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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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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. Unfortunately, at the time of writing, wildlife is still more commonly sold to foreign hunters.

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