Exploring with Clair

Clair asked if I could drive the kids out onto the property so she could explore with them and talk about the creatures and plant life that is found all around our school. We went to the creek first and found that the water had gone down significantly since our last visit even though we have had rain.
We stopped on the way back to the school to look at different fields of wildflowers and we found many little bugs, caterpillars, butterflies, cocoons and cows.

The fields were full of wildflowers and green lush grasses. Lots of flowers we could and some we couldn't identify. Lots of these little bugs This was a tiny chrysalis that was empty that one of the kids found. Clair found these two little caterpillars, but it was Violet who correctly identified them as Queen caterpillars. They are easily mistaken for Monarch caterpillars. Caterpillar that was building his cocoon. Need to identify this guy. Someone found this little inch worm and wanted me to capture it. Damon came running up to me and told me that he thought this area looked like the planet Endor and that they had a base camp at the truck! LOL. Some cool rocks with weird stuff growing on them. Andrea and Sophia There were so many baby calves and we stopped to observe them, or rather some big cows stood in front of the truck and wouldn't let us pass...