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The natural; A retired Anoka High teacher keeps drawing students to his community ed classes on birds, history and aviation.

Publication: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Publication Date: 13-MAY-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: The natural; A retired Anoka High teacher keeps drawing students to his community ed classes on birds, history and aviation.(NEWS)

Article Excerpt
Byline: JIM ADAMS; STAFF WRITER

"OK, birders, what's that bird on top of the tree?"

Teacher Lyle Bradley, a fixture in Anoka for about 55 years, was guiding a recent field trip at the Coon Rapids Dam for another one of his sold-out ornithology classes. Along with his queries, he gave the 20 students a copied green sheet bearing his handwritten list of ducks, swans, cranes and birds seen on their last outing. After such trips, he jots down the species seen and how many.

"What I need from you people is, I am going to make a few mistakes, so correct me," said the retired Anoka High School biology teacher. Nobody offered any changes to 195 birds and fowl of 42 species on Bradley's list.

At 84, Bradley's memory is still sharp. He disarmingly shares a wealth of detail about...

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