Q is for Quail

Quail week was actually more of a bird week. But we did learn about quail specifically, too. Our Bible lesson was from Numbers 11 when the people of Israel grumbled and God sent so much quail to them that they ate their fill and then got very sick. Some of them even died. The sad part was, they weren’t starving, they had the food that God was providing for them. They just weren’t content and thankful. So, this was an important lesson for our kids to learn, especially right now when we are trusting the Lord daily for our needs. And they really have been showing contentment and thankfulness for every blessing. During this week we got to take a field trip to Lynx Lake to have a bird watching and feather collecting hike. We saw loons and ducks and some little songbirds. We listened carefully to the songs they sang, drew pictures of everything we saw, and walked very quietly down the path. We had hoped to see the eagle that lives around there, but he wasn’t around. Ardara was a real scout and found the first feather AND a bird nest. Huyler led us off the main trail, closer to the water and found a nesting spot for ducks with TONS of feathers. We really hit the jackpot! We also played a game where you roll a ball to someone in the circle and they have to think of a type of bird before rolling it to someone else. We learned about the Dodo bird—pretty interesting stuff—and we made waterproof “feathers” by rubbing paper feathers with olive oil and then watching water bead off instead of soaking in.