We all live many lives, and your birding lives are memorable for many who
know you, even when it's by name only. May your less active future be
filled with happy memories.
Ellie Womack
On Fri, Dec 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM Louis Truex <ml2x1954...> wrote:
> Hello Everyone, Just wanted to post an update about this past year. We
> have had a few of the more serious health issues and the one Mary has ended
> her ability to bird more than 30 minutes from home. When the year started
> she told me to finish
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> Hello Everyone,
>
> Just wanted to post an update about this past year. We have had a few of
> the more serious health issues and the one Mary has ended her ability to
> bird more than 30 minutes from home. When the year started she told me to
> finish our goal of 125 in every county in Oklahoma which left me with 33
> counties to do. Jerry Vanbebber was kind enough to escort me on many of my
> trips and on June 19, 2025, in Logan county, I flushed 4 Northern Bobwhites
> to complete the mission. We really enjoyed the county birding but it is
> more arduous than you might expect……LoL
>
> I will do as many Hackberry Flat surveys in the spring of 2026 as I am
> able. It’s been a real pleasure meeting so many of you since we started
> birding in 1998 and we wish all of you the goodest!
>
> Mary and Lou Truex
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