Tulelake National Wildlife Refuge

Thank you to ALL the amazing families that joined us on our field trip!! Thank you also to Kellen Watson and Hallie Rasmussen, our tour guides and biologists who helped us learn so much about bald eagle adaptations and bird identification.  Some of the species we identified were:
* bald eagles
* red-tailed hawks
*rough-necked hawks
*tundra swans
*red-winged blackbirds
*coots
*many varieties of ducks
*pheasants
*harriers
*mule deer
and many more I'm forgetting! 

We had an amazing hike up Sheepy Ridge and around Discovery Marsh, and were lucky enough to cruise by Bear Valley to see the bald eagle's in their FIRST day in the nest!!  So incredible!

Valentine's Day OXOXOXOX

Thanks to Sherm's, we made some free and adorable Valentine's holders!  We enjoyed a lovely party and thank you to all the parents who joined us!

Tessellations!

Winter Wings Art Show--Bald Eagles

Since we are heading to the refuge soon to study bald eagles, we decided to make bald eagle art for the upcoming Winter Wings Art Show.  It will be Feb. 14-17 at OIT, so please make sure to check it out!
The bunch began by re-examining Eric Carle's art very closely.  Then they went out to create the brown, white and yellow paper they would need for their collage.  This part consisted of mixing and applying lots of tempera, then scratching it with a variety of tools for texture.  Next day the bunch cut out shapes to create a collage of a bald eagle.  They also squeezed in a mini-vocabulary lesson by describing to me all the ways their eagles could be in action: swooping, soaring, perching, hunting, etc.!

Enjoy!  I LOVE these!