George Washington Carver was a visionary in the field of botany as well as an inventor during the early 1900s. He spent a lot of time behind a microscope. When we take the mystery out of that which is unfamiliar by looking at it a little more closely, we begin to make connections and understand “it” better. When we connect, we begin to care…perhaps these two birdwatchers are looking at hope right in the eye!
Students from Pepper Middle School, Longstreth Elementary and Norwood Elementary in Philadelphia bird watch on Tinicum Marsh at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge in Pennsylvania.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region 