Field Trip Number 1
It was warmer when I volunteered for this.
A few weeks back we got a letter home with the child looking for volunteers to assist with their field trip to the Eco Island nature center that's just a mile or 2 down the road.
Because my schedule is flexible, I volunteered - not realizing on the day of the trip it would be cooler on the field trip date vs the day I volunteered. It was 41 degrees when we were waiting for the bus this morning.
Of course, I overdressed because who likes to be cold. Anyway, once I got her on th bus I went to the school and helped get everybody sorted with name tags and on the bus.
This nature park is a little museum with a pond and some lawn. Not the most exciting but okay. The kids had activities where they had to put their hand into a hole and guess what it was: bunny foot, leaf or a shell. Not too surprising one little girl was like there is no way in hell that I am putting my hand in there! And I really don't blame her.
We then went to another room to learn all about bats. Odd choice I thought but then I am not in charge of the curriculum. I read them a book about bats.
Once all the boring stuff was learned we went outside where the teachers got very excited because outside there was a ....
Red Tailed Hawk!
We usually see the hawks flying in the sky looking for breakfast and not up close and personal, so this was a bit of a treat.
It turns out that this bird is a baby hawk and does not have red tail feathers yet and they are currently brown but in a year her feathers will molt and the red ones come in.
When asked if there were any questions, a five-year-old girl asked if it could swim? Good Question, I thought.
A quick walk around the pond and we were ready to go back to the buses and back to the school.
So, learning about bats and stuff was fun, and so was seeing a real-life hawk up in color but you want to know what the most interesting thing they saw was?
Deer Poo
The most interesting thing on the field trip was poo. Because everybody poops. Even Bambi.
Now that's nature.
Keep Tripping,
TH and Co.
