The weeks are flying by and we are already halfway through February!
On Wednesday, our morning search was for Chickadees. These little birds were a bit difficult for us to find, and one even flew away for the day! After finding almost all of our Chickadees, we headed down to beaver pond for some winter exploration. We had so much fun looking across the frozen pond, playing in the stream, poking around with sticks, and of course, playing in the mud. We brought our lunches and ate in the warm sunshine by the pond before hiking back up to the barn.
On Friday, there was tons of fresh snow and it was still falling as the day started. We didn’t hide any critters this morning, but we played in the snow with shovels. We made a massive snow pile to dig out later and make a quinzhee! After piling up as much snow as we could, we headed up to forest camp where we played in the snow kitchen, made fun snow shapes, and climbed our fort.
Wednesday 2/22
![Children gather around a crouching adult Children gather around a crouching adult](https://vt.audubon.org/sites/default/files/styles/bean_wysiwyg_full_width/public/counting_chickadees.jpg?itok=HTWKNyBK)
![Children walk down a path Children walk down a path](https://vt.audubon.org/sites/default/files/styles/bean_wysiwyg_full_width/public/hiking_4.jpg?itok=wwfYKnDC)
![Children play in a snowy field Children play in a snowy field](https://vt.audubon.org/sites/default/files/styles/bean_wysiwyg_full_width/public/exploring_beaver_pond.jpg?itok=dQjgRgJE)
![children look at snow on the ground children look at snow on the ground](https://vt.audubon.org/sites/default/files/styles/bean_wysiwyg_full_width/public/fun_at_beaver_pond.jpg?itok=bd2JlP7L)
![children hike on a path children hike on a path](https://vt.audubon.org/sites/default/files/styles/bean_wysiwyg_full_width/public/on_our_way.jpg?itok=pAAONVxe)
Friday 2/24
![children fill a bucket with snow children fill a bucket with snow](https://vt.audubon.org/sites/default/files/styles/bean_wysiwyg_full_width/public/filling.jpg?itok=DgM2si_c)
![two children play in the snow two children play in the snow](https://vt.audubon.org/sites/default/files/styles/bean_wysiwyg_full_width/public/snow_castle.jpg?itok=5hSIObAO)
![a child stands next to a stick fort a child stands next to a stick fort](https://vt.audubon.org/sites/default/files/styles/bean_wysiwyg_full_width/public/fort_0.jpg?itok=AtHHOaiO)
![children climb up a snow bank children climb up a snow bank](https://vt.audubon.org/sites/default/files/styles/bean_wysiwyg_full_width/public/climbing_0.jpg?itok=nhwoul9d)
![two children play in the snow two children play in the snow](https://vt.audubon.org/sites/default/files/styles/bean_wysiwyg_full_width/public/snow_muffins.jpg?itok=J64UGEI8)
![a child smiles in the snow a child smiles in the snow](https://vt.audubon.org/sites/default/files/styles/bean_wysiwyg_full_width/public/snow_smiles.jpg?itok=EdyExeGn)
![a child holds a shovel full of snow a child holds a shovel full of snow](https://vt.audubon.org/sites/default/files/styles/bean_wysiwyg_full_width/public/hard_at_work_0.jpg?itok=rBjhvGcU)
![Children build a snow fort Children build a snow fort](https://vt.audubon.org/sites/default/files/styles/bean_wysiwyg_full_width/public/building_our_quinzee.jpg?itok=YpJqhiil)