Today was a beautiful day, perfect for taking a nice hike through the woods at the Shawnee Prairie Preserve. The sky was blue and clear, the sun was shining bright, and the birds were aflutter. We brought along our camera and binoculars and had fun trying to spot some birds, though bird watching with kids is not the easiest thing to do. Being in nature we are surrounded by so many fascinating things, it's hard to be quiet! We did find a lot of neat things, such as lichen and moss, fungi and onion grass, animal tracks and tree burls.
Some of the birds we saw were Carolina Chickadees, Canada Geese, Cooper's Hawks, American Tree Sparrows, and a Great Blue Heron juvenile. We used Georgia's Birds of Ohio field guide book to identify the birds. She bought this book with some of her Christmas money at the Nature Center's gift shop.
Finding the Great Blue Heron was such a treat. We tried to follow it slowly and quietly. We said we felt like we were on National Geographic!
Below are the pictures we took today. We hope you enjoy them!
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