The nearly extinct and elusive carnival bird
October 29th, 2009
Grandmothers are some of the best teachers. One student spends time with her Grandmother in the garden learning the names of butterflies, native flowers and birds. She was pleased to educate her school teacher with all of this knowledge. When the teacher handed out a worksheet with two birds to be colored (one red and one blue) she quickly told the teacher and the class, “That one is a blue jay and that one is a carnival.” When the teacher asked her to repeat the second one she slowly sounded it out for the teacher “Car-ni-val!” Perhaps someone should let the cardinals know about their recent name change.
