Field Observations
Reptile we have seen twice in the field.
What is a snake?
Scientific study of mammals.
What is mammalogy?
Three pages per week.
What is our nature journaling requirement?
Invasive vine that strangles native trees.
What is English Ivy?
Pairing up for a hike in an isolated area.
What is the buddy system?
Bird we saw in Sarah's Glen.
What is a great blue heron?
Scientific study of birds.
What is ornithology?
Drawing animals and plants in our journals.
What is field sketching?
Habitat loss.
What is development? OR What is deforestation?
Protection against ticks.
What is tick repellent?
Native vine we saw at Jim Barnett Park?
What is poison ivy?
Scientific study of the relationships and interactions between organisms and their environment.
What is ecology?
Labels, charts, maps, zoom-ins, zoom-outs,
What are some nature journaling strategies?
Planting native plants.
What is habitat restoration?
Also protection against ticks.
What is rolling your socks over your pants?
Amphibian we saw at MSV pond.
What is a green frog?
Scientific study of the relations between climate and periodic biological phenomena, such as bird migration and plant flowering.
What is phenology?
Words, numbers, and pictures.
What goes in a nature journal?
Pet that kills 1.3 - 4.0 billion birds each year.
What is a cat?
Packing out your trash.
What is "leave no trace?"
Blue flower that grows near MSV pond.
What is blue mistflower?
Observation and interpretation of organisms and ecosystems. (Hint: not an 'ology)
What is field natural history?
Date, time, location, weather.
What is metadata?
Bluebird nesting boxes.
What helped bluebird populations recover?
Just look, don't touch/take.
What is ethical wildlife viewing?