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11A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2015 3XI¿QVStudents studied the birds prior to the trip &RQWLQXHGIURP3DJH$ Harter, 9; Ocean Jones, 9; Taylor Kahrs, 6; Sean Kerwin, 8; Adelia Lippold, 6; and Cos- mo Simmons, 11 — through a series of educational activi- ties designed to teach them all about the bird and marine life at the rock. First came the HRAP bird scopes. One by one the stu- dents took turns viewing the SXI¿Q QHVWV WXFNHG LQWR WKH rock through scopes and bin- oculars, priming themselves for the next activity: a game of tag meant to teach the stu- dents the perils of nesting sea- son. The students paired up into ³SXI¿Q SDUHQWV´ DQG ZKLOH RQH ³SDUHQW´ VWD\HG KRPH DW WKH ³QHVW´ WKH RWKHU ³ÀHZ´ RXW RYHU WKH ³RFHDQ´ WR JUDE DVPDQ\³¿VK´LHVWLFNV get it?) as possible. 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