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Teaching Ornithology in High Schools

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” His classes attracted diverse groups of students, often with little scientific background: “Students have to first pass biology, but most come in knowing next to nothing about birds except that they can fly, that they have feathers, and that they lay eggs.”. Examples here , here , and here.)

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Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation: A Book Review by a Curious Bird Feeder

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The growth of community bird feeding programs in the 1920’s, for example, is shown to be rooted in post-World War I America prosperity–more spending money, more time, and (this is the part I like) the availability of cheap grain. The story of Duncraft is a good example.

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Count Your Chickens (In the Florida Keys)

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When we eat eggs we eat chicken eggs almost exclusively. An exotic species (see Glossary) may appear in Florida because of deliberate transport and release by humans, or because of inadvertent escape from captivity. Other such local groups may disappear quickly, or only after a prolonged period of persistence.

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Birding Wawushan, Sichuan

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So, for example, there was ample warning of the danger of snow. One interesting paper argues that contrary to what might seem logical, cuckoos do not aim to lay eggs specifically into the nests of those parrotbills whose egg color and pattern match their own. Fortunately, safety seemed to be a priority at Wawushan.

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