5/5 Rico L. 8 months ago on Google • 36 reviews
I
recently
found
out
about
the
Tucson
Audubon
Society
and
it
fascinated
me
to
learn
that
it
was
an
educational
and
pro-active
bird
conservationist
and
protective
organization.
I
honestly
thought
someone
said
The
Tucson
Autobahn
society
and
got
real
excited
to
meet
some
germans
who
love
to
go
FAST
on
very
well
organized
and
upkept
highways.
Alas,
birds.
Not
cars.
There's
no
way
in
hell
Germans
would
love
driving
in
Tucson.
Nobody
loves
driving
in
Tucson.
My
bad.
I
wanted
to
visit
to
learn
more
about
birds
because
birds
are
pretty
rad.
Although
with
all
the
strange
alien
and
UFO,
oh
sorry,
UAP
talk
happening
lately,
I
kind
of
wanted
to
see
if
they
could
confirm
that
birds
were,
indeed,
real
and
not
government
cameras
sent
to
spy
on
us.
I've
seen
some
creepy
birds
who
just
stare
from
their
high
horse
and
look
down
on
me
as
if
they
were
scanning
my
body
for
weaknesses
or
hacking
my
phone
or
something.
Don't
gaslight
me
and
tell
me
i'm
crazy.
Birds
can
be
creepy.
Sometimes
I
go
to
Owl's
Club
downtown
to
just
talk
to
a
few
friends
about
potential
surveillance
owls
roaming
the
region.
We
compare
and
contrast
field
notes
and
push-pin
some
maps
over
some
whiskey
and
then
just
end
up
talking
football.
Anyway,
I
went
to
the
website
before
stopping
by
and
saw
the
"Meet
Your
Birds"
section
which
is
an
online
guide
to
discover
the
birds
of
the
southwest.
Immediately
my
eye
caught
one
called
"The
Lucifer
Hummingbird"
and
it
was
like
they
were
rubbing
it
in
our
face.
My
entire
being
went
into
high
alert
realizing
that
there
could
possibly
be
a
sort
of
evil
cult
behind
all
of
this.
Maybe
the
government
was
working
in
tandem
with
some
esoteric
bird
collective
to
gather
intel.
I
had
to
go
see
for
myself.
So
when
I
walked
into
this
quaint
little
spot,
it
was
cozy
and
cluttered
with
birding
memorabilia,
knick-knacks,
some
patty-whacks
and
literature
on
anything
bird
related.
Complete
with
a
wood
aesthetic
and
nature
shop,
I
figured
this
is
how
they
lure
you
in
with
a
false
sense
of
security
and
an
overwhelming
amount
of
bird
related
stimuli.
When
I
walked
over
to
who
I
assumed
with
a
Bird
Society
Member,
I
had
to
play
it
cool
and
show
some
authentic
interest.
I
made
some
"coo-ing"
pigeon
noises
and
then
stuck
out
my
hand
and
said
"Hi,
I'm
Gabriel
(didn't
want
to
give
my
real
name)
and
I'm
very
interested
in
birding!"
The
nice
lady
said
"oh
that's
wonderful!
Did
someone
recommend
you?"
I
told
her
about
how
I
listen
to
Beef
Vegan
on
KFMA
and
how
his
hawk
conservation
awareness
really
impressed
me
and
inspired
me
to
learn
more
about
raptor
birds.
I
really
wanted
to
ask
her
about
her
thoughts
on
what
if
velociraptors
were
still
around
and
if
we
would
try
to
make
them
pets
or
eat
them,
but
I
didn't.
I
said
"hey
what's
up
with
that
Lucifer
Hummingbird?"
hoping
I
would
notice
her
eyes
get
all
shifty,
but
she
just
laughed
and
said
"well,
we
get
asked
about
that
one
more
than
you
would
think.
Actually
its
just
referring
to
the
latin
word
denoting
light
bearing
which
refers
to
its
beautiful
iridescent
purple
gorget."
"Yeah
sure
lady,"
I
said.
"Are
there
any
other
birds
with
rad
heavy
metal
sounding
names
or
just
this
one?
Maybe
there's
one
called
the
Orwellian
Hummer?
Maybe
one
called
The
NSA
Warbler?
The
Samsung
Harrier?"
I
was
hoping
she
would
catch
my
drift
and
give
me
some
clues
on
the
dark
underbelly
of
the
bird
society.
But
we
just
stood
in
awkward
silence
for
20
seconds
before
she
said
"I'm
pretty
fond
of
the
Loggerhead
Shrike...so
uhm
are
you
interested
in
joining
us
on
a
birding
field
trip?"
Sounded
like
a
trap.
I
was
definitely
poking
the
beast
at
this
point.
I
calmly
said
"no
thank
you!
I'll
check
back
in
when
it's
cooler
out.
You
have
a
nice
day
now!"
She
handed
me
a
pamphlet
and
I
drove
back
home
feeling
a
sense
of
unease.
I
warmed
up
a
hot
pocket
and
tried
to
look
for
masonic
imagery
in
the
pamphlet
but
came
up
short.
I
instead
learned
a
lot
about
the
localized
research,
conservation
and
activist
efforts
though.
They're
really
passionate
and
it
was
kind
of
inspiring.
I'll
have
to
see
what
the
guys
at
Owl's
Club
think.
5
stars.
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