Birding Birding, also called birdwatching, is a leisure activity that is growing in popularity. There are many ways to be a bird enthusiast. For example, you may simply notice the birds you see on evening walks, or you may actively seek out places to view interesting and rare birds. You might go birding on your own, or you can watch birds with a group of friends.

It doesn't take much to get started birdwatching except a desire to see birds. Start by observing birds around you. Tools such as binoculars can help you bring birds into focus. Learning to look for and compare specific trait will help you identify different species. By visiting different habitats during different seasons, you can learn which species will come to specific areas at certain times.

Source: US Fish and Wildlife Service

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What can the reader infer about the author of the passage?

The reader can infer that the author believes that:

1. birding experts participate in the activity without any extra equipment

2. the types of birds in one area remain the same throughout the year

3. doing some research can help a person identify different birds

Select the correct answer. lyric poems often deal with intense emotions. which statement best describes the shift in emotion in "lift every voice and sing" as it moves from the first into the second stanza? lift every voice and sing till earth and heaven ring, ring with the harmonies of liberty; let our rejoicing rise high as the listening skies, let it resound loud as the rolling sea. sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us, facing the rising sun of our new day begun let us march on till victory is won. stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod, felt in the days when hope unborn had died; yet with a steady beat, have not our weary feet come to the place for which our fathers sighed? we have come over a way that with tears has been watered, we have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered, out from the gloomy past, till now we stand at last where the white gleam of our bright star is cast. a. the joyful call of the first stanza gives way to a bitter recounting of history in the second. b. the first stanza's anger is replaced by the second stanza's resignation. c. the poem moves from a sense of wonder in the first stanza toward a sense of perplexity in the second. d. there is no change between the first stanza and the second. the emotions are the same in both.

Does anyone know the answers to k12 1.18 unit test: the power of poetry (need answers asap)all the questions are here:

What is the effect of the haiku structure on this poem?   how does the line structure describe the subject(s)?   and how does a haiku compare to a rhyming and longer poem in terms of its effect on you as a reader?