Our Feathered Friends

This week Nancy and Wendy have been teaching us all about birds. We've been observing both wild and domestic birds around Country Day. The Ponies have learned that some birds migrate during the winter and some do not. What birds have you seen near your home?
Bird Links:
DNR's Birds of Minnesota List
The Raptor Center
Minnesota State Park Bird Checklists

examining nests with Wendy

Addie deciding on her favorite bird: chickadee, blue jay or cardinal

Jonah discovered that we have so many great bird books

"Birds in Our Backyard" by Adele Porter is one of them

The Nature Room is a great place to do some birdwatching

Austin and Sean using tweezers as beaks to pick up corn

Gigi making a bird feather

Jonah and Caroline playing with bird puppets

we ate like birds on Wednesday morning

Can you guess which part was their favorite?

moving like birds

Thanks to Elizabeth for bringing in a number of bird nests for us to study