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Featured Photo ![]() Who Am I? Pic-of-the-Week Photo by Cheryl Shippentower ![]() Cedar Waxwing See Roger Hall's scientific illustrations at http://www.inkart.net/art/wildlife_art/birds/ ![]() Birds In Art |
Birding on the Border It was reunion time
when June and Duane Whitten, Aaron Skirvin, Connie Betts, Ann
Wyatt and Betty Klepper joined Bob and Dannell Tapley in Southern
Arizona for some first class birding. The Tapleys, who moved to Arizona
from Pendleton nearly two years ago, greeted the Pendleton crowd with a
delicious welcome dinner on Saturday The next day we visited Sweetwater Wetlands (Tucson's wastewater treatment facility) and then birded our way to Willcox, a town on the northern border of the Chiricahua Mountains. On the way, we visited Ann's son (Mark) and his girlfriend at St. David, where we got close-up looks at a Greater Roadrunner carrying a lizard in its beak. At the Holy Trinity Monastery in St. David, we saw a pair of N. Beardless-Tyrannulets at close range, a Vermilion Flycatcher pair, Tropical and Cassin's Kingbirds, and Gila Woodpeckers. Along the way, birds of note included Purple Martin and Gray Hawk. There were many Chihuahuan Ravens in desert areas and some Common Ravens in the mountains. That evening, we drove into the western Chiricahua Mountains...(Full story). What a Difference a Year Makes On Sunday, July 4th
Sharon and I travelled to the Albee-Ukiah ![]() |
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