Yesterday Peter, Courtney and all the Leaders in Training visited the Young Naturalists' group. Peter told the story of Abiyoyo with some help from his guitar. Many kids knew this story, which was made into a song by Pete Seeger, and joined in. It was lots of fun!
The Young Naturalists' mystery corner question yesterday was "can you figure out what these close-up patterns are?" Taped to the board were from close-up mystery photos. They were tricky but campers recognized some right away, such as ferns and baby shrimp. Here Amy is holding up one of the photos - sea lion skin up close!
The Young Naturalists' name game was the toss the ball name game. On Day 3, campers are starting to learn mostly everybody's names. When it was their turn with the ball, they said their own name and then the name of the person they wanted to throw it to. Here's Hannah teaching the game.
Then it was time for the field trip to Amethyst Brook Conservation Area! We hiked through a meadow into the shady woods and discovered the river. I found the object above on a rock in the stream. Do you think this object is just a stick? Guess again! The true identity is revealed in the last photo.
Many campers tried and successfully caught tiny minnows that were swimming on top of the water.
A dead crayfish Thomas found.
River art!
Here's the "stick" from the photo above! It is much more than a stick, it's a caddisfly larva! It is true the there are several sticks - that is the caddisfly's house! Can you see it crawling out on the right hand side? Caddisflies are wonderfully camouflaged in this way. They make "houses" out of whatever objects are around them to camouflage themselves to hide from predators. Later, they "hatch" out into adults and fly away! We found some made out of stones too!
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