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Teaching Ornithology in High Schools

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Of course, there was conventional classroom time spent on topics such as mechanics of flight, metabolism, digestion, nest building, egg production, and so forth. But once a week, they were “out the door by 8:05 a.m. with binoculars, field notebooks, smartphones, and field guides” looking for birds.

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Guide to birding the Forgotten Road in the Djerdap National Park, Serbia

10,000 Birds

And in order to evaluate its potential, my agenda was to spend whole two days in the park and to produce the best possible evaluation based on that visit. This is a very productive area of mostly open or semi-open habitats , where birds are numerous and easy to spot. Other species include Grey Wagtail and Marsh Tit.

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On Teaching Children

Animal Person

Any other factories on the agenda? The site says food production factories are included , but I doubt that means those involving the slaughter of animals.). I don't think of that as a restriction. The kids made tortillas from scratch and then went to a factory to see how professionals do it. fun" said one (female) child.

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On "Food Inc."

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Film is a visual medium and through direction, dialogue, editing, music and any effects, the filmmaker presents (in this case) his agenda. The moral of the story is that it's all about the way we farm animals, not that we farm them that is what needs changing.

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From Today's New York Times

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But for more than 20 years, consumer groups led by Public Citizen have worked to scare the public about food irradiation and threatened to boycott companies that market irradiated products. For that you can blame a cowardly food industry and a cynical consumer movement, willing to sacrifice lives to further its antinuclear agenda.

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The Top-5 Birding Hotspots of Serbia

10,000 Birds

My own trip was not an intensive birding experience, and August is clearly not the most productive month. I chalked up 132 species in a pretty relaxed eight days, during which birds shared the agenda with culture. “I would certainly recommend Serbia to visiting birders.

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On Letting Your Emotions Rule the Day

Animal Person

However, many of our concerns about modern food production stem from purely emotional concerns, in which we try to overlay our social mores onto sectors where they traditionally haven’t been applied. Let's deconstruct: Paragraph #1: Americans don't know where their food comes from and what it takes to produce it.

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