It's Harder Than You Think...

We found out today that it is harder than you think to build a bird's nest. We have been learning about birds in our science studies, and we have also been learning how they build nests for their babies (except for owls--they don't build their own nests. They just steal nests that other birds have already made!).

We spent an hour searching for all the things that birds use to build nests--pine needles, grass, feathers, etc. This was a lot of fun! We were followed several times by flocks of geese wanting to see if we had any food for them...which we didn't.

After we gathered our supplies, we stopped at a bench and began building them. It definitely was a lot harder than I thought it would be.

Aliya wanted to plant her nest on the ground between two trees. She was very proud of her nest and was sure that a bird would decide to lay her eggs there.