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A Slow Birding Day Still Beats Most Other Days!
Atascosa Highlands Christmas Bird Count By Matt Griffiths What a great way to start a new year of birding! Jennie MacFarland and I participated in this amazing count for the first time. It covers a wide swath of the very wild Atascosa mountains, taking in many canyons and open grassland just north of the border …
Blitzed by the Birds in Chiminea Canyon
Saguaro NP BioBlitz Report by Matt Griffiths A very birdy morning in the Rincon Valley greeted my BioBlitz team (Aleck and Vivian MacKinnon) on October 22. With some last minute manuevering we crafted for ourselves probably one of the best birding routes in either the west or east districts in Saguaro National Park. Our described …
Arizona IBA Volunteer Appreciation Party!
By Jennie MacFarland, Arizona IBA Program Biologist On October 29th, 2011 Arizona IBA staff and volunteers gathered on Mount Lemmon to party! The Arizona Important Bird Area Program simply could not operate without its dedicated and talented volunteers! Our volunteers help with surveys, data entry and at special events such as the recent BioBlitz! Very …
BioBlitz at Saguaro NP, Quite an Event!
by Jennie MacFarland, IBA Program Biologist On October 21-22, 2011 the much publicized BioBlitz was held at Saguaro National Park. This was the 5th annual BioBlitz in a series of 10, each held at a different National Park, leading up to the centennial celebration of the Park Service. This 24 hour species inventory of the …
Upper Santa Cruz River IBA Recognition Ceremony a Success!
Latest IBA Adventure: By Jennie MacFarland, IBA Program Assistant – Biologist On the morning of Saturday April 16, a group of enthusiastic folks gathered in Tubac to celebrate the Upper Santa Cruz River IBA. The morning began with two bird walks which turned up many classic riparian species such as Wilson’s Warbler, Summer Tanager, Northern …
AZ IBA Team Ventures Into the San Rafael Valley!
Latest IBA Adventure: Jennie MacFarland, IBA Program Assistant – Biologist On the cold, crisp morning of December 10, a team of intrepid Important Bird Area surveyors traveled to the San Rafael Grasslands. As dawn steadily crept over the mountains, our caravan crested the top of the hill and suddenly the entire valley was laid out …
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