Concerning the t-shirt on page 2 of this thread: the feathers resemble those of the peregrine falcon in the Big Bend Nat'l Park tee shirts. Wondering if Big Bend or another southwest national/state park had a tee with a peregrine falcon with setting sun behind it back in the early 1990's?
Tee photo from p.2:
(Sorry if this has already been discussed; haven't had time to read all the pages, yet.)
Years ago, I lived near Big Bend and my brother-in-law worked with and raised Peregrine Falcons so this post caught my eye. Big Bend Sentinel article from 1998:
"Falcon research
project honored
Bonnie McKinney, a wildlife
technician for Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department, received
the honor of having her research
project on peregrine falcons
in the Big Bend region
featured in the new 'Explore
Texas' social studies textbook
for Texas students.
The falcon project is featured
as a case study in citizenship.
The unit contains information
on the status of the falcons in
the Big Bend area and how one
person can make a difference.
The falcon project is privately
funded by ranchers, businesses'
and individuals and covers the
Rio Grande corridor in the
lower Big Bend as well as the
surrounding mountains in northern
Coahuila, Mexico.
McKinney, a native o f Virginia
has resided in west Texas
for twenty four years and is
currendy involved in several research
projects on endangered
species in western Texas. She is
also the regional contact for the
new Landowner Incentive Program
which was developed by
the Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department to actually pay the
private landowner to conserve
and manage endangered, threatened
and rare species on their
property."
http://libit.sulross.edu/archives/marfanews/sent94-04/1998-02-19.pdf
