Talk about exhausting!
It can be difficult to get children that live over 500km from the nearest coastline to connect with waders and shorebirds! It is however rewarding when they realise that the loud and raucous Southern Lapwings on their local football field are also waders.
Southern Lapwing |
Pied Lapwing |
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Spoon-billed Sandpiper |
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Rocky the Piping Plover. (With Western Sandpiper.) |
Sadly we only had one day available and only spoke to about a fifth of the students at the school, perhaps one day we will get the chance to return and talk to the rest.
Claudio the principle, Erika an education specialist, me, one of the students (in pink) Angelita who assisted us with the organisation of the talks, our niece Mykaela and two of her friends. |
It says: Only when the last tree is cut down, The last fish is dead and The last river is polluted Will man realise that he can't eat money. |
We won't have been able to reach the hearts and minds of all
these children who face a difficult future in a developing country, but if just
one or two realise the possibilities and pleasures to be had from a lifelong
interest in birds and natural history in general, then all the effort will have
been worth it. Either way, as far as Wader Quest is concerned it was worth
trying, and we will continue to do so as long as we can.
Part of the Wader Quest fan club! |
Talk report.
Birds in school project.
I love birds.
Elis and Rick Simpson my aunt and uncle.
The talk was about extinction of animals (birds). I`m really proud to have such an uncle, because a life without this inoffensive little bird wouldn't be life, I think the work they are doing is very important, so: long live the birds!
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