Kid’s Day

It was a divide and conquer have fun kind of day. 

Leanne went with her mom and Pop to the LA Natural History Museum to see the Antarctica exhibit. They thought it was great, with lots of hands-on experiences for kids.

Leia and I had lunch after her marine biology camp (they dissected a squid yesterday!),

 

then did a bit of sewing on her Fair quilt 

before we picked up Jac 

and headed into Ventura to meet up with Donovan 

 Peregrine Falcon 

for a kid-friendly presentation by the Ojai Raptor Center. 

 Full-grown burrowing owl

The talk was great for the adults and bigger kids in the audience 

but Jackie and Donovan were quickly bored. Thank goodness for phones with cameras! 

The presentation was really interesting - I learned it’s probably a screech owl I keep hearing at night in the trees behind our house; burrowing owls mimic the sound of a rattlesnake to scare away predators; kestrels are the fastest animal in the world, faster even than a cheetah, when they dive to catch their prey. So cool.