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Hi Lisa! As a bird watcher, I really like your approach to helping students study and identify birds. I attended a program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology one summer, and the leader of one of the bird walks was from Europe. He noted that most Americans trying to identify a bird immediately start paging through the field guide looking for a match. In Europe, however, birders would first consider and discuss the size, shape, coloration, habitat, song, identifying marks, and other salient characteristics before going to the guide. His research showed that this latter approach makes the experience much richer and leads to more accurate identifications! Thanks for sharing and Happy Birding! -- Mary B
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