Adams Elementary
What's New
Intermountain Bird Observatory--River site
On Thursday Oct. 8 our class had a fun field trip!
We went to the river site for the Intermountain Bird Observatory to observe and band birds.
The students identified and banned: 2 Ruby-Crowned Kinglets, several Yellow Rumped Warblers, 2 Black-Capped Chickadees,
a House Finch and a Mountain Chickadee.
We learned a lot about birds that migrate through Idaho as well as the birds that make their home in Idaho year round.
Our thanks to Heidi and all her wonderful volunteers for making this a memorable experience!
Bird Technicians
With our new year, we have new students to apply to become "Bird Technicians".
We had more that 3/4 of our class apply and ALL will have the position.
Lila's application stated:
"I love animals and I love to be with them. I think I would be good at this job because I'm good with animals
and I can be quiet andrespectful when I'm around birds. I would love to have this job because it seems
like fun! PLEASE accept this application." Lila---YOU'RE HIRED!
That's just Ducky!
For the last week we have had a pair of Mallard Ducks, male and female, hanging out below our feeders.
They have become more accustomed to kids walking past on their way to the cafeteria.
We are guessing that they have a clutch nearby, but we have not found it, yet.
The students are excited to know that soon we may have a whole family of ducks to observe!
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What we've seen this school year
Observations
Species | Count | Disposition | Date and Time | Link |
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![]() House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) |
6 | Feeder | 04/16/2019 - 9:45pm | Details |
![]() Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) |
2 | Ground | 04/16/2019 - 9:45pm | Details |
![]() House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) |
1 | Feeder | 04/16/2019 - 2:15pm | Details |
![]() Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus) |
1 | Feeder | 04/16/2019 - 8:15am | Details |
![]() Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) |
1 | Ground | 04/16/2019 - 8:15am | Details |
![]() European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) |
2 | Flying | 04/16/2019 - 8:15am | Details |
![]() Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) |
2 | Ground | 04/16/2019 - 8:15am | Details |
![]() Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) |
1 | Flying | 04/15/2019 - 2:30pm | Details |
![]() House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) |
5 | Ground | 04/15/2019 - 2:30pm | Details |
![]() Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) |
1 | Ground | 04/15/2019 - 1:45pm | Details |