Yesterday we had a fabulous trip to the Nisqually Wildlife Refuge. I've been going to the refuge for over twenty years now, and each time I go I see something new and interesting. It helped that Davy, the leader of the education program at Nisqually, was with my group. He has a spotting scope and an uncanny ability to locate interesting wildlife. We saw several gaggles of Greater White-fronted Geese, a Peregrin Falcon, several Cormorants, Harbor Seals, Mallards, Canada Geese, the Belted Kingfisher, Sandpipers, several Great Blue Herons, and the find of the day, a Leucistic Great Blue Heron, which is a GBH with a medical condition that causes the feathers of this bird to turn white. Davy said he sees one about once every two years...super rare find! Thanks to Mr. Phillipy for making this awesome educational excursion happen for us!
Today, you had an opportunity to respond to the field trip on your starter. This was the final starter for Week 4 (last week, I know it's confusing). Those were turned in today. I did create a link to past starters on the right-hand side of this page. Please use this link for any missed starters, or if you happen to be absent. The link will bring you to a folder that contains each week of starters so far. Let me know if the link does not work for you.
We also began taking notes on the timeline of European Exploration. Hopefully we will complete these notes tomorrow.
No homework tonight unless you are making up work that is missing.
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