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Teaching Ornithology in High Schools

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In 2018, I read an article in Birding magazine by Jeff R. It was later re-published on the All About Birds website.) In other words, a “spark class” rather than a “spark bird.” with binoculars, field notebooks, smartphones, and field guides” looking for birds. Think about it for a minute.

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The Smell of Napalm in the Morning

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Are these very early migrants or possibly breeding birds of a wider area? Birds in their second calendar year often do not breed yet and spend time further south from their breeding areas, so this is most likely their year off. Okay, obviously a bird-productive area, but what about the title? and one ad.).

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Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge, Honduras, Part 1

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We didn’t know what to expect from the train that had at one time been used to transport bananas to the coast and is now used to transport ecotourists to the wildlife refuge. It was expertly driven and we saw some cool birds en route, for the best of which the driver was kind enough to stop.

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Crossbill Guide to Extremadura: A Review

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In preparing for our birding trip to Extremadura this February (as part of the EL50 Swarovision launch ), I had bought a copy of the first edition of the Crossbill Guide to Extremadura and, quite unexpectedly, read it from cover to cover within hours of buying it. The guide has three main (colour-coded) sections: - Landscape. Practical Part.

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Birding across the north of Australia in July

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These temperatures make for perfect birding/camping weather and because that is one of our favourite pastimes we decided it was time to go and explore a bit more of northern Australia during July. Thankfully it was not just large reptiles that we saw, but some beautiful Ring-tailed Dragons warming themselves on rocky outcrops.

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Rwanda Dreaming

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This portal has compared data on the percentage of a total global number of species of birds, amphibians, mammals, reptiles, fishes and vascular plants per unit of area, creating a biodiversity index. Add to this the fact that the road is being serviced by public transport. Sources: 1 Rwanda, African Bird Club.

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