Nature Challenge #9

 Hello everyone! Happy (almost) new year! I know, I know. I said that my last pot would be the last post for the year, but..... I couldn't help it! Well, here we go!

Nature Challenge #9: Finding Animal Tracks

Have you ever found animal tracks before? Did you identify them? Finding animal tracks is very fun, but they can be hard to find during summer. These days during winter, a lot of birds and other animals are either migrating, hibernating, or just seen a lot less often. But during winter, it is much easier to find  tracks - in the snow! Although we only have a few bunnies up in the mountains, and rarely see them, I did find some bunny tracks in front of our house! I also find a TON of deer tracks. When I went to Kate's house, I found a gazillion bird tracks under her bird feeders, and some bunny tracks in her front yard!        What tracks can you find?

-Lili

Merry Christmas! Nature Challenge #8

 Merry Christmas my lovely readers! I am really looking forward to this Christmas, so much that I have been playing Christmas carols since November! (Can anyone else relate to this?) In fact, I'm listening to Christmas carols right now! Okay, onto the the nature challenge....

Nature Challenge #8

Astronomy! The reason why I'm doing this challenge on astronomy is because of the now-famous Christmas Star! Isn't it incredible that Jupiter and Saturn haven't been this close in 800 years! So what I want y'all to do this time is two things: #1: Look for the Christmas Star! #2: Look for constellations! I have only just started looking for constellations, specifically, at the time of the recent December Meteor Shower! So far, I have found Orion, The Twins, The Seven Sisters, and the North Star! I have seen the Christmas Star as well, and it was beautiful! 

Okay, that is probably the last post for the month...... no, for the year!

Merry Christmas, and a happy New Year!

-Lili 

Three Weekly Pictures

 Hello everyone! I am going to start posting three photos every week. They will be of animals, plants, and other nature-related things. Hope you enjoy!

Here are this week's three pictures:

Tree

Robin

Western Scrub-Jay

-Kate

Cool New Live Stream!!!!

You have to check this out! It is soooo awesome! It's a live wildlife cam in Africa!

-Lili

Nature Challenge #7 and an Update!

 Hello everyone! I have a new nature challenge! Sound mpa! I got the idea from a virtual bird lesson, where students were asked to make something called a Sound Map. What is a Sound Map? I'll show you!

How To Make A Sound Map

Although it would be best to make your sound map outside, you can also make one inside for practice. Using a pen or pencil, mark an x in the middle of your paper. That x marks you. Then, for the next three to five minutes, record all the sounds you hear by drawing them on the paper in relation to yourself. (The x.) If you want, you can also make drawings to go the words. Scientists use Sound Maps to help find out things like the general number of birds in a specific area. Enjoy!

UPDATE

If you all want to hear more about Wildflower, and her fawn, Columbine, I've got news! They've finally joined their winter herd! You see, every winter the male deer will gather together their own herd, or "harem" as it is often called, of females and their babies. This year the male of Wildflower's herd is...........   Roscoe! Wildflower joined the herd with another female, Bunny (I tell you that deer has the tallest ears ever!) and Bunny's two babies, Birch, who is very stocky, and Aspen, who doesn't seem to be eating enough. When they joined the herd, there were al ready some other deer, whom I don't know. I will name them soon tho! 

Until next time!

-Lili