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Wednesday, May 27, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Sisters Country birds By Douglas Beall Correspondent B u l l o c k 9s O r i o l e s (Icterus bullock) breed in riparian and open wood- lands and favor areas where the trees are large and spaced well apart or in iso- lated clumps. They often nest in sycamores, cotton- woods, willows, and decid- uous oaks. They eat insects and other arthropods, as well as fruit and n e c t a r. T h e y glean insects from leaves, PHOTO BY DOUGLAS BEALL Bullock’s Oriole. AFFORDABLE: Three homes are part of Hayden development branches and trunks; they also pluck insects from spi- der webs or from the air, and take ripe fruit from bushes and trees. Bullock9s Orioles use a method called <gaping= to extract juice from fruit, and also sometimes from tough-skinned caterpillars. Thrusting their closed bills through the skin and into the flesh of the fruit or animal, they then pry their bills open inside and lap up the pool- ing juices with their brushy tongues. The female weaves the ne nest, but the male may assist, with one partner working on the inside and other outside, bringing nest material. The project can take up to 15 days to com- plete. The nest hangs from a b branch like a sack and is nea neatly woven from fibers such as hair, twine, grasses, or wool. It9s lined with soft ma materials such as feathers or the <cotton= from cotton- wo woods or willows. Three to seven bluish eggs are incu- b bated for 11 days and the chicks fledge in 14 days. This oriole was named af after William Bullock, an English amateur natural- ist, in 1827. A group of ori- ole oles are collectively known as a <pitch= or a <split= of ori orioles. For more Bullock9s Oriole photos visit http:// abirdsingsbecauseithasa song.com/recent-journeys. MEMORIAL DAY: Aviator part of Greatest Generation Continued from page 1 14, 1945, while on combat patrol, along with Lt. j. g. E. Hatfield, they encountered and attacked two Mitsubishi G4M bombers. Hatfield9s guns jammed and Devereaux continued his attack and successfully destroyed one of the enemy aircraft. He followed it down until it exploded into the water. Upon returning to the USS Shangri La, his tail hook failed; he slammed on his brakes and crashed into the barrier. His plane flipped up on its nose and right wing, and balanced there in a vertical position. Unhurt and able to climb down from his damaged fighter, he was met with an order to report to the Admiral. Reporting as ordered, Vice Admiral John McCain offered his hand and said, <Great job, Devereaux, You are one for one, eh!= Of the 1,391 sorties flown on that day by Task Force 38, he was the only one that shot down an enemy plane over the carrier armada. At war9s end, having flown 40 combat missions, he was awarded the Air Medal with three Gold Stars. His final flight was over the battleship Missouri in Tokyo harbor during the signing of the surren- der ceremony. Leon was Holistic Mental Health Solutions Medication Management Counseling • Functional Medicine Audry Van Houweling PMHNP-BC Quick and Affordable Help 541-595-8337 • www.shesoarspsych.com 102 E. Main Ave., Downtown Sisters Continued from page 3 dream slipped away. First Story gave us hope again.= <I9ve been doing every- thing I can 4 saving and working hard 4 to raise my family in my home- town of Sisters,= said Jacob Christensen. <But it9s so expensive that it meant my family of six sharing one bed- room at my mom9s house. So, we were forced to move, and our daughter now spends over an hour commuting to school each day. Next year, thanks to First Story, she will walk to school.= <As a single dad, I work hard day in and day out to pro- vide the best life for my son, Conner. Moving to Sisters means he will finally know something other than apart- ment living and what being a part of a community means,= said Nathaniel Grimes. 17 Luxury Senior Assisted & Independent Living 541-549-5634 411 E. Carpenter Ln., Sisters www.Th eLodgeInSisters.com PHOTO PROVIDED Leon Deveraux (front row, right), a native of Bend, flew combat missions in The Pacific Theater of World War II. released from active duty and returned home to Bend, and remained in the Naval Reserves with occasional weekend duty at Sand Point NAS, Washington through 1949. In June of 1946 Leon married Marian Mowery and they raised three children. He worked for Brooks- Scanlon Lumber for 38 years, ultimately serving as their controller. He continues to be active in politics and serves on community boards. He was elected as Bend9s mayor in 1968 and was the Grand Marshall of Bend9s 2017 Veterans Day parade. He was honored by our Central Oregon Honor Flight with an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, DC to visit the World War II Memorial. Sisters veterans hailed Leon Devereaux as a patriot, a war hero, outstanding citizen and a tribute to the <Greatest Generation.= This coming June, Leon and his wife will celebrate 74 years of marriage.