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Buenos Aires NWR – Arivaca Cienega

This post covers the the third, and last, day of our southern Arizona trip, which was our visit to the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge (BANWR). This is a large refuge (117K acres) established in 1985. We went to the …

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California Gulch, Oct 14, 2020

This post is for the second day of our Southern Arizona trip, when we went to California Gulch. The main attraction of California Gulch is that it is one of the few places in North America where you can find …

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Madera Canyon, Oct 13, 2020

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.…

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Lesser Goldfinches at Our Backyard Feeder

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 …

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Pinal Mountains, Sept 23, 2020

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 …

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Visit from Slattery Kids, August, 2020

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 …

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Granite Reef Recreation Area, August 14, 2020

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 …

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Wichita, July 9-13, 2020

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 …

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Backyard birds and butterfly, June 26, 2020

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 …

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Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, June 25, 2020

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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