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Ranger Paula teaching about pitcher plants
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| The Big Thicket
Vicki and I had a great time with Ranger Paula Rivers and the photography students from Raul Yzaguirre Charter School on our trip to the Big Thicket. If you have never ventured east to this amazing place you need to put it on your list. It was a beautiful day and the forest was full of birds and frogs. The students learned all about sundew and pitcher plants and the history of the preserve. We can't wait to see their photographs.
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Pine Warbler at the feeder
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Lots of BIRDS
We have been enjoying a bounty of birds at the nature center these last few days. Huge flocks of Cedar Waxwings have been stripping the Ilex and American Goldfinches are enjoying all the feeders. We had a pelican soaring overhead yesterday along with herons and cormorants along the bayou. Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers are still working on trees and Mockingbirds are getting territorial.
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Christine and her stepping stone
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| The FROGS
Our new garden club has been working hard! The FROGS (Fraternity of Radical Organic Gardening Students) have been planting annuals and lots of veggies and herbs in the gardens. They are weeding, journaling, and getting artistic with a new series of stepping stones. You will get to meet them all at the Festival on the Bayou on May 8th, 2010!
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