know about! Neaby we might have seen a hawk or a turkey vulture. And even better, when we went outside we saw two bright Easter Blue Birds and one of them tried to get into the school. We had a great birding adventure and I hope other days are like this! JM Picture from www.wildlifeinnature.com Today we had a great watch! We think we saw a Blue Heron 9we aren't for sure but we think it was shaped like one) and a couple birds of prey. We think we saw a Turkey Vulture. At first we thought it was a Red Shouldered Hawk but RK noticed its beak, which I drew in my journal. We saw two Canada Geese by a little pond, a couple blue birds, a Blue Jay, and a Robin. Hoepfully we'll continue to have more great bird watched since it is spring. One of the bluebirds almost went into the school through a door we left open!!! DP Picture: www.flamingoworld.net Maybe you can help me out? Today teachers all over the building were calling down to me to let me know that two bluebirds kept running or tapping at their classroom windows. I even witnessed it myself for about an hour. What is going on? Mrs. Parker
Over the summer at my beach house I saw lots of Mallard Ducks. I have seen them in the canal that is behind my house. It is easy to tell the difference between a girl and a boy duck, the boys have green, shinny necks and a girl is all brown. We aren't allowed to feed them because it is a Delaware law. We have some really good pictures of them that I hope I can post here soon. We also see a great Blue Heron. It is amazing! JM Mystery bird at the beach... what do you think? JM
I chose to send in this picture because I thought it was pretty cool that I could photograph a bird taking off. It took me lot of photos to succesfully capture a bird in flight. This is a female cardinal that I got on film. It took a lot patience to have this bird finally show up. I had to be very careful. It would take off at the slightest disturbance. My class is debating whether this is a Song Sparrow or an American Tree Sparrow. What do you think? This is your new blog post. Click here and start typing, or drag in elements from the top bar.
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The Citizen ScientistsWe are a group of 5th grade students that are studying birds. It will begin with the Great Backyard Bird Count and end with monitoring the school's bluebird boxes. All of our data will go to the Cornell Ornithology Lab. http://www.birds.cornell.edu/ Archives
June 2010
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