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  1. GeorginaEgypt

    Creating a Bird ID Card - Advice Please

    I have decided to share a Bird ID Guide for all the birds I have spotted and photographed in El Gouna. It has been one year since I started out on a mission to learn all the names of the birds, and I am up to around 80 species. This has left me completely confused so the number one use of this...
  2. GeorginaEgypt

    Creating a Bird ID Card - Advice Please

    Dear Delia - update as requested. Just the one successful school trip with the bird ID cards. The aim is to raise awareness for everyone about the bird life and it is definitely working. The El Gouna Earth Week was all online and at home and the bird spotting day on the Thursday was...
  3. GeorginaEgypt

    Creating a Bird ID Card - Advice Please

    Update due to the Coronavirus restrictions! Every year, the El Gouna Community arrange an Earth Week with an agenda full of activities to raise awareness for the environment. On the agenda was a bird spotting day at El Gouna Park with Nature Conservation Egypt. Due to the restrictions and...
  4. GeorginaEgypt

    Creating a Bird ID Card - Advice Please

    On 24th February I gave a talk and showed a video to a group of 5-10 year old children about the kestrels that nest opposite my balcony every year. We then took the Wild Bird ID Cards to El Gouna Park for the bird spotting. The kids were just superstars. Complete enthusiasm, and so excited to...
  5. GeorginaEgypt

    Creating a Bird ID Card - Advice Please

    Update February 2020 I have been working on pages 3 and 4 of the bird ID guides. I would be grateful for any help or suggestions please. Here is the link for all the files on Google Drive to view in case it is easier to view with the PDF...
  6. GeorginaEgypt

    Creating a Bird ID Card - Advice Please

    And we should consider a 25% illiteracy rate in Egypt...
  7. GeorginaEgypt

    Creating a Bird ID Card - Advice Please

    Thank you Delia. Great advice. I have sent the PDF to the school to see their thoughts. Work in progress..
  8. GeorginaEgypt

    Creating a Bird ID Card - Advice Please

    Thanks dantheman. All good suggestions and I will try them out. I was on the Facebook page for Birding Egypt last night and they helped with all the Arabic text and new photos. I need to change again the Little Egret photo because it has not printed clearly. And I think the grey heron would...
  9. GeorginaEgypt

    Creating a Bird ID Card - Advice Please

    Work in progress:
  10. GeorginaEgypt

    Creating a Bird ID Card - Advice Please

    Yes, good point. I have zero experience with kids. I'm good with cats!! :cat: My British friend here used to head a big school in Cairo. She has given me some good tips too. :eek!: I will share the updated document with the birding group in Egypt to get their advice on the Arabic version. I...
  11. GeorginaEgypt

    Creating a Bird ID Card - Advice Please

    Thank you delia and dantheman, that was my mistake writing black hooded crow! Someone else mentioned changing the word clue too. Hint is good. Noted about the plain leaf warbler. Definitely two different versions for English and Arabic. The idea came about from a new private school here in...
  12. GeorginaEgypt

    Creating a Bird ID Card - Advice Please

    I have tried to create an ID card for easy to spot birds at El Gouna Park, a nature area whose main purpose is filtering the run off water from the nearby desalination plant. It is a popular place for families at weekends, but I feel there is little regard for nature and wildlife. The main...
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