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From: mjm@oliven.olivetti.com (Michael Mammoser)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: need advice on S. Texas (Arizona?) Xmas trip
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Date: 8 Aug 88 18:59:47 GMT
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In article <906@nmtsun.nmt.edu>, john@nmtsun.nmt.edu (John Shipman) writes:
 > 
 > (If you pick Arizona, though, don't miss the Desert
 > Museum west of Tucson, excellent for everyone in the family, and
 > I've twitched a few wild birds there, too.)

	If you go to the Desert Museum, don't miss the walk-in aviary. Many
of the area's birds are here and, even if you can't "count" them, it is an
excellent place to study their characteristics from a few feet away. I watched
a yellow grosbeak for some minutes from about 5 feet, wishing to God that it
was outside! The aviary even helped me to get my life pyrrhuloxia. While watch-
ing one inside, it started flying excitedly along the fence, and as it flew by
I noticed a bird flying along with it outside. When I checked closer, the out-
side bird turned out to be a pyrrhuloxia that was attracted to the captive 
bird, and I eagerly "ticked" it on my list. This turned out to be the only
"wild" pyrrhuloxia that I saw on my trip.

Mike