Teenage Cardinal

Young cardinals look pretty funny.  Their crest looks more like a mohawk and they pose in some pretty strange ways.

Pollinator Garden

This little garden at the NC Museum of Life and Science is for pollinators.  It has the little bee house, and flowers for the butterflies.  You can see a tiger swallowtail if you look closely.

Soundspace

Soundspace at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham is a room where you interact with computers to create graphics and sound. 

Some people interacted quickly.

Others were more organized in their interaction.

Pipevine Swallowtail

There were two of these butterflies, Pipevine swallowtails (here) fluttering around the lantanas.  I tried to get a still picture, but they never stopped fluttering their wings.

Twisty scar

I think maybe there must have been a vine choking this little tree as it grew, making a spiral scar on it's bark.

Union Baptist Church

This tiny church, Union Baptist Church, sits on a busy street corner near downtown.  I can't find much information on it, but it looks like it has an interesting history.

Hiking signs

This sign, at the park office at Durant Nature Park has suggestions for hiking with kids: nature tag, using your senses, making a nature journal.  But my favorite part was for parents:

Such a polite way to say it.