Nature activity for kids: wildlife observation
The perfect thing happened today for our National Wildlife Week celebration: the wildlife came to us.
This Muscovy duck appeared on our patio this morning and stayed all day. My son was mesmerized and watched her through the window on and off. He wanted to "visit" the duck frequently to see what she was doing, often accompanied by "Hi, duck!" or "Yay, duck!" or even just "Quack!"
Then this afternoon we ventured onto the patio to see if we could get a closer look at her.
The Man-cub and I practiced walking and flying like ducks. Inevitably, he got too close to the duck, and she flew away.
My son was sad, but the duck left several souvenirs -- nice little reminders she had been on our patio -- which I chose not to photograph. You can thank me later....
Sometimes just sitting and watching wildlife is great. You don't have to head out to the wilderness to do it, either, as this article on urban wildlife watching details. If you really enjoy watching wildlife, you might want to pick up a field guide to identify what kind of critters you've got -- but just observing them is fine too.
As an alternate activity, if the wildlife just never show up, try to make a sound map.
What's the coolest animal you've seen in your yard or local park?
This Muscovy duck appeared on our patio this morning and stayed all day. My son was mesmerized and watched her through the window on and off. He wanted to "visit" the duck frequently to see what she was doing, often accompanied by "Hi, duck!" or "Yay, duck!" or even just "Quack!"
Then this afternoon we ventured onto the patio to see if we could get a closer look at her.
The Man-cub and I practiced walking and flying like ducks. Inevitably, he got too close to the duck, and she flew away.
My son was sad, but the duck left several souvenirs -- nice little reminders she had been on our patio -- which I chose not to photograph. You can thank me later....
Sometimes just sitting and watching wildlife is great. You don't have to head out to the wilderness to do it, either, as this article on urban wildlife watching details. If you really enjoy watching wildlife, you might want to pick up a field guide to identify what kind of critters you've got -- but just observing them is fine too.
As an alternate activity, if the wildlife just never show up, try to make a sound map.
What's the coolest animal you've seen in your yard or local park?
Labels: Green Hour, Man-cub, outdoors, wildlife
posted by Holly at 3:47 PM
1 Comments:
I grew up near a lake in Miami, and we had a few ducks just like visit during the afternoons. I remember those 'little reminders' very well :)
Apparently our backyard is "the place" to hang out for squirrels. In the morning, we can sometimes have about 5-7 just hanging out on our lawn.
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