Morning Nature Walk with Daegan

Daegan and I headed out for a short morning nature walk before his drama class last Saturday. We saw more signs of spring, including magpies building a nest:

magpie building a nest

Daegan found a patch of ice that reminded him of a map of Europe (France and Spain, UK up above across the ‘channel’):

Europe in ice

He learned a bit of local history of the park (Edworthy park):

Edworthy memorial sign

Edworthy memorial 2

And we saw and heard an unusual woodpecker. We’re still not sure what it is, after consulting all our field guides. My best guess is either a black-backed or three-toed woodpecker. Any birders out there that can enlighten us?:

unknown woodpecker

unknown woodpecker 2

unknown woodpecker 3

It was a nice way to start the day, and I believe it helped Daegan focus in his drama class. The teacher said he had an excellent class, and was helping other kids with the story of Alice in Wonderland, the bit of play they will be performing. Daegan is very excited about playing the Caterpillar!

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