A Recycled Nest...

It feels like we are living in the middle of an aviary lately. Today we saw a group of pelicans (so exciting!) an osprey, an eagle and heard so many little birds flying about! I read the book Mama Built a Little Nest by Jennifer Ward. It's a sweet rhyming book with illustrations that show examples of different types of nests and birds. This book was our inspiration for today. We dug through the recycling and garbage to create a little nest......

 We glued parts of an old lemon bag, paper bag and newspaper to a balloon

 Then, we let it dry....

Popped the balloon and found a friend to live in it... until we placed it outside...

Here are some other books about birds that we found -

A book about John James Audubon called The Boy Who Drew Birds. It has beautiful illustrations and tells such a lovely story of Audubon. There are many other books about Audubon but I found this one the easiest to digest for 4-7 year olds.
Robins, Songbirds of Spring is a sweet book all about Robins.

How to Paint a Portrait of a Bird is a very sweet little book about just what it says. It would be a lovely gift to give with a paint set and canvas.