The Black Capped Chickadee<\/p>\n A Young Mantis, I believe Sam called it a Purple Mantis<\/em>, but I didn’t get close enough to tell and it is rather small.<\/p>\n The adult Parsley Worm<\/em>, which if all goes as intended will become a Black Swallowtail Butterfly.<\/p>\n Those of you who know me will be glad to learn that I didn’t kill the “yucky” spider.<\/p>\n Here the children observe the Parsley Worm infestation and wonder if there’s enough parsley to feed that many caterpillars.<\/p>\n This is the Black Snake that joined me for my afternoon coffee. I’ll be finding a new spot.<\/p>\n It’s hard to believe that all this happened in just four days this week. Thanks to Mark’s gift of a GREAT camera last winter, we got some wonderful material for the science notebooks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This week’s science lessons have included several spontaneous wildlife sessions. \u00a0Here are photos of a few. The Black Capped Chickadee A Young Mantis, I believe Sam called it a Purple Mantis, but I didn’t get close enough to tell and … Continue reading ![\"\"](http:\/\/chloepoppins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dsc_0005.jpg "\\"Black")
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