Holy Cow! How did six weeks go by so fast?!? I'll tell you how. It went by in a flurry of boats and coats, rain and snow, and oohs and aahs. Time flew by as lessons on worms, owls, deer, habitat, fish, bears, and lions. The time was spent stalking sleeping deer in the rain with 4th graders, turning over rotting logs with 6-year-olds, and sneaking up on a sleeping owl in a snow storm with the most ninja-like kindergartners I've ever seen. If I wasn't teaching, the time was spent planning lessons, feeding and caring for animals, and greeting visitors to the Nature Center for impromptu lessons about whatever amazing thing is happening at that moment (like watching geese hatch)! I've cleaned 1,000 pounds of algae from our filters and carried several tons of tree and brush limbs getting the place ready for spring and summer. I'd love to say more, but a bus just pulled up and I gotta run. Since a picture says a thousand words, here's a small novel to keep you busy until I can get back to the blog again. Ciao!
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| Burrowing owl |
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| Peregrine falcon |
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| Future geologists |
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| Future hydrologists |
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| Future wildlife biologists |
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| Black-capped chickadee |
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| Looking for our 8-foot sturgeon |
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| Butterfly, or crazy wolf-creature? |
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| How many kinders can fit in an animal shelter? |
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| Burrowing owl |
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| First bee of the year |
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| Spring in Idaho |
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| My girlfriend Fiona |
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| Day-old geese |
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| Idaho Master Naturalists after clearing an entire dumpster's worth of brush |
