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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. I think it could be done but not using the normal process. They would know the local streams, lakes, and marshes.

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Journeys With Emperors: Tracking the World’s Most Extreme Penguin–A Book Review

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They are excellent science writers, patiently explaining the physiological processes involved in deep diving in penguins, seals, and human. It’s part memoir, part travelogue, part scientific narrative, part prologue to making an argument for Antarctic conservation.

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A Birder Reads a Scientific Paper

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Over two years (2011 and 2012), scientists captured 50 birds and successfully transported them from Niho to Laysan. This paper, which was cited in the paper we just discussed, conducted the relevant experiments: Addison, Jason A., The “results” section summarizes the outcomes. and Antony W. ” The Auk 128.2 2011): 265-272.

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The 100 Best Birdwatching Sites in India

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Having more than 1300 bird species, including over 75 endemics, it is hard to resist the lure of India – something I know from personal experience. 16), making the planning process easier. India is a huge and logistically frightening country. The 100 Best Birdwatching Sites in India allows you to focus on species (Index at pg.

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The Wonderfulness of Local Field Guides: Reviews of ABA Field Guide to Birds of Maine & Birding Guide to the Greater Pasadena Area

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Some birds are put next to each other to aid in the identification process, for example, falcons follow hawks. The hotspot chapters close with “How To Get There” by car, public transportation, and bicycle, and “Amenities/Fees”–hours, bathrooms, picnic tables, required passes, fees.

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Hermit Thrush Brewery: Party Guy

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In modern brewing, where malt is cheaper than time and labor, the convoluted parti-gyle process has mostly been abandoned for less tricky methods and the straightforward simplicity of making one beer from one mash. In this case, Party Guy is brewed in tandem with Hermit Thrush’s Jolly Abbot, a big, barrel-aged sour barleywine.

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Pigeons have tiny compasses in their heads

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Knowledge is more likely to be shared via shared experience than the exchange of data, though both happen. But early in the process of learning about the Efe I made a foray into the literature available in the 1980s of orientation and navigation, and this included the literature on birds.