We carried on with the themed bird activities. We learnt about the different parts of birds and how they use each bit.
William and James have both enjoyed learning more about them.
As I get the boys every Sunday morning; it was difficult to assign times to join in over the weekend. However; The moment we got back Sunday the first thing we did was check our bird feeders
We wanted to see what was being used and what, clearly, we're attracting the birds back in to our garden.
We found that the seed trays and the hanging seed feeders were doing the best.
We had noticed throughout the week that we started getting a lot of the smaller birds like Robins, Sparrows and Blue tits back. (And quite a large amount of them too)
Our tray for the larger birds enticed the odd Blackbird and Thrush but these were particularly popular with Wood Pigeons and Magpies.
We took advantage for the rest of the day to complete our Weekend Box that luckily had a craft inside to create an Aztec Parrot.
Previously when we had spoken about birds we wanted to see William only listed 2; A Parrot and a Owl.
So Monday morning comes round and William eagerly sneaks into my room to wake me up so we could start our bird watch (5 am felt far too early but thankfully, as you guys know, I don't sleep to well)
I listed a few birds that we had seen in the week as well as ones that William wanted to see.
We saw a good mix of birds and as the RSPB site suggested we counted how many we saw at one time:
Blue tits: 5
Sparrows: 3
Blackbirds: 2
Thrush: 1
Magpies : 3
Pigeons 5
This activity lasted for around 1 hour and 30 minutes.
We did enjoy this but William was still disappointed that he didn't see any Parrots.
We took some time after at the start of Home school to draw a poster of the birds we saw.
The only disappointing thing is that we didn't get any photos of the birds during the task. However; it's been my pleasure getting to know Ashley through his blog. He, too, took part this weekend and has some amazing photos on this post and others that feature birds.
How did you guys get on? Would love to know from all those took part.
6 comments:
I'm not sure where you are based but if your son is desperate to see Parrots, then Richmond Park or Hampstead Heath in London will almost guarantee it! Or hang around some parks in Margate/Ramsgate (basically the south east) they are spreading but that is the most heavily populated areas
We're in Kent. So those are all accessible. Was going to take him down Wingham Park in Canterbury. Margate/Ramsgate for Parrots??
Yeah my old man lives in Margate and they get them in the garden they put out apples for them, but the parks (Dane park and Northdown park) are great. Ring-necked Parakeet (or Rose-ringed parakeet depending on the book). You'll hear them first with their squawking usually and they can be a nightmare to spot in trees but in flight you can't mistake them :)
Wow!! Am super impressed. Need to head down there then. Isn't too far of a journey for us really only 40 mins give or take. But would be worth it.
This looks like such a brilliant weekend activity. I must admit that I wouldn't be able to identify half those birds. And I adore the fact that William was disappointed that he didn't get to see a parrot. That is lovely. Hugs Mrs H xxxx
Thanks Mrs H. :-) it was a great activity and we've been loving doing it as part of our home schooling. Ha I know he's properly disappointed that he didn't see one.
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