Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: education

My daughter finally had a day free for us to get together on 23 September 2018. She suggested we could go to the Saskatoon Farm, a place we both love, for breakfast and a wander round the grounds with our cameras. After that, we drove west to Granary Road. Though the Active Learning Park had closed for the fall and winter, it was open for the day on the day we went. It covers a large area and has all sorts of educational areas, including a mushroom area and a farm animal area. We had fun trying to photograph a group of funny Alpacas there. A Turkey took me totally by surprise! I had never seen a white Turkey before, only the darker Wild Turkeys. This domestic Turkey was beautiful with its white feathers edged in black. I had been hoping to get over to Granary Road all summer, but it just didn't happen. This is a fairly new market garden, SW of the city, with an Active Learning Park, too. Before this, the area was simply a huge, empty field, except for the row of five old, red granaries/sheds. I was very disappointed some time ago, when I first saw what was being planned for that particular area. Most of all, I and many other photographers, were horrified when we discovered that the row of old granaries had been removed from the landscape. Some of you may remember my photos of these granaries, which I called "The Famous Five". They have been replaced by five new, red sheds which, I have to say, look better than I had originally thought. Link for my album, "The Famous Five" - 25 images of the original, old row of five, red granaries. www.flickr.com/photos/annkelliott/albums/72157648910659879 There was thick fog in places on this day, but it didn't seem to affect photographing objects that were close. My favourite kind of day, spending time with my daughter.

The American Crow was taken by yours truly and it is much appreciated that one of my images was used. This pack of ID cards arrived in my mailbox just yesterday. They are beautifully made - and would make a great gift for a child. I took this quick shot last night and really should have thought a bit more carefully about it and turned over one of the cards to show the range map and information that is given for each bird. “A set of 38 large, colorful photos and interesting facts about common North American birds helps build bird identification skills. Revised, updated, and expanded!" These cards are one of the BirdSleuth Resources – others include a BirdSleuth Science Process Discovery Poster, Scavenger Hunt Cards, Bird Bingo Cards, Pocket Naturalist®, and BirdSleuth Poster 6-pack. For use with kids from Kindergarten to Grade 11. BirdSleuth Bird ID Cards help kids become experts on identifying common backyard birds. The front of each card is a beautiful, full-color 5x8 image while the back of the card describes the habitat, food preferences, and breeding biology of the bird, along with a range map, trivia questions, and cool facts. Each one of the 38 full-color laminated cards provides information on one of the most common birds. They are a great way to teach bird identification: each child in a group can become an expert on a bird or an individual can quiz herself on the bird names. There are also fun and easy-to-play games suggested, as well as BirdSleuth trivia questions and cool facts on every card. The cards also come in our Most Wanted Birds kit.” www.birdsleuth.org/502/