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Melissa | February 16, 2010
Today I was able to capture some photos of a female Northern Flicker at our suet feeder. We know she’s a she because of the lack of a black mustache on either side of her beak. In our bird book the Northern Flicker is listed as an insect eater, specifically ants and beetles, and is [...]
Melissa | February 15, 2010
It has snowed and snowed and snowed today! We already had a couple of inches on the ground, but now we have at least 7 more! Here are some photos I took.
My Gabby Rose is so small compared to the high drifts of snow.
Male Northern Cardinal in tree near feeders.
Northern Cardinal at feeders.
AND, I’m so [...]
Melissa | February 7, 2010
Once again we got hit pretty hard (not nearly as hard as others) with a Snow and Ice storm. It started off on Friday with just rain, through the day turned into ice and by Friday late afternoon, snow. We ended up getting about 4 inches of just snow, and then some ice under it. [...]
Melissa | February 1, 2010
Today was actually warm enough to comfortably be outside! Not only were the temperatures bearable, but the sun was happily shining too! Can’t miss an opportunity like that for a nature walk. We focused on the beauty of details today. Here are some of the things we saw.
There were beautiful patterns of ice in the [...]
Melissa | January 31, 2010
“There is enough to see outside in winter to satisfy any poet. In fact, winter may be even better because there aren’t so many things going on in nature that they crowd each other out. It’s easier to notice what’s there.”
Charlotte Mason volume 1, page 86
Oh dear, I’m almost late in getting this post out! [...]
Melissa | January 30, 2010
You may notice that I’m posting quite a few notebooking pages. I am teaching the Nuts About Nature class again to the kids at our homeschool co-op and I am making these to share with them for their at-home nature assignments. Here is the one for this week. It’s a notebooking page to keep track [...]
