BRYAN ROMANOW

Journaling Birdhouse Activity with Your Child



Posted: Sunday, May 10, 2009

by BRYAN ROMANOW
http://www.MaineLobsterStore.com

Watching birds can be a great activity to do with your children. They can learn so much while they watching the migratory habits, feeding preferences, and life cycles. You and your child can spend quality time together building the perfect habitat for our fine feathered friends to visit your backyard every year and journal their arrival, departure, nesting preferences, types of birds, feeding preferences, mating styles, offsprings, learn specific types of various species of birds and so much more. By making your backyard bird friendly by placing a few assorted birdhouses , a birdbath or two, and a couple different style bird feeders with a variety of different food options, you and your child can watch and see what attracts what type of bird, who prefers what type of birdhouse and so much more.

Your child gains by writing down and tracking what they see and learn, as well as they learn to be environmentally friendly. You can purchase a few different birdhouses and regardless of the time of year, get them out in your backyard in locations that would be bird friendly yet easily viewable. It is best if you can get your bird houses out well before the breeding season, right before winter works well, giving migrating birds a place to rest along their flight south, but also having it in place when they make their route back. However, no matter when you start your quest to journal birds with your child, get the birdhouses out. Specify in your journal the types of birdhouses you have set up, what material was used to make them, their dimensions, and where they are placed. Then you can journal on which type of birds chose which type of birdhouses. Follow that up with their names, particular habits that bird may have, their name of course, colorings and marking, and what they preference in the diet. You can then follow up at your local library collecting books about birds to learn more about the birds visiting your birdhouses and feeders and learn more about how you can make your backyard part of their normal migrating habits.

You can do this activity with your child throughout their entire childhood, and something they can take with them and later continue with their own children. It will give your child a better respect for nature and the cycle of life. All this can be achieved by just placing a few simple birdhouses in your backyard. What you get from it is the satisfaction of knowing you are playing a huge role in your childs education by stimulating their brain as their curiosity is peaked wanting to try to add new bird houses to the mix, along with different types of food. Soon your backyard will be a bird sanctuary, which can be a huge benefit to you as far as pest control. It is a win/win situation, for you, your child, and the birds that need a safe haven that you and your child can offer. Can you think of a better way to spend some quality educational bonding time with your child without even having to leave your home?

Bryan Romanow is a local Maine Lobster expert.  He is interested in the preservation of cold water Lobster due to the over harvesting and poaching of undersized lobster. He also believes in moderate harvesting and believes it is OK to buy Maine Lobster when guide lines our flowed. It is important to buy Live Lobster from a reliable source
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