Dear Oak,
Today, there was a dead bird. Lynne found the bird. It was at the base of a tree. We looked at it and took care for this little dead bird. The bird had lived and flown. It was a girl nuttall woodpecker. The boy has a red head.
We learned that she eats insects. She likes termites, ants, and spiders. She pokes acorns into the holes that she drills in oak trees, creating long term food storage for her whole family. We hear her sisters in the trees working, working.
Someone made up a woodpecker song and sang to her. It was beautiful and so was she.
Love,
Teacher Michelle