Non-astronomical Interests

Mary Kormendy

Our home in Austin

We got interested in birds during a trip to Australia in 1996.

Birds from our house, Texas, California, Hawaii, Canada, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, and Brazil.

Birds from Europe: Germany, Finland, & Norway, and Lesbos, Greece.

Birds from the Canary Islands, South Africa, Israel, India, China, Australia, and New Zealand.

Scuba diving: This is near Grand Piton, Saint Lucia (depth about 70 feet); Mary and John.

Travel and photography: This was part of Sete Quedas, Rio Parana, Brazil, before it was flooded by the Itaipu Dam reservoir. Other destinations

Opera: The New York Metropolitan Opera's Don Carlo is the best performance that we have seen.

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