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| Q. How long have you been birding? |
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| Officially, we began keeping records in 1994. |
| Q. What got you interested in birding? |
| Q. What's your favorite birding spot in Oklahoma? |
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| Introducing our July 2002 Birders of the Month: Mary & Lou Truex of Lawton, Oklahoma |
| Q. What field guide do you prefer to use? |
| Q. What are your 3 favorite birds? and is/are there any particular reason(s) they're your favorites?? |
| Q. Tell us about your BEST birding experience.... so far. |
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| Sibley's. |
| Peregrine Falcon -- It is soooo kewl to watch them work on the ducks and shorebirds. Getting to watch them take one is just awesome. Lazuli Bunting -- We really enjoy seeing them in the Refuge as well as the Indigo and Painted Buntings. Northern Oriole -- We have the Bullock's and Baltimore that feed in our backyard and we enjoy watching them play king-of-the-feeder. |
| Hackberry Flat. |
| Mary is a science teacher and the habit just sort of developed. I was originally just a "spotter." |
| Q. What was your WORST?? |
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| We called 2 friends to see what we "thought" was a Barrow's Goldeneye only to have it become a Common Goldeneye after the call. Duh.... |
| Q. What are you most likely to say when a bird flies before you can ID it?? |
| We were driving a dirt road between Eagle Pass and Laredo, Texas, just to drive the 40 miles of dirt, and we happened upon an Aztec Thrush sitting on a low phone pole. He just sat there and then flew after we had gotten a great look. |
| Q. What was the last book you read? |
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| #(^%*&$#~"+?@! |
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| Berlin's copy of Birdboy..... you should have seen the centerfold! |
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