Thursday means creek critters galore

The rain doesn't stop these creek campers!  We were ready to find some fabulous creatures today!

We had just read the fun picture book, Diary of a Spider, before our creek walk.  However....

Spiderwebs are hard to photograph....

We made a wonderful early discovery.  Ms. Moore heard a splash and then managed to capture a feisty green frog that went off swimming down the creek.  It tried to hide in the rocks, but Lani pointed out that the green that looked like a leaf was the frog.  She was right!

We found so many other fabulous creatures today. Crane fly larva, stonefly larva, caddisfly larva, tiny aquatic snails, a few larva we couldn't identify, worms galore, baby salamanders and some adult salamanders.  We encouraged the kids to take the time to search for macroinvertebrates today.  It takes time and patience to search in the creek.

We were incredibly excited when we found a ringneck snake!!

We brought it back to the classroom to observe for the afternoon

The Birthday Girl was very intrigued!

But we still needed some outdoor time as well!