Recent Nature Journal entries

We have been enjoying the "springish" weather lately- (is Springish a word?) And with Spring the Nature journals have been pulled out a bit more often lately. They do get pulled out in the winter- but not nearly as often. I try and put the Nature Journals in the workboxes at least once a week- though Roo often wants to draw in his more often, and if he draws in his- I have to draw in mine ;)

Here are a few of Doodle's recent entries- Doodle is silly with his entries- he doesn't always draw something he's recently seen- but rather something in nature that interests him- An entry of a Bear, or him skiing.

From left to right- a Bear, a mountain

our bird Bolt,

A Tree in the yard, a yellow flower

A few of MY entries- a Seagull, a coyote,

a Pheasant (who taunts Bug many mornings as he wanders across the yard in the mornings), Balanced Rock from our Arches trip

a Turkey, (who strangely enough brought the whole flock of turkeys with him to our house last week) and a Deer (the deer visited the field across the street quite often in the wintertime)

Here's some of Roo's entries-

From left to right- Owl, Seashells,

"a dinosaur eating Doodle's tooth" What??! That's what he drew- and told me to write that at the top of the page, Northern Flicker woodpecker (who unfortunately has developed a liking to our LOG home ;)),

a Lady Bug, and a seagull

I am really enjoying the Nature Jourals. Here are a few things we find helpful with our entries-

Birds of Utah book- It's organized by color which is perfect for beginning bird-watchers like us. This is always the first book we look in- because the pictures are huge, colorful, and all the birds live around here, as opposed to thinking "oh I think it's this bird..." then find out that bird only lives on the East coast.

Keeping a Nature Journal- great for the how-to's of Nature Journaling

Kids Nature Book- I keep meaning to use this one more- there are nature ideas for every day of the year.- Some as simple as "April 13- Create a rainbow with a garden hose", to more complex ones like "March 27- Construct a blind" (a place to hide yourself so you can observe wildlife up close)

We also have some various field guides I've found at the thrift store which are helpful- one on Mammals, and one on Trees- both seem to get pulled out quite frequently.