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Bird Calls with Cliff Shackelford for December 12, 2017

Red River Radio | By Cliff Shackelford
Published December 12, 2017 at 6:00 PM CST
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Airs Tuesday, December 12, 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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Our profile species is the Belted Kingfisher
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Belted Kingfisher - recording by Mike Nelson

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Listener Sarah Fuller recorded this down in a mixed pine wood - hardwood lot this summer in Nacogdoches, Texas. It is the Yellow-billed Cuckoo, sometimes called locally a Rain Crow

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Yellow-billed Cuckoo taken at Sabal Palm Sanctuary July 2013

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The House Sparrow Pirogue - Photo by Diana

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The House Sparrow Pirogue and Diana - Photo by Diana

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The House Sparrow Pirogue - Photo by Diana
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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.
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