Day 4

Today was our fourth and last day at Ralph Klein Park and we had a fantastic time!

In the morning we did a bunch of activities that related to pollution, recycling and the time it takes for things to decompose. After a quick snack break we headed out to explore the park and did a photography scavenger hunt. Some interesting things we saw were: an owl pellet on the ground, coyote pelt, animal teeth in the grass, and apples decomposing in the orchard.

This afternoon we learned about animal tracks and how different animals move. We had a chance to  use stamps that showed different animal tracks and document them in our nature journals. Did you know that in jackrabbit tracks the back foot is in front of the front foot. The "perfect walker" animal tracks, like deer and coyote, walk in the tracks they already made. Owls, even though they fly make tracks when they hunt, this is called taking a  "plunge".  Their tracks are made by their feathers in the snow on the sides and their feet make an X in the snow when they grab prey like mice. Around the X tracks you can see marks from the thick layer of feathers that keep their legs warm.

We ended our amazing time at RKP with a group photo on the climbing structure in the newly opened playground.