TPW TV -- BIRDING CLASSIC: A glimpse at young 
birders and their big day ... details on Passport to 
Texas.

This is Passport to Texas

Each spring, birders from across Texas and beyond, 
participate in The Great Texas Birding Classic. 
This week on the TPW TV series, meet a group of 
young birders and their teacher who took part in 
this year's tournament. Alan Fisher produced the 
story, Flocking with Friends.

43 -- There's an oriole. Baltimore oriole. Oh, I see a spoonbill 
guys. Whoa, what's that? White Ibis. The red-winged 
blackbird ... I was really impressed by the class and their teacher. 
We're not just doing text book knowledge - we're doing real world 
learning. And, if you put excitement into it and you show the 
relevance to their own life, you've got them hook, line and 
sinker. The kids were so engaged. They had learned all these 
details about so many of these birds. I named it. This guy. I 
named it. Jacob did it. Everybody ... everybody agree? Yes. 
Okay. The teacher really believes a lot of these kids are going to 
go on and be interested in biology or ornithology. So, it was really 
neat to see how engaged they were and interested to learn about 
the world around them.

Thanks, Alan.

Flocking with Friends airs the week of November 17 
on PBS stations across Texas.

That's our show for today .. Funding provided in part 
by Ram Trucks. Guts. Glory. Ram.

Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti. 









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