Nature Walk #1

Our first nature walk, or at least one with a purpose, went amazingly well.  We stared off first thing in the morning because the scorching temperatures are really hindering our ability to be in nature much less enjoy it.  Following Outdoor Hour Challenge for August, we are studying ponds.  Our neighborhood has a creek that runs through it so we decided to walk the half mile or so down to it to look for animal tracks near the water.  On the way we found the most amazing thing....

That is the full skeleton of a snake!  Minus the head.  However, B did some searching and found part of the jaw.  It had smallish teeth so I am figuring it was some sort of grass snake.  It was caught up in some erosion control netting (cause of death).

Our trek to the creek did not produce the running, babbling brook of times past.  The boys did walk a ways down and found a smallish puddle full of tiny frogs. 

So, while I was sorely disappointed (but not surprised) to not find a creek, all in all it was a great experience.