BirdSinging Snogs
Song Sparrow
Cranbrook Institute of Science Trials0
A living field journal of our school grounds
The WildSide ofCampus.
Photos photographed by Ava Phipps · Web designed by Victoria Shao
American Robin
Baltimore Oriole
Barn Swallow
American Bullfrog
American Black Duck
Grey Squirrel
Campus Wildlife
Field Journal
American Robin
Baltimore Oriole
Barn Swallow
American Bullfrog
American Black Duck
Grey Squirrel
Campus Wildlife
Field Journal
Why this journal exists
The campus is not just ours. We are keeping its other residents on the record.
01
Observe
Between classes and along the paths you walk every day, an entire wild community lives on our campus. Slow down. Look up into the elms, down into the pond. They have always been here.
02
Record
Every entry in this journal pairs a photograph with a piece of writing, a field note, a small story, a single observed moment. Students and teachers keep it together.
03
Share
Like the encounters that move you, leave a note for the author, and find exactly where on campus each animal was spotted. The map remembers every sighting.
Field notes
The Residents
30 entries so far
Bird
InsectTraveler Across America
Monarch
Kingswood Lake0
ReptileMost Invasive Chelonian
Red-eared Slider
Bog Gardens0
BirdYellow Hammer
Northern Flicker
Kingswood Beech Tree1
BirdThe Hollywood Finch
House Finch
Cranbrook Quad0
BirdThe Ubiquitous Sparrow
House Sparrow
Cranbrook Quad0
BirdThe Little Brown Dynamoe
Northern House Wren
Lake Jonah Nesting Boxes0
BirdWoodies
Wood Duck
Faculty Way Stream0
BirdKing of Fishing
Belted Kingfisher
Kingswood Lake0
BirdHens and Drakes
Mallard
Kingswood Lake0
BirdBeautiful Blondies
Leucistic Mallard
Kingswood Lake0
BirdQuietly Walking the Banks at Dawn
Solitary Sandpiper
Kingswood Lake0
BirdTeeter-peeping Around
Spotted Sandpiper
Kingswood Lake0
ReptileThe Semi-box Turtle
Blanding’s Turtle
Bog Garden0
ReptileSunning at Noon
Painted Turtle
Bog Gardens0
BirdTree Mice
Brown Creeper
Kingswood Lake0
BirdTerror Birds
Canada Goose
Snake Rocks0
MammalTiny Rodentia
Eastern Chipmunk
Cranbrook Quad0
ReptilePond Dragons
Common Snapping Turtle
Japanese Gardens0
BirdStriated? Galapagos? Green!
Green Heron
Kingswood Lake0
BirdFishing at Dawn
Great Blue Heron
Kingswood Lake0
BirdRed Shouldered Icteridea
Red-winged Blackbird
Kingswood Lake0
BirdCooing Heard from Up Above
Mourning Dove
Japanese Gardens0
BirdGreen-Headed Grey Hound
Northern Pintail-Mallard Hybrid
Crane Pond0
AmphibianBanjo Frogs of the Pond
Northern Green Frog
Bog Garden0
BirdThe Early Riser of the Quad
American Robin
Cranbrook Quad2
BirdSpot of Orange in the Trees
Baltimore Oriole
Japanese Gardens0
BirdSkimming the Field at Dusk
Barn Swallow
Kingswood Lake0
BirdChocolate Colored Visitors
American Black Duck
Kingswood Lake0
MammalCK’s Smallest Celebrity
Eastern Grey Squirrel
Cranbrook Quad0
Sightings
Where they roam
Every entry is pinned to the exact spot on campus where the animal was seen. Walk the map, then walk the campus.
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