Unplugged Project: Birds
What a fitting unplugged project for us this week! We have had our baby chicks for almost a week now and they are certainly a project but we’ve had quite a few other bird encounters as well.
If you haven’t been at our blog to see the chick posts you really should scroll on down and take a peak at our cute little babies! Yesterday they turned one week old and Ethan noticed that their tail feathers are just starting to poke out. I couldn’t get a good picture of the new feathers and, even though they are cute chicks, their butts aren’t their best feature.
On Saturday we went to John’s work for an Earth Day celebration where we saw a raptor show. We gave Ethan the camera to take pictures and he got some good ones. While there Ethan and Ben each built another Blue Bird house to bring home. We didn’t bring home the $15 stuffed eagle pictured below next to the real one and that made for a sad Ethan (for a few minutes anyway).
We also have been busy watching a Robin build a nest in the bird feeder outside our dining room. She has laid 3 eggs now and every time we sit down for a meal we watch her as she sits on them. She is pretty happy we have a suet feeder right next to her but I know the other birds would like their seed feeder back as soon as she is done with her nest. Further down our porch we have some Phoebes nesting, they come back every year. The boys are learning to tell the difference between a lot of birds.
So we didn’t actually make anything bird related specifically for this project but we did, out of coincidence, have a very birdy week just the same!
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Sounds like a “bird” theme really was perfect for you this week! I love how your kids had the opportunity to see so many different birds in different environments, between the bird show and your own backyard. Awesome!
It looks like a fun and exciting week, even if you didn’t do any projects. Raising chicks is always interesting. My children are helping to raise baby goats and that is an adventure.
The chicks are wonderful!
You folks are really tempting me. Maybe next year?
Your birdy week sounds like fun! The chicks are cute.
What a fun week!
It sounds like you had quite a bird-filled week, I’ll bet that raptor show was fascinating. How wonderful to have a nest within such close view! You are very fortunate. You are also fortunate to be able to have chickens. I would love to have some but the HOA doesn’t allow “livestock.” Very sad!