
Use your senses to explore the world around you!





Tell us what you noticed with your senses by sending us an email to takeitoutside@peecnature.org! Ready for more? Check out some other ideas for exploring outside here.
Use your senses to explore the world around you!
Tell us what you noticed with your senses by sending us an email to takeitoutside@peecnature.org! Ready for more? Check out some other ideas for exploring outside here.
Go outside and get to know the birds in your neighborhood! Can you find:
Birds eating, drinking, and taking shelter
A habitat has food, water, shelter, and space for animals. You can help create bird habitat near your house by providing a dish of water, or planting flowers with seeds that birds can eat.
Birds interacting with people
Birds can be helped and harmed by human behavior. Cats and window strikes kill lots of birds every year. You can help by keeping your cats inside, and by placing stickers or hanging strings on the outside of your windows to block reflections.
Birds of the Season
Watch for these birds running or hopping along the ground, looking for insects and worms. (Photo by Bob Walker)
These tiny, quick birds can be seen hovering near flowers or feeders. (Photo by Deborah Halter)
These thick-beaked birds tend to be seen in flocks. They often visit seed feeders. (Photo by Bob Walker)
Look for a flash of yellow hopping from branch to branch, as this bird looks for insects. (Photo by Bob Walker)
Some birds live in your neighborhood year-round, and others migrate, or move from place to place with the seasons. As the fall season advances, keep looking for these birds. Which birds seem to stick around, and which ones do you see less often as the weather gets colder? Some of our birds fly south to Mexico or Central America for the winter!
Tell us what birds you saw in your neighborhood by sending us an email to takeitoutside@peecnature.org! Ready for more? Try looking for the 20 most common birds of Los Alamos! If you see a bird outside, PEEC’s bird guide can help you identify it.