Comparing nature notes

Rosa and Amir work in the same office. At lunch on Monday, they open their nature notebooks. They visited the same park at the weekend, but they did not go together. Now they want to compare their notes.

Rosa reads her note: “Saturday, nine in the morning. I sat beside the pond. I could count three birds in a tree. I also saw small yellow flowers beside the path.”

Amir reads his note: “Sunday, four in the afternoon. I saw two birds and small yellow flowers beside the path. I drew one flower on the page.”

“We both saw yellow flowers,” Rosa says. “But you saw two birds, and I saw three. Where were your birds?”

“On the roof of the café,” Amir says. “My note doesn’t say that. I’ll add that detail now.”

He writes the place under his drawing. Then they look at the two pages again. Their visits were at different times, and they watched birds in different places.

“Our notes need a time and a place, not only a number,” Rosa says.

Next weekend, they plan to meet beside the pond. Each person will write a short note. After their walk, they will read the notes together.