Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Crest Drive Elementary 4th & 5th graders


This morning the rain held off and we were able to see lots in the wetlands on our field trip. Here’s some of what we saw…

Birds:
Red winged blackbirds
Western meadowlark
American kestrel
Mallards (a female with ducklings!)
Geese – Canada & Cackling
Swallows
White crowned sparrow
Common yellow throat warbler was heard
Yellow legs (one)
Turkey vultures

Pond life:
Fishing spiders
Shrimp
Tadpoles (one of which had some legs!)
Water beetles
Water Boatmen
And lots more!
Rick found a damselfly that he got in a container for us to get a good look at!

Blooming:
Camas
Scot’s broom
Grasses
Bradshaw's lomatium!
Oregon saxifrage
Buttercups
Willows
Maples

We also noticed shiny reddish/green poison oak leaves, as well as cow parsnip & Queen Anne’s lace growing – complete with spit bugs. There are galls on the willow leaves and lots of wooly bear caterpillars around!

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