My Turkey 2001 Category Award Winners (Life Birds, except as noted)
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CATEGORY
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BIRD
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COMMENT
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| Best Singer | Nightingale | Hardest to find in the tree, too. |
| Most Beautiful Bird | (Tie) | White-throated Robin, Black-eared Wheatear, Masked Shrike |
| Favorite Bird | Still the Hoopoe | |
| Most Responsive to Its Taped Song | Goldcrest | "Who said that? Where is that coming from? Left? Right? Behind me? Where?" - chips the Goldcrest. |
| Best "Headlight" | Red-fronted Serin | Great high alpine bird |
| Best Day | Wed, July 4, 2001. Lake Egirdir | Nine life birds (Cretschmar's Bunting, White-throated Robin, Orphean Warbler, Black-headed Bunting, Masked Shrike, Turtle Dove, Great Bustard, Ruppell's Warbler, Great Reed Warbler), eight of them at Lake Egirdir, plus two upgrades (Callandra Lark, Spotted Redshank) |
| Best Upgrade | (Tie) | White-winged Black Tern, Stonechat, Black Redstart, Spotted Redshank (all in breeding colors) |
| Longest Sought Bird | (Tie) | Great Bustard, Pygmy Cormorant. Tried for both last fall, long time. |
| Best Pig Imitation | Water Rail | "Squeeeeeeeal" |
Sharon may add her favorites later.
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