For the Birds

This morning, Julia went to Stony Brooks Nature Center for their Turtle Trekkers program.  The theme today was birds - right up Julia's alley.  She knew all of the birds that the teacher was talking about.  Julia was also fascinated to hold a bird's bone and see what the inside of the bone looked like.  After going on a short hike where we saw signs of spring - chipmunks and red-winged blackbirds - we went back inside the visitor's center to make today's craft.  Using a pipe cleaner as a needle, Julia threaded Cheerios and Froot Loops on some yarn.  When she had put as much cereal as she wanted on the yarn, I tied the ends together; she wanted to hang the cereal necklace on a bush at home to feed the birds.

This afternoon the girls gave the nuthatches their special treat - stuffing bark butter bits into the crevices of a pine tree.  They also filled the other feeders, making sure the birds have enough to eat as they get ready to make their spring nests.