Poultry connoisseurs will attest that the best way to roast a bird is to spatchcock it first. Cutting out the backbone—while a little gruesome—guarantees a juicy breast, legs that are cooked all the ...

The official State Bird of Oklahoma is the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, which most should recognize since it was depicted on the 2008 Oklahoma quarter and is on the current license plate. It’s a ...

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A scissor-tailed flycatcher rests on a branch. It was early April, and I was camping near Roma at a small campground near the Rio Grande. Nestled in the southern Texas Plains just a few minutes’ drive ...