our trip to North Carolina...

Day 1: A warm welcome (by bees)

In our family, when we turn ten, we get to pick a trip. Since I turned ten this year I decided to go to Cape May and spend the day birding. A few days after I had decided to go to Cape May, I changed my mind. I thought going to go visit the Tribe was a better idea. On Friday (the 14Th) we were finally on our way. At about 7 pm (and 8 hours later), we pulled into their driveway and started playing in the front yard. A few minutes later, we hear Aaron screaming "I have a bee on me". Our wonderful mutt a.k.a. Rafferty had stepped into a ground bees nest :(. A minute later Rock gets stung on his neck (and also three times on his knee although he didn't notice it then. sigh). Then Parker starts screaming, (ugh)a bee had stung him on the shoulder (through his shirt!). Mommy ended up being stung by the bee on Aaron as she tried to get it off of him. Thankfully, at this point we went in the house so me and Mag escaped being stung. The daddies then rushed to the store for wonderful benedryl cream (and of course some wasp and bee killer spray).


day 2: The bird park

The next day, (Saturday) we went to sylvan heights waterfowl park they had lots of neat birds there such as Golden pheasants,Mountain quail,Common eiders and even Trumpeter swans! we had a very good time there and hopefully we will go again next time we go to North Carolina. We spent the rest of Saturday playing and just having a good time together.


day 3: Church and goodbye

on Sunday, we had church and sang some songs such as "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" and "In the garden". After that, we went outside for a little bit while mommy packed up. Then came in to get ready after we had done our goodbyes, we had an emergency (at least, it was a little bit of an emergency for Parker) green white (Parker's webkinz frog) was missing. We searched the whole house for him, especially the room we were staying in and I finally found him under the couch and brought him back to Parker. (to bad it didn't take longer to find him so we could have stayed longer.)

We had a great, but short visit and I really hope we can see the Tribe again soon!




-the birdman-

wing banded ring-billed gull

Back in January we saw a wing banded Ring-Billed Gull in the Walmart parking lot. I entered it on a banding website. Today, I got a certificate of appreciation for entering the information. It was banded in Worcester County, Massachusetts a year ago today (3/26/08). It hatched in 2005 or earlier,they do not know the sex of it.
If you ever see a banded bird, write down the band number and the species,location, etc. Then, go to this website and enter the information. They will send you a certificate with all of its info. This is not just for fun, it also helps scientists track them. Scientists can learn important stuff about birds behavior,movement and other important things.

-the birdman-

Guess what!

I won ribbons at the fair- 4 of them!
3rd place for my cookies
1st place for my woodburning
and honorable mention for my painted brick and rubber stamped greeting card

here are a couple of pictures...