[narrator] The following is an excerpt from the Texas

[旁白]以下是德克薩斯州的一段節選。

[約翰-哥布羅頓]我的家庭是瘋狂的。

[Narrator] MEET THE BROTHERTON FAMILY OF DAINGERFIELD,

[旁白]見過戴格菲爾德的布魯斯頓家族。

德州人，他們很瘋狂瘋狂的鳥。

[SARAH BROTHERTON] I do look at birds a lot.

[薩拉赫・布魯斯頓]我看鳥很多。

[JOHN Brotherton] I'm always looking at birds.

[Narrator] THE ENTIRE BROTHERTON FAMILY, DAVID, LUANNE,

[旁白]整個布魯斯頓家族，戴維，盧安。

SARAH AND JOHN, SPEND A LOT TIME TOGETHER. WHETHER IT'S CALLING CARDINALS…OR PLAYING

莎拉和約翰，花了很多時間在一起。不管是打電話給卡迪納斯... 還是打球

GAMES…THE BROTHERTONS DO IT AS A FAMILY.

遊戲......BROTHERTONS做為一個家庭。

[Narrator] DAVID IS THE FIRST BIRDER OF THE FAMILY. HE

STARTED SCOPING SPARROWS WHILE GROWING UP IN ARKANSAS. AS DAVID GREW, SO DID HIS INTEREST

在阿肯色州長大的時候開始採摘麻雀。隨著大衛的成長，他的興趣也在不斷增加。

IN BIRDS. BY THE TIME HE MET LUANNE, HIS HOBBY HAD TURNED INTO AN OBSESSION.

在鳥類。當他遇到LUANNE的時候，他的愛好已經變成了一種嗜好。

[DAVID Brotherton] I think the first time that I asked her if

我想，我第一次問她，如果你是一個人，你會怎麼做？

she wanted to go bird watching I think she thought I was trying to do something else.

她想去看鳥，我想她以為我是想做別的事。

I think she was rather disappointed when I actually took her bird watching (laughs).

我想當我真的帶她去看鳥的時候，她是相當失望的（笑）。

[Narrator] EVEN THE KIDS WEREN'T IMMUNE TO THIS CALL

[旁白]即使是孩子們也沒有免疫力，這個電話。

OF THE WILD, GETTING STARTED WELL BEFORE THEY KNEW WHAT A BIRD WAS.

在他們還不知道什麼是鳥的時候就已經開始了。

[DAVID Brotherton] When my wife was pregnant with John, I was

當我妻子懷上約翰的時候，我... ...

just learning to do my Barred Owl call. And when I would do it, the cat would meow, the

剛學會做我的巴雷德貓頭鷹呼叫。當我做的時候，貓會喵喵叫，

dog would bark, and John would kick mama.

[David] Black-billed, black tern with a yellow tip.

[Narrator] FOR ONE WEEK EACH YEAR, THE BROTHERTONS' HOBBY

[旁白]每年的一個星期，BROTHERTONS' HOBBY。

TAKES THEM TO THE TEXAS COAST. THERE THEY JOINED OVER 100 OTHER BIRDERS FROM 10 STATES

把它們帶到了德克薩斯海岸。在那裡，它們與來自10個州的100多隻其他鳥兒們一起工作

AND 5 COUNTRIES, FOR THE GREAT TEXAS BIRDING CLASSIC.

和5個國家，為偉大的德州養鳥經典。

[David] Rose-breasted Grosbeak is what John said.

[Narrator] THE CLASSIC IS THREE DAYS OF FRIENDLY COMPETITION

TO SEE WHO CAN FIND AND IDENTIFY THE MOST SPECIES OF BIRDS. THE $50,000 IN PRIZE MONEY

看看誰能找到並識別出最多的鳥類品種。五萬美金的獎金。

DOESN'T GO TO THE BIRDERS, IT GOES TO BIRD HABITAT PROJECTS CHOSEN BY THE WINNING TEAMS.

不去鳥類，它去鳥類棲息地項目選擇的獲勝團隊。

[LINDA CAMPBELL] The classic has been very successful, not

這部經典的作品非常成功，而不是... ...

only in terms of making people aware of the great diversity of birds in Texas and in the

僅僅是在讓人們意識到德克薩斯的鳥類的巨大多樣性和在德克薩斯的鳥類。

need for conserving habitat, but also in terms of raising money for habitat conservation

需要保護生境，但也要為生境保護籌集資金。

[Sarah] It looks like a Marbled Godwit thing.

[薩拉]它看起來像一個大理石花紋神器的東西。

[Troy Messina] Short Billed Dowitcher. That's what it is,

[特洛伊-梅西納]短條形道奇。就是這樣

[Narrator] TEAMS OF "ROUGHWINGS", KIDS AGED 8 TO 13,

[旁白]團隊的"ROUGHWINGS"，8至13歲的孩子。

COMPETE ONLY ON THE FIRST DAY. WHILE THE ADULT TEAMS CAN BIRD FROM MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT,

只在第一天比賽，而成人隊可以從午夜到午夜打鳥。

THE YOUNGER BIRDERS ARE LIMITED TO AN EIGHT HOUR DAY.

年紀較小的鳥兒每天只能飛行一小時。

[TROY MESSINA] It's a test to see how good you are, and how

[TROY MESSINA]這是一個測試，看看你有多好，以及如何。

good other people are, and how good you are compared to them.

別人的好，以及你和他們相比有多好。

[SARAH ] I like it because it's outdoors, and it's

我喜歡它，因為它的戶外，它的

[Narrator] BIRDING IN A CONTEST IS KIND OF LIKE SIGHTSEEING,

[旁白]在比賽中養鳥有點像觀景。

YOU DON'T SPEND TOO MUCH TIME IN ONE PLACE. THERE'S A LOT OF DRIVING… A LITTLE BIT OF

你不要花太多時間在一個地方。有很多的駕駛......一點點的。

[薩拉]那是一隻藍鳥，還是一架飛機？

[Troy ] It looks like a plane. Yeah it's a plane.

[特洛伊]它看起來像一架飛機。是的，它是一架飛機。

[JOHN Brotherton] When our family goes out, you're against each

當我們一家人出去的時候，你們就會互相對著幹

other trying to find out the best birder but when you're a team.

其他試圖找出最好的捕鳥人，但當你'是一個團隊。

[John] Right. It's sort of funner because you're

working together as a group, and, you know you can give high-fives and stuff.

一起工作作為一個小組，並且，你知道 你可以給擊掌和東西。

[Narrator] BUT THEIR COMPETITION IS A LITTLE MORE INTENSE.

[David] Coots, little Blue Heron, Cattle Egrets, turtle

[大衛]庫茨，小藍鷺，牛白鷺，烏龜。

[Narrator] A FEW DAYS SCOUTING BEFORE THE COMPETITION,

[DAVID B] Yesterday we got our ears turned to a Tropical

昨天我們的耳朵變成了熱帶雨林... ...

Parula. We spent 30 minutes at it yesterday, tomorrow we will spend probably about 10 seconds.

Parula.昨天我們花了30分鐘，明天我們可能會花10秒鐘。

[Narrator] WHEN THE CONTEST STARTS, THE BROTHERTON'S

[旁白]當比賽開始時，BROTHERTON'S

球隊很早就上路了......凌晨3點就到了。

[David] What was that? White-winged Dove.

[Narrator] THEIR FIRST STOP IS AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER,

[旁白]他們的第一站是一個半小時後。

[Narrator] BEFORE THE DAY IS OVER, THEY WILL DRIVE 400

在這一天結束之前，他們要開400英里的車

MILES, CROSS FOUR COUNTIES, VISIT TWO STATE PARKS, TWO WILDLIFE REFUGES, THREE BIRD SANCTUARIES,

公里，穿越四個縣，參觀兩個州立公園，兩個野生動物保護區，三個鳥類保護區。

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