112 NATURE STUDY LESSONS FOR PRIMARY GRADES 



Have they no other way of getting about than 

 by flying? (They walk on the ground.) Have you 

 ever seen them walk? Were their steps long or 

 short ? How did they hold their bodies ? Do they 

 ever run ? Do they hop ? Why were they on the 

 ground ? Did you ever see a crow's tracks in the 

 mud or in the snow ? How many tracks did each 

 foot leave? Picture on the board. 



What is the crow's work in the winter? Is this 

 all it does the whole year through ? (No, in spring 

 it builds its nest.) How early? Did you ever see 

 it building its nest? Have you ever seen a crow's 

 nest? Why do we so seldom see one? (They are 

 built high up in trees — very often in evergreen 

 trees.) 



[Have a nest in the class if possible.] This nest 

 was taken from a tree after all the little crows 

 were grown up. The crows never use the same 

 nest for two seasons, so we know they will not 

 need their old home any more. 



Of what is it built? (The outside is made of 

 twigs and sticks, the inner wall of grasses, leaves, 

 and bark from cedar trees or grape vines. Some 

 of their nests are lined with hair.) 



Early next spring we will begin watching the 



