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Bird Calls with Cliff Shackelford

Cliff Shackelford
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Cliff Shackelford

Aired Tuesday, July 21, at 6 p.m. Once again Ornithologist Cliff Shackelford, from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, took 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.

This months spotlight - the Great Blue Heron 

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Great Blue Heron: Sound file courtesy of Ian Cruickshank at xeno-canto.org

Submitted by Bill Beckett - Northern Cardinal Singing before dawn

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Northern Cardinal - Morning song - before dawn

From listener Kristen Brown: I have a cardinal that visits my feeder that has no feathers on her head. I think this is caused by mites? If so, is there anything I can do for her?

Caracara cheriway, Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, Texas
Credit Dan Pancamo

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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.