4th/5th grade class
Ardmore Elementary
16616 N.E. 32nd
Bellevue, Wa, 98008
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Thr. 6-Mar-97 Location: Lake Sammamish State Park Sky: rainy
Temp: 45f/10c Time: 4:00 pm-6:00 pm #Observers: 5 #Species:18
(single red-necked grebe, heron rookery)
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Dear tweeters:
I enjoyed looking at the owl pellets in near Issaquah. Dema and
I grabbed some sticks and started to dissect the pellets. There must
have been 50 pellets scattered on the ground. I also enjoyed when the
sharp-shinned hawk flew over our heads by Sammamish Lake near our school.
-Bo

Dear Tweeters,
When we were at the Barn Owl pellet area we found a plentiful amount of
pellets, it would be really fun if we could have dissected all of them.
I had never seen pellets before they were fumigated. I never imagined
that they would be so slimy. When we were dissecting the pellets with
sticks we found perfect skulls of voles, shrews, and other animals.
This was really an amazing sight since we dissected owl pellets in class
earlier this year. Spottting the Sharp-shinned Hawk was very nice.
-Dema


Dear Tweeters,
When we were about to leave the place where our creek flows into the
Sammamish Lake a sharp-shinned hawk flew into a tree. I spotted the bird and
told the teacher. The sharp-shinned hawk flew again and landed on another
tree. I saw the red eye and orange on the breast. I got to look at it
close up.
-Dara


Dear Tweeters:

Out of the 18 species we saw I liked the Sharp-shinned hawk the best.
It flew to a tree right behind us. Then it flew right over our heads to
a nearby tree. It was great! I also liked seeing the numerous amounts
of owl pellets that we found while searching for Barn Owls. They looked
really different from the fumigated pellets that our class dissected!

In the beginning of the year I had the students, in pairs, write down some
questions they may have about birds, bird behavior, and the study of birds.

Here is one: How do birds know where they are?