The Outdoor Hour: Nature Study for Dummies--Like Me...Obviously!

Barb, from The Handbook of Nature Study, is holding my flying-animals-of-creation-fearing hand every Friday, as we study birds together.  I'm linking up with her, as we study one bird each week because it's all I can really handle without an abundance of intoxicating medication.

You see, I had this ridiculous Biology teacher in high school that loved to tell his personal horror stories about how many times he was afflicted with worms inside his nasty body whilst growing up, instead of actually teaching his scholars a thing or six about the science itself.  

Ew.  

And I still have palpitations about birds as his final exam was a slew of his hobbyist taxonomy projects--all 100 of 'em--which we had to identify by sight and which counted as 60% of our final exam grade.  

Creep.

Needless to say, I passed by the hair on my flightless chinny-chin-chin, and it had nothing to do with birds and everything to do with acing the rest of the year's work.  

Hated him for messing with my average--ruined my life.  Today, I only repeatedly fantasize that I was Valedictorian of my class, while routinely crank calling the gal with the disgusting photographic memory who unfairly was.

But I digress...and incriminate myself.

This particular Outdoor Hour Challenge started last Friday but, somehow, I missed it.  No worries: Barb isn't posting Mister Linky for three weeks, while we get our study on with Masters Robin, Cardinal and House Finch.  And, like I said, Barb literally holds your hand through the whole process of studying these wretched fine creatures, by giving you a step-by-step checklist, consisting of Inside Preparation Work, Outdoor Hour Time, and Follow Up Activities.  She even tells you which pages to read in that uber-intimidating Handbook of Nature Study, by Anna Comstock!!  How cool is that?!

Won't you come and join us?  And, if not now, you have about 72 weeks before we're done.  Maybe you'll mosey on over before then?

Hey!  Here's a thought: Maybe this study will free me from the wicked damage of Mister T's Biology class.  And then again, maybe not.

The sacrifices I make for these kids...