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Show Ihnrit Gataa atW fMa i tMN from spotting ran birds. f;; .'JoiS'" ' ..V .; .'C li' j When TerriejGates first beganfprowling around her I 'v;:7V '. " ' r - rV- ' ., fc .i?.4 ' Ar: -- 'j-'i- Li- ..; . ? i X some of her neighbon didn't nncrnttiid. Tht was two 'ytrd with a pur of bomowal hiiyrulaia, " ' ' "t. v Vv V'V" ,'V deciles igo, when bin! watchers ca often considered ecoemric;--jO ; j v . '' fc. : could hea my neighbor's children say; Moth-- ;; Mississippi. The two eventually met there, where Tkr-e-r, shell doing it irgansays Term, who got booked. tie ins a student, but their relationship grew off cam-o- n sh ? )'' birding in 1977 when she spotted a downy wood-- pus at Audubon Society events.- ' " Alrhoughthey areweU-roimdpecker in her yard.,...-- : peopieby anyone's. r Times have chaqged. definition, hinding has become a paninn that permeate ; Today, Terrie, 37, an accomplished birder is among ' muAofwharthey do.'; . "We've millions of Americans who bud watch in one way or pteuy well centered oar lives around birds,1 ? ;; ' another' For most, binding is a backyard affair as sim- - leme 'fi' Indeed the couple has planned vacationspur- pie as watdiing chickadees and finches raise a ruckus at the feedet Others, however; ate all but consumed '.chased property, and even made" oateer'decisions with 1 - ed i.; t ; by winged wildlife A - Vi birding in mind.-',One tdtheir feorite vacation sites was Adana, a binding hot spot where tarot 4 south-castp- m ' qredes from Mexico regularly can be found. With neye tswitd letiiemmc, thg Gateses property in. dv hunlet ofPoual, 40 miles ; nordi of the Mexican botdet; where the Chiric- ahua Mouuains and their sycsmore4ihed streams r spill onto nearby gnaslsnrii They visited Ponal " he fiat summer after they married in 1962 and v. ( their love of nature, Larry's birdirig interest was eventually wpuldimd eettuesununervacBions there.;:; cnujcoiildnt wait forretirenKnt, however. ;,piqued during al969visit to a booldiron when;e;'-.:nihe picked up a field guide. .Three yean latet, he .rFor them, die call of thewild eame in the form of a moved to Hattiesburg, Miss., .Theriot home-- ;; of a ope call acouple of years agO.A fidehd--ownSouthern to' teach of rustic die rnmfrrraW but at tfet town, eaten to Univenity lndging'ftfility bux ... I? e ar i( a.- . Vi .f'..- - v . ' 1 .. 'V.- - ; V f. - - j ' v,.r v. , ' . x"'!. i 1 i |