Maple Tree Study and more signs of Spring

We're having so much fun with the notebooking pages from Harmony Art Mom at her Handbook of Nature Study blog. Yesterday the weather was gorgeous and we got outside and did the maple tree study. Here are their notebooking pages:

Our trees are still only just budded, so we will have to keep an eye on them and watch for blossoms. We noticed that the small red buds were fuzzy on the very ends, and when we started peeling layers off we found a fuzzy layer, and in the center we found tiny red seeds (?).

 Isaiah always has fun in the stroller!

We took a short walk and noted lots of Canada Geese in the cornfield. There are some pretty big mud puddles in the field too, and we had hoped to see some ducks (sometimes we see them when we're driving past) but there were none.

There was lots of outdoor time yesterday before and after swim lessons.

And a couple more signs of spring were spotted: a papa Redwing Blackbird, high in the top of one of the maples, and some pretty moss, which I think is some sort of hair cap moss.