{"id":783019,"date":"2010-06-09T22:18:02","date_gmt":"2010-06-10T06:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homeschoolblogger.com\/leigharev2\/?p=783019"},"modified":"2011-10-08T03:54:14","modified_gmt":"2011-10-08T03:54:14","slug":"effie-yeaw-nature-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2010\/06\/09\/effie-yeaw-nature-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Effie Yeaw Nature Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, my friend Tina and I, took our kids on a nature trail hike at the Effie Yeaw Nature Center<\/a>.\u00a0 They have a little demonstration village that shows how the Maidu Native Americans lived.<\/p>\n

The grinding rocks where the Maidu ground acorns into flour…
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Huts made out of tule (a type of water reed)
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I have to remind myself, I CHOSE to move here…
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The nature center has an educational display with an assortment of animals that live in the area.\u00a0 There were snakes, lizards, a couple of owls, and a hawk.\u00a0 There was also an additional room with taxidermied animals and other items from Maidu life.
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Grinding acorns…
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Hitting the trail…
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Tina’s younger son found this butterfly or moth chrysalis!\u00a0 Pretty amazing!!
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Looking at a caterpillar…
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Skipping rocks on the American river…
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There were actually two lizards on this log.\u00a0 One of them puffed himself up to scare us off…
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Watching a tiny ant walk around with a piece of dried grass that was about thrre times the size of his body…
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‘A’ and I spent some time trying to identify this caterpillar.\u00a0 We had no luck, so if anyone knows…
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We saw a rafter (group) of turkeys!!\u00a0 Interesting to note:\u00a0 We were able to get close enough to notice these hairlike things hanging off the chest of the turkey.\u00a0 I looked it up and found out that\u00a0\u00a0male turkeys grow a cluster of long, hairlike feathers from the center of its chest.\u00a0 This cluster is known as the turkey’s beard. On adult males, these beards average about 9 inches long.\u00a0 10 to 20 percent of hens also grow beards.<\/p>\n

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Heading back to the car, we were given a “goodbye salute” by a bunch of frogs and a turtle!
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