I love watching bird feeders and watching birds soaring on a wind current we have in the evenings in our backyard. I love discovering wild plants you can eat.

I love it when both parties are talking freely as of being on the same level of knowledge.

I love seeing birds nesting.

My favorite way to explore with my kids is often our walk to/from school or exploring parks. We are lucky to have wetland trails nearby and get to see lots of critters and cool plants without a lot of effort.

Animals spark my curiosity. (Especially birds.) It is so fun to meet a new animal on a trail or to find an unexpected nest. Animals and plants change so much through the year and it is delightful to see how their behavior/appearance develop.

My favorite way to explore nature is with the kids in my Family Nature Club. Charlotte already mentioned below the joy you can have by seeing things through their eyes. There is no better way to explore the out-of-doors, in my opinion.

 

Everything in nature makes me curious. Not having studied much about the natural sciences in college, everything is new to me and presents itself as a learning challenge. I find that there is so much to know in the natural world that I doubt the remainder of my lifetime will be adequate. After living most of my life in the 'human world' it seems that there is this other world completely new and different outdoors, just waiting for me to discover it! I will probably need to live a couple hundred more years to do it justice. Wish me luck! :)

My favorite way to explore nature with children is to try to see things through their eyes, and to affirm their descriptors of subjects rather than immediately correct to the proper name. This encourages their ability to describe and identify objects, and helps me to understand their perspective.

Changes in plants are the aspect of nature that make me the most curious. It is incredible to see this seemingly inanimate object change in the matter of a few hours and to wonder and learn about the processes and properties that make those changes possible.