Students in Sue Leach’s Grade 4/5 class at Columbia Park Elementary School lucked out on Thursday as they went birding at airport flats and at the Sunnyside turtle pond.
Not only did they see several bird species and lots of turtles but the weather was fantastic.
Here are three photos from their field trip:
The kids in Sue Leach’s Grade 4/5 class at Columbia Park Elementary really lucked out weather-wise when they went birding at the airport flats and at the Sunnyside turtle pond. David F. Rooney photoGuided by experienced birders like Janice Jarvis, Josee Woodman and Patti and Mas Matsushita the kids learned how to identify some of the many bird species that use the flats and other water features of the Columbia River Valley as they migrate north and south depending upon the seasons. David F. Rooney photoA spotting scope helps when you want a close-up view of a mallard or merganser or maybe one of the many turtles that haunt the pond. David F. Rooney photo
