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July 21, 2011 by: Hodgepodgemom

Night time Critters: Flying Squirrel and More

Recently we had an up-close and personal experience with a night time critter. Right in our own backyard! Remember our flying squirrel? Well, we remembered that last year, when we were in the middle of an outdoor hour nature journal study, that we also got to see flying squirrels. There was a nest full of them in Mama Ann’s bluebird house! So, when we saw the topic, night time critter, the first critter that came to mind was, of course was – flying squirrel!

We decided to study this furry flyer a little more in depth. So we pulled out the Handbook of Nature Study, our First Field Guide: Mammals and our Southeastern field guide. We agreed with fact that they come to bird feeders at night. We’ve heard some rattling.

Here are a few more night time critters we’ve enjoyed again this summer. Each of these we finished a more in-depth study of last year. Mammals and insects too:

  • lightning bugs!!

  • raccoon (photo on Mama Ann’s feeder)

  • cricket in eight-year-old’s words.

This year: We’ve talked about night time critters as we hear the crickets hum at night and as we see the lightning bugs light up the lawn. I also asked the children what else, besides the flying squirrel, they thought of when I said night time critter.

We listed them on our handy Outdoor Hour July Nature Journal grid page. And then, I asked each of them to pick a favorite and to study it a little more and to sketch their choice.

We’ve seen a few moths here and there. Eldest girl says she has been enjoying lightning bugs flashing as she and her siblings catch a backyard sunset swing.

Youngest girl picked her favorite, the Great Horned Owl. She chose watercolors for her journal page and made a very colorful owl  🙂

Middle Girl went all out with both a raccoon report and a raccoon in pastels. Here is the poem she included in her report:

Raccoons are very grayish and I think they are very sweet. But most of all I think they LOVE to eat!!!!  🙂

Eldest boy sketched a flying squirrel in flight.

We’ll continue to study night time critters as the days grow shorter. Even, maybe, the opossums (Yuck.), which are marsupials.

What night time critters are you noticing near you?

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Tricia faces a daily dose of chaos homeschooling five children. The biggest lesson she’s learned? At the end of the day – when the dishes are put away and the children are tucked in bed – truly what matters is each child’s relationship with the Lord. Raising children is a God-given privilege and, folks, the time is short.

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  1. Barb-Harmony Art Mom says

    July 22, 2011 at 7:40 AM

    Your family did an awesome job on this challenge! It is so nice to see and hear how they have each started making their own little studies and journal records. I so appreciate seeing how the newsletter suggestions are helping your family.

    Thanks for sharing your link,
    Barb

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  2. All Things Beautiful says

    July 22, 2011 at 10:28 AM

    Great journal pages!! You saw a great variety of creatures! I especially love the raccoon picture.

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  3. Angie W. says

    July 31, 2011 at 10:57 AM

    Great drawings and how exciting to have the flying squirrels in the bird house. Unless of course you actually wanted birds in the bird house. 😉

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