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What Can You See on a Bird and Butterfly Walk? 🐦

The National Zoo organized a special Sunday walk where experts showed visitors birds, butterflies and dragonflies.

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Key Points

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Walk time: 6:30 am – 10:30 am.

15 participants recorded 47 bird species, 8 butterfly species, 10 dragonfly species and 5 damselfly species.

Experts taught about animal behavior, food webs, and how to identify species.

Wildlife Week (Oct 2‑8) offers free entry for kids under 12 and many fun contests.

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Participants counted 47 different bird types and many butterflies and dragonflies, learning how each animal lives.

The guides explained why these insects are important as pollinators and natural pest controllers.

The zoo will celebrate Wildlife Week in October with many free activities and crafts for children.

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10 words

biodiversity

many different kinds of plants and animals living together

conservation

taking care of nature so it stays safe

pollinators

animals like butterflies that help plants make seeds

pest controllers

animals that eat insects that can hurt plants

ecosystem

the whole community of living things and their environment

citizen science

people helping scientists by sharing what they see

field‑identification

learning to tell different animals apart when you are outside

food web

who eats whom in nature

odonates

the group that includes dragonflies and damselflies

behavior

how an animal acts

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