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Carnegie program teaches about birds

IRONWOOD - Children flocked to Ironwood Carnegie Library Monday afternoon to learn about challenges birds face while migrating.

"What makes a bird unique?" asked naturalist Licia Johnson from the North Lakeland Discovery Center.

A child said birds can lay eggs.

With that, Johnson showed them different bird eggs. The size of the egg depends on the size of the bird. Bigger birds lay bigger eggs.

Birds can fly, another child said.

Johnson said birds can fly because they're covered in feathers and she handed them a feather to take home.

Holding a turkey's foot, Johnson said birds have relati...

 
 
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