Neighborhood Naturalist Homework

This entry was meant for yesterday afternoon but I hadn’t been added into the project yet and not all my pictures had uploaded.

I noticed bird song such as Eastern phoebe, Black-capped Chickadee, American robin, and Blue jay. I noticed that besides the bird song and the sound of dripping water from the rain earlier it was quiet.
I was reminded of a quiet forest glen from a fantasy book, undisturbed and untouched by man.
I drew a hemlock branch and I learned that the bark was very bumpy and that it smelled very different from a pine branch. The leaflets were not prickly needles but more smooth. I questioned why only the leaflets only seemed to cover the end of the branch and not all of the twigs coming out of it. I also wondered why it was so bumpy.
As I reflected on what I had observed I was surprised why there were not as many birds singing. An unexpected ad thrilling thing was I heard a barred owl and a Broad winged hawk. Before I headed out I had the idea that things would be wet due to the rain and birds would most likely be singing. My ideas were mostly correct except it was warmer than I expected, about 50 degrees.

Posted on Μάιος 02, 2020 0311 ΜΜ by jobird