We were on our way to the
Marin Discovery Museum last weekend and we passed by some nature preserves in the
Marin Headlands. There were signs posted about Coyotes, which I read aloud for the kids. Of course they immediately started scanning the countryside for Coyotes.
"Where are the Coyotes?" Gaby asks.
"Well they probably aren't out." Annabel Says.
"Where are they?" Gaby asks
"They are nocturnal." Annabel says. I am a bit shocked by her precise vocabulary. She learned it in school, she later told me.
"What is that?" Gaby asks.
"That means they are active at night." I say.
Gaby thinks about it, then she lights up with this realization:
"Santa Claus Is Nocturnal!" She shouts.
The picture is from the Museum visit.
