The Wild Classroom's

WILD WORDS FOR WILD WINGS

 

Oakridge Elementary School's

W.I.N.G.S students

bird watching field trip

to the St. Marks Wildlife Refuge

Monday, March 6, 2006

 

St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge volunteer Diana Hardee
helps students spot a bald eagle nest!

 

 

Lots of alligators at St. Marks NWR too! 

 

Snowy Egret

 

 
 

 

Pied-billed Grebes

 

Northern Shoveler

 

Students learned how to use their binoculars quickly!

 Students saw the following species at St. Marks:

turkey vulture, bald eagle, downy woodpecker, common moorhen, pied-billed grebe, double-crested cormorant,
anhinga, red-winged blackbird, great egret, snowy egret, little blue heron . . . and lots of alligators!
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