Tag: Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Searching for Cuckoos on the Coronado National Forest

Snoozing Racoon in cottonwood tree

by Olya Phillips, Bird Survey Assistant at Tucson Audubon and University of Arizona student I am a University of Arizona student majoring in Wildlife Conservation and Management. After I took an ornithology class, I fell in love with birds. Before, I didn’t even notice how many beautiful avian species we have in Tucson. Soon I …

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Lower San Pedro Summer Season Summary

Coati on the Lower San Pedro

As this summer’s heat fades into fragrant fall with migration just around the corner there is a twinge of sadness that the Important Bird Area field season is winding down. It is also incredibly gratifying to look back over the last several months and review some of the amazing observations the Arizona IBA crew had …

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