Nature Study

Red-Tail Observation

Our family has been enjoying the Cornell University red-tailed hawk nest-cam this week. We even participated in the contest to name the male red-tail, suggesting “Romulus.” I thought it was pretty great, but alas, we didn’t make the cut for vote-worthy names. (Sigh…)

In any case, we decided to incorporate it into our nature study with some journal pages.

2nd grader's page
5th grader's page
Mom's drawing...
...and observations.

We had a good time drawing together. Drawing the female hawk was our first attempt to capture a live subject (virtually live, anyway), and she shifted positions on us a few times.

Things should get interesting in April, when the eggs are expected to hatch. Maybe we’ll do another observation page then. Meantime, I’m submitting this to the Outdoor Hour Challenge, scheduled for March 31.

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