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Claire M. Curry Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology program
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Color-banded
Black-crested Titmouse. Fort
Griffin State Historic Site, Shackleford County, Texas, 04 June 2010. |
Color-banded Tufted Titmouse. Ray Roberts State Park, Denton County, Texas. 27 May 2010. |
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A
hybrid titmouse (note the brown forehead) lets me know how it feels about my
research. Fort
Richardson State Park, Jack County, Texas, 19 May 2010. |
I’m holding a color-banded hybrid (its brown forehead is
darker than the one in the left photo, and is also hard to see because of the
harsh lighting in this photo) before weighing it. Lyndon B. Johnson National Grasslands, Wise County, Texas, 25
May 2010. Photo by Mary Curry. |
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A
young hybrid titmouse (it was associated with an adult male, which I also
color-banded, and other juvenile titmice). Sandy
Sanders Wildlife Management Area, Greer County, Oklahoma, 08 June 2010. |
Shadow
and I seek birds on a bridge over the Wichita River. The titmice were silent
and nowhere to be seen. Lucy
Park, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, 17 June 2009. Photo by Mary Curry. |
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A
very large alligator at the Fort Worth Nature Center in Tarrant County (TX). Note
to self: do not be eaten while observing the hybrid titmice present at this
site. Fort
Worth Nature Center, Tarrant County, Texas, 12 May 2009. |
Ferns along the Bracken Fern Trace (a trail) in the "Lost
Pines". Tufted Titmice here! Bastrop State Park, Bastrop County, 17 May 2009. |
Contact
information:
Department of Zoology
University of Oklahoma
730 Van Vleet Oval
Room 314
Norman, OK 73019
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page last updated 20 August 2010.