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Teaching Ornithology in High Schools

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Based on his own experiences teaching ornithology to high school students in California, he believes that high school student often just need the spark of an interesting elective class that fills a graduation requirement. and from Australia. They would know the local streams, lakes, and marshes. I got about 50 email responses.

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Bathing at the Poo Ponds

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It is challenging when you rely on a bicycle for transport for most of the week, but I have learnt to read the sky over the years and storms are isolated and often further away than you think. That really is flooding rain and quite an experience. Birding Australia Broome Common Sandpiper dotterels lapwings'

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Layover in Singapore

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Redgannet was originally conceived as a way to encourage my colleagues (in case you haven’t read the profile, I work as a flight attendant for an international airline) out of the shops and their hotel rooms to experience something that the local natural scene has to offer. Perhaps I have missed my calling.

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