Flamingos, pelicans, herons and parrots are just a few of the wild birds that call Miami home. But now, the roosters, hens and baby chicks rule the roost.

Soundings was dumped off the Leaving Cert curriculum in 2000, but was something lost in the move to make the syllabus more diverse and contemporary?

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