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Bird Calls with Cliff Shackelford for March 28, 2017

Cliff Shackelford
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Cliff Shackelford

Airs Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at 6 p.m. Once again ornithologist Cliff Shackelford, from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, will be on hand to take your questions about all our feathered friends on "Bird Calls" from Red River Radio. If you have a photo or the recorded sound of a bird that you'd like Cliff to research and identify for the show please send them to wbeckett@lsus.edu. We'll also post your photos and recorded sounds on our website after the show. Join us for Bird Calls and call in a 800-552-8502 with your questions.

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James Childress
Barred Owl - photo by James Childress
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Barred Owl #1 - Audio by Tim Spahr
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Barred Owl #2 - Audio by Bob Pearson

Listener Gary Hunter from Lufkin emailed in the audio sample with a question about the sounds. Cliff contacted a herpetologist who identified these as Gray Tree Frogs.

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Gray Tree Frogs - Audio by listener Gary Hunter from Lufkin Texas.

Kelli Bashaw & Cliff Shackelford

Cliff Shackelford is a 7th generation Texan who began bird watching at the age of nine. He holds both a B.S. and an M.S. degree in biology from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches and has three decades of experience as a professional biologist. For over 2 decades Cliff was the statewide Non-game Ornithologist for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. He is the author of over 90 publications on birds and birding and he authored the book Hummingbirds of Texas, published in 2005 by Texas A&M University Press. He has traveled extensively in the Western Hemisphere, having bird watched in 9 different Latin American countries. He and his wife Julie and their 2 young children live in East Texas.