Saturday, March 8, 2008

Going to the birds...

Eliana has always loved wild birds. When she was about 4 we were in the yard one day and she said, "Listen! I hear the birds! Do you hear them? They are saying "We're so happy God made us! We love Him!".

She still loves to watch them and listen to them "praising God". The other day I had an idea to look for a place online where she could identify and read about the birds we have in our yard and I came across this great site, What Bird.
They have a lot of information about over 500 different birds including detailed illustrations and recordings of their calls. There is also a game where you can look for and identify different birds on different habitats. The three older kids spent a good part of the morning on the site and then went to this page and printed off pages of state birds and flowers to color.