WRN Teens – November 2018

WRN Teens November 2018
WRN Teens have been busy during November. For our first bonus outing, we had a fun hike at FWR Dickson Wilderness Area. This was a new place for everybody and it was great to explore all the different habitats. Highlights of our afternoon were having packing snow (therefore snowballs!), figuring out that Wild Turkeys had been active by one of the lesser-used trails, and having a chance to wear our WRN tuques again!
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The snow was not so helpful for the invasive plant removal we had planned to do in a Kitchener natural area for our monthly project on the last Saturday afternoon of the month. Josh Shea turned that project into another -- we learned about bird identification basics from Josh and Teen-ornithologist Linden and had a short hike at Huron Natural Area. Although the birds weren't plentiful, it was good practice for us as we've been invited to help at the Christmas Bird Count for Kids at 'rare' on January 12.

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The beaver dam
The beaver dam
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And some recent activity
And some recent activity
A new-found friend.
A new-found friend.

Thanks to the enthusiastic Teens for coming out, to their parents for getting them there, and to Josh and Linden for sharing their know-how. We're not meeting in December but are looking forward to more volunteer work and learning in the new year.