WEBVTT - E4 | Gabe

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<v Speaker 1>back to the show.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you ever spent way too long searching for something

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<v Speaker 2>right in front of you, or way too long trying

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<v Speaker 2>to remember something you should have never forgotten. Well, that's

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<v Speaker 2>what it was like recruiting one of the best animal

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<v Speaker 2>experts around, Gabe Flores. To be honest, it's hard to

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<v Speaker 2>remember our team without him. Maybe it's because he was

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<v Speaker 2>like our patriarch. Or maybe it's because I was so

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<v Speaker 2>nervous the day I went to talk to him. I

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<v Speaker 2>guess we all start somewhere though.

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<v Speaker 3>Right, Okay, got it. I'll see what I can do,

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<v Speaker 3>mister Luke.

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<v Speaker 4>Thanks Marcus, and keep your walkie talking close. I'll let

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<v Speaker 4>you know if I figure anything else out.

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<v Speaker 3>There has to be someone I'm forgetting about. Think Marcus,

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<v Speaker 3>think huh. Let's see volunteers at the animal hospital. I

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<v Speaker 3>was the youngest one working there by ten years. The

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<v Speaker 3>animal surplus store, school, no Way, the reptile show, The

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<v Speaker 3>reptile show, that's it.

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<v Speaker 2>Months before even talking to mister Luke, I spent a

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<v Speaker 2>week in at a huge reptile show near the city hit.

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<v Speaker 2>Something I always looked forward to, and this one did

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<v Speaker 2>not disappoint. One of my all time favorite displays was

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<v Speaker 2>from a place near home, River rehab. Gabe, a boy

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<v Speaker 2>just a little older than me, had a bunch of

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<v Speaker 2>reptiles on display, along with loads of information about the

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<v Speaker 2>rehabilitation center he and his family had built from the

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<v Speaker 2>ground out.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey there, welcome to the booth. Let me know if

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<v Speaker 3>you have any questions. My name's Gabe. Thanks, it's quat

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<v Speaker 3>a display you have here.

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<v Speaker 5>Thanks. This is more of a side hobby, but here's

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<v Speaker 5>my card. We were in a local rehab center about

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<v Speaker 5>forty five minutes from here.

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<v Speaker 3>You should come check it out sometime. Thanks. Wow, this

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<v Speaker 3>place is right down the road from me. Awesome.

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<v Speaker 5>We're always looking for volunteers in the summer, and there's

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<v Speaker 5>camps too if you like that kind of thing.

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<v Speaker 3>Cool. Thanks Gabe, you're welcome.

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<v Speaker 5>Hope to see you there sometime then, Marcus, Marcus, nice

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<v Speaker 5>to meet you you as well.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks again.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure Gabe figured if I ever stopped by it

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<v Speaker 2>would be the other way around, me seeing if he

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<v Speaker 2>needed any help at the center taking him up on

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<v Speaker 2>the volunteer hours. But desperation and a bit of hope

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<v Speaker 2>led me and my bike down the road to River

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<v Speaker 2>Rehab Animal Sanctuary, hoping he'd be up for becoming a

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<v Speaker 2>credit protector. I turned into the parking lot near the

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<v Speaker 2>entrance sign and headed up a small gravel path near

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<v Speaker 2>a larger building that said visitor center.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow, this seems like a fun place, lots of space,

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<v Speaker 3>a pavilion and a summer camp. Cool. I guess I'll

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<v Speaker 3>just start by by reminding him who I am, Hey Gabe,

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<v Speaker 3>remember me? No, okay, I'm just gonna wing it. Oh hi, there?

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<v Speaker 3>Are you looking for your group? My group, your camp group,

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<v Speaker 3>or you're a counselor. Oh no, no, no, I I

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<v Speaker 3>just stopped by. I'm not a camper.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh I'm sorry.

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<v Speaker 3>Wait do I know you from somewhere? A Marcus? We

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<v Speaker 3>met at the Reptile Show. That's it. How's it going, man?

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<v Speaker 5>I'm so glad you stopped by. Are you looking for

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<v Speaker 5>something to keep you busy this summer?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm pretty good. Well, actually, I've been pretty busy and

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<v Speaker 3>unfortunately don't have much time for classes or volunteering. Don't

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<v Speaker 3>get me wrong, this place is awesome. It's just well,

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<v Speaker 3>it's actually why I decided i'd better stop by today.

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<v Speaker 3>You see, I recently started working with a group called

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<v Speaker 3>Critter Protectors over at Biology Squad at HQ. You know

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<v Speaker 3>the place. Oh, yes, definitely know the place.

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<v Speaker 5>Who doesn't know about Spilogy Squad around here?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, we've been struggling with more more animals getting injured, stuff,

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<v Speaker 3>you name it, which is why a new team branched

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<v Speaker 3>off called the Critic Protectors. Oh, the calls coming in

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<v Speaker 3>around here seem to be endless and there seems to

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<v Speaker 3>be someone behind it all, which makes things even worse. Anyways,

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<v Speaker 3>sorry to go on and on. How if call has

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<v Speaker 3>been over here?

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<v Speaker 5>Oh that's not good, No, that you mentioned it. We

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<v Speaker 5>do seem to.

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<v Speaker 3>Have quite a few rehab calls coming in. I just

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<v Speaker 3>thought it was a season though.

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<v Speaker 5>I never really imagined there could be someone behind it.

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<v Speaker 5>That would be terrible, you're telling me. Anyways, we're trying

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<v Speaker 5>to get more people on our team. I was just

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<v Speaker 5>recruited last week.

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<v Speaker 3>Actually, I wonder, well if you might think about joining us.

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<v Speaker 3>We could really use someone like you me during your team.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh wow, that's an honor. I mean, if there was

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<v Speaker 5>ever another organization, I do want to be a part of.

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<v Speaker 3>This sounds like a perfect fit. I guess yes.

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<v Speaker 5>If I could get the coverage here, it might just

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<v Speaker 5>work for me. I could probably stop by there tomorrow though,

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<v Speaker 5>Tuesdays or my day off.

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<v Speaker 3>That would be great. With all the work you've already

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<v Speaker 3>done around this place, we would be the ones honor

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<v Speaker 3>to have you an even working with animals are my

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<v Speaker 3>kind of people. Marcus, I'll see you tomorrow. Great, I'll

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<v Speaker 3>see you then.

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<v Speaker 2>With Gabe on board, the team was well on its

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<v Speaker 2>way to becoming strong enough to combat the challenges ahead.

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<v Speaker 2>The only problem was the challenges themselves were only getting worse.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like each step in the right direction caused another

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<v Speaker 2>thing to happen. And while I took one step in

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<v Speaker 2>the right direction of growing the team, mister Luke was

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<v Speaker 2>facing a big step back. He called me before I

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<v Speaker 2>even made it out of the River Rehab parking lot.

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<v Speaker 4>Hey, Marcus, yep, what's going on? Well, I'm still over

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<v Speaker 4>here on Route twelve and will not h There's too

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<v Speaker 4>much to explain right now, but I really could use

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<v Speaker 4>your help down here at fast.

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<v Speaker 3>Say no more, I'll be over there in five just

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<v Speaker 3>leaving River Rehab.

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<v Speaker 4>Now River Rehab.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll fill you in later.

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<v Speaker 4>Roger, see you soon.

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<v Speaker 2>If I'm being truthful, it felt great going from one

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<v Speaker 2>thing to the next. I was needed, happy and excited

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<v Speaker 2>to be working alongside others like me, even if our

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<v Speaker 2>problems were never ending. But when I got to mister Luke,

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<v Speaker 2>I won't lie. I was a little bit shocked at

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<v Speaker 2>what I saw. It turns out mister Luke was stopped

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<v Speaker 2>near a place I knew quite well, my lucky wood

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<v Speaker 2>Duck spot, or at least, that's what I like to

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<v Speaker 2>call it. Every year, the wood ducks from all around

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<v Speaker 2>would come to this place to nest, and I loved

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<v Speaker 2>riding my bike past them. If only it was as

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<v Speaker 2>peaceful as usual.

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<v Speaker 3>What's going on, mister.

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<v Speaker 4>Luke, I'm not too sure, but what I could tell

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<v Speaker 4>you is that those birds up there are after those

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<v Speaker 4>guys down there. This predator prey situation is unlike anything

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<v Speaker 4>I've seen around here.

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<v Speaker 3>Whoa, and look right up there by those trees. There's

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<v Speaker 3>like four, maybe five flying in.

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<v Speaker 4>This isn't good. Falcons are known to feast on all

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<v Speaker 4>kinds of birds, and wood ducks are one of.

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<v Speaker 3>Them, and we're sure those are falcons.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm pretty sure. But I have a pair of binoculars

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<v Speaker 4>in the back seat of my jeep. If you want

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<v Speaker 4>to make sure, I'll grab them.

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<v Speaker 2>After rustling through the backseat of mister Luke's jeep, I

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<v Speaker 2>finally found the binoculars. His jeep definitely appeared to be

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<v Speaker 2>in need of a deep cleaning, but then again, if

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<v Speaker 2>it was cleaned out, he just might not have had

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<v Speaker 2>those binoculars in there. One good thing about a messy car,

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<v Speaker 2>I guess you're prepared for all kinds of things. When

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<v Speaker 2>I got to look at the birds circling the wetlands,

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<v Speaker 2>there was no denying they were falcons, circled like they

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<v Speaker 2>were searching and patrolling the whole area. But the craziest

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<v Speaker 2>part of it all was that each one had a

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<v Speaker 2>shiny metal tag hanging from their foot. If it hadn't

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<v Speaker 2>been a sunny day, I might have missed it, but

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<v Speaker 2>the shiny metal looked like little diamonds catching the light

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<v Speaker 2>every time the falcons flew back towards me. The other

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<v Speaker 2>alarming thing was that each falcon had some kind of

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<v Speaker 2>black headpiece covering most of the top of their heads.

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<v Speaker 2>This meant one thing. These falcons were not wild, nor

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<v Speaker 2>were they here on their own. Someone planted them there

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<v Speaker 2>on purpose.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, mister Luke, now what I'm just not sure, Marcus.

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<v Speaker 4>I just know we need to somehow get them out

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<v Speaker 4>of here before they go in for the prey.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe we need to somehow deter them. Do we have

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<v Speaker 3>anything to draw them away? Hmmm?

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<v Speaker 4>Maybe falcons are usually scared off by shining lights. And

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<v Speaker 4>if only we had some food. That's it.

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<v Speaker 3>That's it, what, Marcus.

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<v Speaker 4>We need two CDs for my car and that old

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<v Speaker 4>bag of beef jerky on my passenger seat. If these

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<v Speaker 4>birds are truly someone's pets, they'll totally go for the

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<v Speaker 4>beef jerky and those CDs they're the perfect reflectors.

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<v Speaker 2>Within minutes, mister Luke had me set up near the

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<v Speaker 2>wood duck nests with my arms stretched out holding a

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<v Speaker 2>CD in each hand. They reflected the sun better than

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<v Speaker 2>the magnifying glass and I had to close my eyes

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<v Speaker 2>they were so bright. Mister Luke set up across the

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<v Speaker 2>street near an old bare field and laid out the

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<v Speaker 2>beef jerky. Just like that, the birds started to circle him,

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<v Speaker 2>and to his surprise, they went straight in for the food.

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<v Speaker 4>Marcus, come over here, hurry, this is something else coming.

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<v Speaker 4>It isn't every day you get to watch something like this.

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<v Speaker 3>I can't believe it's so close to us. But wait,

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<v Speaker 3>why are they staring like that? It's like they're looking

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<v Speaker 3>straight through us.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm not sure, Marcus, but it reminds me of that

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<v Speaker 4>bobcat I told you about, and that doesn't give me

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<v Speaker 4>a good feeling.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, look at their blinders and their tags both have

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<v Speaker 3>an O and D label on them.

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<v Speaker 4>Marcus, You're right, man, I knew I could count on you.

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<v Speaker 4>That's a genius find.

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<v Speaker 3>It has to mean something. But now, what do we

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<v Speaker 3>do with these these birds?

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<v Speaker 2>The falcons took off faster than I could even count

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<v Speaker 2>to three. They stopped midfeast, turned their heads, and began

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<v Speaker 2>flying in a straight line out of sight. I'd never

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<v Speaker 2>seen anything like it. It's like they were robots or

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<v Speaker 2>answering a call. I had goosebumps all the way back

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<v Speaker 2>to the critter Q, and actually I still get them

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<v Speaker 2>every time I think about those birds. The only thing

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<v Speaker 2>keeping me from running home and locking the door behind

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<v Speaker 2>me at that point was those three letters O, N D.