Let's Bird!

Is "bird" a verb?  Hmm...

Hello, everyone!  It's me, Cammie!  As Maggie mentioned yesterday, we headed out on a day-trip to go birding!  We went to Mom's happy place -- Quivira National Wildlife Refuge, stopping at the Kansas Wetlands Education Center on the way out and back.  It was a very fun trip for all of us, but we're also pretty wiped out, so today I'm just sharing iPhone pix with you - later in the week, we'll show you the cool birdies we saw!

Here is a shot of Maggie and me on the way down:

"Zzz..."
"Zzz..."

As you can see, we were hard at work.

When we got to the Kansas Wetlands Ed Center, we got to walk around for a while. We struck a nice pose for Mom:

Me and the Peep at the Ed Center

After that, we headed over to Quivira! We saw lots of birdies, and Mom was going crazy taking photos (being careful not to over-stress her wrists). When we got to the Big Salt Marsh (BSM), us girls got out to help spot birdies:

"I think I see ducks over across the street!  Wait ... no.  Coots!  I see Coots!"
"Are they old Coots?  Ha roo woo roo!"

Mom fired off a couple shots, then she and I went over by the BSM to look around.  I struck a pose over on the parking pad:

"Old Coots.  I crack myself up!"

It was pretty warm, so we also had a water break (and some snacks!) while we were there.

We drove around Quivira NWR some more, then headed back to the Wetlands Ed Center.

"Siberian pose on 3, Cam!  One ... two ..."
"Three!"

That was fun.

After we all stretched our legs a bit, it was time to head home.

"Hey, Dad.  If you're tired, I'm OK to drive."

Maggie is really helpful like that.  Dad said he was good to go, so we just hung out in the backseat and played the license plate game.  I think Mom found the most states, but she was in the front seat, so she had a bit of an advantage.

A great time was had by all!  More to come very soon!

Cammie!