{"id":10645,"date":"2025-01-30T22:34:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T04:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/?p=10645"},"modified":"2025-01-31T14:36:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T20:36:36","slug":"nature-school-week-6-animal-homes-nature-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/?p=10645","title":{"rendered":"Nature School Week 6  &#8211; Animal Homes Nature Hike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that all the trees have lost their leaves this is a great time to study Animal Homes. <strong>If you are a teacher and would like to do a live virtual Animal Homes Nature Hike with your class, please contact me.\u00a0<\/strong>Below you will see a Youtube video I created in a\u00a0park near my house.\u00a0 As you are watching the video, follow along and try to figure out what type of animal home you are seeing. To help you identify the animal homes use the handout from my book, <em>Nature Seeker Workbook.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10651\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Animal-Homes-Student-Page.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10651\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10651\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Animal-Homes-Student-Page-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Animal-Homes-Student-Page-768x1025.jpg 768w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Animal-Homes-Student-Page-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Animal-Homes-Student-Page-1151x1536.jpg 1151w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Animal-Homes-Student-Page.jpg 1467w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10651\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From <em>Nature Seeker Workbook.<\/em> Lawrence Wade<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To download handout, click here:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Animal-HomesPDF-copy.pdf\">Animal HomesPDF copy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Animal Homes\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SOTozjgUh-w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you would like to view an other posting on animal homes that shows the inside of different animal&#8217;s homes go to:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"5kRWGkwR5D\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/?p=7567\">Animal Homes Program<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Animal Homes Program&#8221; &#8212; The Old Naturalist\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/?p=7567&#038;embed=true#?secret=keD5gk4FY7#?secret=5kRWGkwR5D\" data-secret=\"5kRWGkwR5D\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7584\" style=\"width: 555px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/www.animalanswers.co_.ukclassesmammalsamazing-underground-animal-homes.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7584\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7584\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/www.animalanswers.co_.ukclassesmammalsamazing-underground-animal-homes.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/www.animalanswers.co_.ukclassesmammalsamazing-underground-animal-homes.png 545w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/www.animalanswers.co_.ukclassesmammalsamazing-underground-animal-homes-300x258.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside a Fox Den<br \/>www.animalanswers.co.uk:classes:mammals:amazing-underground-animal-homes:<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How do you tell the difference between a Crow\/hawk\/owl nest and a squirrel nest? Look at the two photos below and see if you can tell the difference.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10647\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/squirrelleafnest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10647\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10647\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/squirrelleafnest-1024x899.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/squirrelleafnest-1024x899.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/squirrelleafnest-300x263.jpg 300w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/squirrelleafnest-768x674.jpg 768w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/squirrelleafnest.jpg 1063w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Squirrel Nest<br \/>photo by Lawrence Wade<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10648\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/crownest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10648\" class=\"wp-image-10648\" src=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/crownest.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/crownest.jpg 927w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/crownest-300x280.jpg 300w, http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/crownest-768x717.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crow Nest<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Crow\/hawk\/owl is made mostly of sticks and is flat on the top. Whereas the squirrel nest is mostly leaves and is rounded at the top. See if you can tell the difference when you are taking your own nature hike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that all the trees have lost their leaves this is a great time to study Animal Homes. 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