We had an awesome time at the Surrey Nature Centre! We were fortunate the rain held off on our forest adventures. Throughout the program the forest fairy toured us around and introduced us to 4 different forest animals (an owl, crow, raccoon and bat). We learnt lots of interesting facts about each of these animals and realized they aren't so scary after all! Here is a peak of our field trip:
We used our senses to make observations about our surroundings.
Raccoon hand and foot prints.
We used our sense of touch to feel raccoon fur.
We looked at real bat skulls, they were tiny!
A broken apart owl pellet! We learnt that owls can't digest all of their food so they have to spit back up the remains, this is called an owl pellet.
We used binoculars to see like an owl. Owls have binocular vision.
The owl and crow demonstrated how quiet owls are when they fly by flapping their feathers in front of us. Owls have very special feathers making them almost impossible to hear.
Lastly, we had to work in partners to build the owl a birds nest. This was a favourite activity. Here is the result
Thanks again to all the parents who volunteered their time to drive and help make our day possible!
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