Summer by the seashore

We took a trip to the seashore, Fire Island National Seashore. It was amazing. There are no cars so we took a ferry and walked to a campsite in the dunes. It was great hearing the ocean waves crash as I lay in the tent. We walked the beach and found lots of interesting things. This was a dead crab with small shells that had already attached to him. Even when the crab is dead he provides an environment for the small clams to live.





This next picture is algae that had washed up on shore. Can you see the round structures on the algae? Those are the air bladders. Remember those from our Algae unit? What do air bladders do?

Tell me what you have done this summer?

Bird watching- part 2

It took me a while and I missed her many times but this is the best video of the mom feeding her babies. All day she flew in to feed them and then off to find more food. It must be very exhausting being a mother bird!



check here every week. I will post you stories and pictures of my summer.
Tell me about yours. You can even send me pictures and I will post them.
My email address is sclimenhaga@albionk12.org

Have a wonderful July 4th.
Mrs. Climenhaga

Bird Watching part 1

Here at our house, just off the porch is a gourd nest. Every spring a bird lays her eggs. This year I had the camera ready to get movies.


Have you seen any bird activity? Post me a note and tell me.