What an incredible week at Junior Naturalist Ecology Day Camp. From hiking through the woods, to exploring the aquatic world of Audubon, these campers have truly honed in on their naturalist skills. This group has been enjoying journaling and silent time to focus more deeply on the world around them.

On Monday, our campers learned about the secret life of trees.  They got to meet a tree, learn about what the rings of a tree indicate and so much more.  In the afternoon, they experienced a silent hike walking through the woods and using all of their scenes. The silent hike led them to the river where they explored and cooled off.

Tuesday was all about water!  In the morning, they went pond scooping at Beaver Pond where they caught the BIGGEST crayfish.  They also performed a wetland assessment looking at the quality of water, the land, and the animals in the water too.

Wednesday was a big day.  In the morning, they started right away, hiking to the Birds of Vermont Museum, those carvings are incredible.  In the afternoon, the campers had free exploration time and ended by building some AMAZING shelters.

Thursday (today) is all about field and meadow. We learned about meadow and field birds like the Bobolink, swept for insects, and did some plant ID.  We even used soil augers and took some soil samples.

Friday we will put our skills to the test. We will start the day with a huge scavenger hunt bringing us to different places we visited this week.  We also will to look at our game camera pictures to see if we caught anything too.  At the end of the day, we will put a close to camp by playing an Audubon favorite, Life and Death in the Forest!

This has been a week full for exploration and adventure!