Backyard Ornithology – The Study of Birds

One of the best ways to homeschool science is to simply watch the world around you and learn!

I was outside giving my three big dogs a much needed bath when my son brings me a baby blue jay who had presumably fell from its nest.  He had it in a cage already with a pan of water. In his mind it was his new pet.

I told him to just put it on the porch out of the reach of the dogs while I finished up my chore and cleaned up. I knew I needed to intervene of this little Baby Blue would not survive in human care!

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