Whitney Traylor gives some quick information about Thorncrag Bird Sanctuary in Lewiston on Wednesday to Windham Plus Homeschoolers and Homeschoolers of Auburn and Lewiston. Traylor is the field trip coordinator for the two groups. She said that through the school year, she likes to plan a trip once a week. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Claire Traylor, 5, left, Abe Hanold, 6, center, and Corrine Traylor, 8, play on a rock Wednesday in the Thorncrag Bird Sanctuary in Lewiston as they wait for a home-school adventure. Two home-school groups, Windham Plus Homeschoolers and Homeschoolers of Auburn and Lewiston, got together to do an outdoor nature hike. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Jackson Smith, 4, heeds the warning of his parents, not shown, to step back from the vernal pool Wednesday during a home-school meetup at Thorncrag Bird Sanctuary in Lewiston. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Rebecca Smith helps her daughter, Hannah, 9, and Corrine Traylor, 9, and Aviana Fasulo, 8, read a compass Wednesday during their home-school trip to Thorncrag Bird Sanctuary in Lewiston. Windham Plus Homeschoolers and Homeschoolers of Auburn and Lewiston got together to do an outdoor nature hike. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Corrine Traylor, 8, left, Claire Traylor, 6, and Oliver Fasulo peer through binoculars Wednesday at the Thorncrag Bird Sanctuary in Lewiston as part of a home-school trip. “I can see a lot of trees,” Corrine said. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Students from two home-school groups, Windham Plus Homeschoolers and Homeschoolers of Auburn, scramble over a stone bench Wednesday at the Thorncrag Bird Sanctuary in Lewiston. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Chantel Michaud and her son Jaxon, 9, consult the Thorncrag Bird Sanctuary map Wednesday as Harrison, 2, relaxes on his mother’s back during a home-school field trip. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal