Field trip!
We headed to Hawk Mountain this morning to meet up with Margot and some other families from her homeschool group.It started with a short “class” that included a live demonstration of a red-tailed hawk.
Then, after each child was loaned a pair of binoculars, we headed up the trail to see what we could see.
What we saw was plenty of Turkey Vultures, a Sharp-Shinned Hawk, A Northern Harrier (or Marsh Hawk) and a Bald Eagle!
I have no pictures of them though. . . I was much too busy watching them in my binoculars and by the time I thought to take a photo, they were gone.
Back down the trail we spied some other specimens:
a friendly little chipmunk (he walked right up to us!) . . .
some mysterious mushrooms . . .
and a very cool spider!
It was a decidedly perfect day - one we will hopefully repeat several times before it gets too cold. We’re told November is when we are most likely to see a Golden Eagle - we can’t miss that!
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Sep 19, 2007 - 09:09:43What a fabulous day, Michele! Gorgeous photos! Thanks for sharing it with us.
Awesome! What a beautiful place!Love the pictures!
What beauty! It looks like you had a wonderful day.
So glad you had a camera!! Our kids had such a great time. And the “essays” they wrote the next day are really cute. I told them they could tell about the day chronologically, if they wanted, noting their observations,etc. OR, they could be more creative and do something like write from the perspective of a bird passing Hawk Mountain, or focus on one bird they saw or learned about. I’ll have to send some of them on to you!
Blessings
Margot
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