Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary

120 years of birds. Where do they go when it gets cold? They know something about temperature.

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Real World

Located in Kingsville, Ontario. Established 1904 - one of the oldest bird sanctuaries in North America.

What's There

• Migratory bird feeding areas
• Forest trails
• Historical buildings (open-air museum)
• Bird banding program (ongoing since 1909)

The Birds

Canada geese, ducks, swans. They arrive in spring and fall, following ancient routes. Jack Miner started banding them to track where they went.

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Magical Overlay

Established (Epic 2: Scattered Snowman):

• Not a Frosty piece location, but a CLUE about temperature
• Birds MIGRATE - they know when it's cold, go where it's warm
• Frosty should have done the OPPOSITE

Potential:

• The birds carry messages between realms
• The banding tags have more than numbers on them
• 120 years of birds knowing this place - what have they seen?
• The ancient routes they follow - are they paths through more than air?

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Thermodynamics Teaching

The Lesson: Living things respond to temperature

• When it gets cold, birds fly south
• They don't fight the cold - they go where it's warm
• Frosty made a mistake - he went toward the warm
• He should have gone toward the cold
• Animals know: match your needs to the environment

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The birds know where to go. Frosty didn't listen.

North

slots:
- context:
  - Kingsville attraction
  slug: kingsville
- context:
  - Kingsville sanctuary
  slug: kingsville

East

slots:
- slug: epic-scattered-snowman
  context:
  - Clue location - birds migrate