Friday, 15 February 2013

Our nature adventure

We went to the nature reserve today. At home, mummy told us to write down the things we found interesting, the things we liked and some questions.

These are my questions:

1. What do female and male ducks look like?

A: I found out that they were Mallard ducks (I used Jacob's birds book). The answer that's easiest
is that ducks have different coloured faces. The male ones have green faces. The female mallard ducks have an orange bill and mottled brown feathers.

2. How agressive can ducks be?

A: Very aggressive!  I found out that in winter the males can be aggressive against other ducks when they defend their territory.

3. What squirrels have a red face and a grey body?

A: Eastern grey squirrels.  I found out on wikipedia.

Here are the things I liked:

1. Seeing the puddleducks looking for their clothes that they borrowed from the kittens! (I read about this in The Tale of Tom Kitten.




2. Seeing a rook.



3. Seeing snow drops (a type of flower).


4. Seeing sheep.

Here is one of my videos of the walk:

2 comments:

  1. Elsie this is such a wonderful post. As usual you give us lots of details. It's easy to learn from your posts. It was exciting to hear the robins (I think) whistling in the background. The animals must all be excited to have some slightly warmer weather. The videos were also exciting to see. Let me say that I really, really, really, really, liked your post. Love Grandad.

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