Wednesday, February 17, 2010

chickadee feeding photos




Kristina took these wonderful photos at our last meeting of the chickadee feeding. Thanks so much Kristina!

Just a reminder to others with cameras: If you have photos you would like me to put up on the blog to share with the rest of the group, please send them to me. If you send them as a JPG that is easiest. I know I never managed to get the photos from our digital photo day up. I'm still working on that, believe it or not, now that I've managed to figure out a way to protect them.

The images on this site are protected under a Creative Commons license, which you can read more about if you scroll down and click on the link at the bottom of the blog. This means that others are free to use them, but they must attribute the photo correctly, and the images can't be sold or changed. It is an honour system, but the CC licenses tend to be as well-respected as we can get on the Internet without putting writing right on the photos.

Finally, if you have a photo that includes someone else's children, and if they are identifiable in the photo, I'd like you to make sure that the other parent/guardian is aware and amenable to the photo being posted online before sending the photo to me. Thanks!

January 2010 sightings

Just a quick reminder: our special full-day extra event is this weekend! So hope to see everyone there. Please remember to bring lunches, warm clothes, and a mug for hot chocolate.

And without further ado, our sightings from last month's meeting (a fabulous winter list):

  • snowy owls
  • crows
  • red-tailed hawk
  • American bald eagle
  • winter crane flies
  • spiders
  • coyote
  • hawk
  • deer
  • screech owl
  • great horned owl
  • cooper's hawk
  • sharp-shinned hawk
  • long-eared owl (roadkill)
  • red-bellied woodpecker
  • pileated woodpecker
  • downy woodpecker
  • hairy woodpecker
  • midges
  • wild turkeys
Awesome work, Young Naturalists! Keep your eyes open as spring starts creeping up on us!