Bear River Bird Habitat-Earth Day

For scouts about a month ago, Carter went to the Bear River Bird Refuge in Brigham City. He had a ball, and found out that they were doing some special activities for Earth Day. I made sure to mark it on the calender because I knew if we missed it, I would be in BIG trouble! Carter literally asked EVERY SINGLE DAY how much longer until Earth Day! Anyone that knows him, know that this is right up his ally! We had Grandma and Grandpa meet us there too!

Carter holding a Salamander

and a frog

When we first got there, Hailey wouldn't even touch the turtle! By the time we left she was a lot more comfortable and was even touching the snakes!

Fun little craft project. Hailey was so proud that she cut it out all by herself!

After checking out the animals inside, we headed outside to their River Trail. They had some fun activities along there. The first stop was face painting.

Hailey checking out her butterfly...

Carter got camo on his face. No surprise, did you notice that he is head to toe in camo???
He insisted when he woke up that morning that he HAD to be in camo so that he could catch frogs and snakes.

Another stop was to use nets and syringes in the pond water to see what little bugs are in there. I never realized there were so many!

They had a model set up, showing what happens when you take away trees and bushes from rivers...
Not Good!

After we were done walking around, Carter wanted to go look at the snakes one more time. He held this one, that seemed to take a liking to him as well! It went up the inside of his sleeve and into his armpit. Then wrapped its tail around his jacket. Carter was giggling, and loving it of course!

Trying to figure out how to get the snake out without making him mad!

It was fun to watch Carter in his element and to get so excited about this! He's a hoot, and it will be fun to see what he decides to do for a career when he gets older. He still insists that he will be a "Pet Collector" and he is convinced that he will make lots of money doing this :)