Photo-A-Day 2.0 #00135

I was a chaperone for Andrew’s class field trip today. We went to the Stony Brook Audubon Sanctuary to learn about insects. It was pretty fascinating when the kids got to poke around in some pond muck and find some different insects. Andrew was very excited about this field trip and I think he was happy that I was able to go along. I had a nice time.

The kids did not find a lot of insects but they did find different things in the water. There were damselflies, dragonflies and more. I forget what stage they were in but they’ll be growing a bit more soon. We did not find any crayfish or tadpoles, though. It has been too cold for them so far this year. I couldn’t believe how many things the kids found. What I could believe was that each kid would say that they were the ones who caught whatever creepy crawlie our guide showed them.

Andrew and a classmate looking to scoop up little bugs from the pond muck, they were quite successful.

What a Dragonfly looks like in a younger stage of life.

We have been to Stony Brook a couple of times in the past. Once I took Andrew on his own when it was just the two of us all week long. I called them Adventure Fridays in tht happened four years ago to the day of this field trip. Another time we went as a family using our Audubon society membership.