Sue Ferguson

10408 Stoneleig St.

Fort Smith, AR 42908

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FB  https://www.facebook.com/susan.k.ferguson.1 Graduated Indiana University 1977. Graduate Assistance Athletic Trainer and Teacher WSU 1977-1979. Washington State University Pullman, WA MS 1979. Substitute Teacher WLHS 1980. Women's Athletic Trainer Purdue University 1980-1982. Teaching and coaching Fort Myers Christian School 1982-1984. Louisville Presbyterian Seminary M. Div. 1988. Yoked Church Mt Ida, AR Ordination Presbyterian Church USA 1991 Chapel By The Sea Fort Myers Beach, FL. Hospital Chaplain  Fort Smith, AR 1991-1992. Chaplain Residency- Children's Medical Center Dallas, TX- Texas Scottish-Rite Hospital 1992-1993. Hospice Chaplain Eastern Oklahoma 1993-1996. Honorably Retired  from Presbyterian Church USA 2009. Private Chaplain work There is one thing I would say to every person I went to school with; THANK YOU, you were part of my growing up and helping shape my life.   HOBBIES INTERESTS: Done some traveling; been to all seven continents. Able to observe birds around the world.  President and various other duties and officers 1999-2004 Tulsa Bird Club OAS. Not sure of what I would call my position in Central Oklahoma Bird Club Major fundraising and promoting of  The Tanygnathus Society  Member of the USDA Well Bird Act 2001-present Representing The Tanygnathus Genus. Been active in AFA American Federation of Aviculture, Club Delegate 2000-2004 and State Delegate for AR 2006-present. Since 1999-present have specialized in GREAT BILLED PARROTS. Spent a month in the jungles of West Papua in 2006 studying these rare birds.  Have dedicated these past 14 years promoting the Great Bill Parrot with bird people, vets and veterinary schools. These birds have and need special care totally different from the average parrot.  I have great enjoyment   providing bird education for the schools here in Fort Smith, AR; Tulsa, OK;OKC OK area. As far as I know, one will not see any Great Bill Parrots in an exhibit unless you visit Loro Parque Tenerife. I live with: one Green Wing Macaw, one Blue and Gold Macaw, one Hahn's Macaw; two Timneh Greys- one with on wing tips or feet; and five Great Bill Parrots, two males, three females. One female Greyhound, and one male Ibizan Hound. All animals except two birds are rescues.  I have never married, one gentleman whom I went with for eight years did not want to marry "The Church".