Tuesday, January 12, 2010

The Great Horned Owl



We've been studying John James Audubon's drawings of America's birds. His personal goal was to create pictures of all the birds of America. By 1838, he had drawn 435 birds! One of the drawings we focused on, was of the Great Horned Owl. This is a local bird to us and the kids found it intriguing to learn about it's size, power and gracefulness. Afterward, they drew their own version of the Great Horned Owl. We will try to find one this week at our nature center! If we do, we'll post photos.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

sooooo.....did you find one? love the artwork! you're such a good teacher! :)

LSumm05 said...

I am very impressed with the artwork Mark & Hannah! Nana's artistic talent has not been lost in the family indeed : ) Love you all! XOXO