As winter slowly thaws into spring, there are buds, blooms, birds, and other new nature discoveries emerging every day! This month, you and your family can join us as we gear up for seasonal phenology – through observing and recording natural events like melting ice, new hatchings, flowing tree sap, new blossoms, and migratory arrivals. Visit […]
Some birds stick around in winter.![]()
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The Nature Preschool Chickadees spent the last few weeks learning about winter birds. On their daily hikes, they saw many birds, including blue jays, chickadees, finches, juncos, woodpeckers, geese, sparrows, and sandhill cranes. They also learned how to use binoculars, which allowed them to get a closer look at the birds they saw. ![]()
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They played games and completed activities, where they acted like birds. At one of the stations, they acted like woodpeckers and mimicked them by pulling ‘insects’ out of a log with tweezers. They made bird-themed crafts, such as cheerio bird feeders and colorful feathers.![]()
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They won’t see all of the birds they saw these past few weeks as winter settles in, but they’ll hopefully see some of them!.![]()
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Photos: Aldo Leopold Nature Center![]()
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