Author Archives: Joe

Mary Ann and I took a 3 day trip to southern Arizona. We went to Madera Canyon, California Gulch, and Arivaca. This post is for Madera Canyon.…

This post is about attracting Lesser Goldfinches to our backyard feeder. Why do a post on the Lesser Goldfinch? After all, it’s a common bird and not very interesting, right? Some people don’t like finches, and view them as a …

Mary Ann had the day off on Wednesday, so we decided to go up to the Pinal Mountains. I’ve been wanting to get up there before the summer birds leave, and I was worried that they would be gone by …

Three of the Slattery kids came for a visit in August. They are the 3 youngest children of Mary Ann’s sister, Jennifer. This post has some pictures from their visit. I included quite a few action shots of them in …

Mary Ann and I went to the Granite Reef Recreation Area on the Salt River on August 14, 2020. We’ve been having a spell of hotter and dryer than normal weather, so we went early for the cooler temperatures. The …

Mary Ann and I went to Wichita in July to attend Carly and Joey’s wedding. We stayed at Nancy’s (as usual). It was a beautiful wedding! I didn’t take any pictures, except on the last day, I took some in …

There was an Anna’s hummingbird in our Clementine tree that was roosting and not afraid of me. I went and got the camera, and he continued to roost. While I was there, I photographed some other birds. I also included …

I dropped Mary Ann off at the eye doctor, and had about an hour to wait. It was near the Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch (RPWR), so I decided to make a quick trip. This post has some photos.

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I went to Boyce Thompson Arboretum (BTA) by myself on Thursday, June 18, and again on June 22 with Mark. I got there at about 7 AM the first trip, and 7:45 AM the second one, and spent about 4 …

Mary Ann and I took a day trip to the Pinal Mountains. It was nice and cool there, and not too long of a drive. We left at 7:00 AM and arrived at Sulfide del Rey campground at about 8:30. …