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Birding: Local bird walks and talks rounded out my week | Features | dcourier. com
3+ hour, 12+ min ago (121+ words) Birding: Local bird walks and talks rounded out my week Prescott Daily Courier This past week was busy, with two speaking engagements and three bird walks squeezed amid my work schedule My first speaking engagement was at the Margaret T…...
Around the Bluhmin' Town: Dumb doves
2+ week, 1+ day ago (307+ words) Springtime. The beautiful season of birds building nests. In odd places. My uninvited houseguests for several years have come back with their usual flair. Unannounced, Wilma and Fred have arrived. I'm not too thrilled, but at least they've switched bedrooms....
Birding: Birding in Colorado, Part II
4+ week, 3+ hour ago (218+ words) Prescott Daily Courier "I had the opportunity to see a lot of greater sage grouse this past week in Colorado where they were displaying at a lek (communal mating area)." (Eric Moore/Courtesy) After passing over Loveland Pass, we proceeded…...
Birding: From the Arizona Highlands to the Highlands of Guatemala
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (140+ words) Prescott Daily Courier Earlier last week I saw white-fronted Amazon (parrots) in the wild at Finc Birding: From the Arizona Highlands to the Highlands of Guatemalaa Los Tarrales in Guatemala. (Eric Moore/Courtesy) I arrived in Guatemala City last week…...
Environmentalists doubt Trump BLM pick's vow to protect public lands he's long wanted sold
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (193+ words) Prescott Daily Courier The 63, 200-acre North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness Area lies in the Sonoran Desert National Monument in southwestern Maricopa County, about 12 miles east of Gila Bend and 20 miles southwest of Phoenix. (Chris Wonderly/Bureau of Land Management) WASHINGTON " President…...
Efforts to conserve Badger Mountain spanned decades; what went wrong?
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (190+ words) Efforts to conserve Badger Mountain spanned decades. What went wrong? Prescott Daily Courier In 2000, the State Land Department identified more than 1, 000 acres of Badger Mountain as suitable for conservation under the Arizona Preserve Initiative. The initiative program was suspended in…...
Accessible walks bring joys of birding to people with mobility, other limitations
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (130+ words) Prescott Daily Courier Group leader Marcia OBara, left, wearing an oxygen pack for her COPD, and birding enthusiast Rhea Guertin walk down a smooth dirt path during an accessible outing at Feliz Paseos Park in Tucson, Ariz. , on Feb. 4, 2026. (Anita…...
Sleepy owl found resting among items on a New York antique store shelf
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (81+ words) Prescott Daily Courier Sleepy owl found resting among items on a New York antique store shelf Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. Sorry, an error occurred. Account…...
Birding: Wrapping up my Birding trip to Panama
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (160+ words) Our time in the Darien region was drawing to a close. On the morning of the day we were heading back to Panama City, we had one more exciting discovery. As we were driving to a birding destination, I was…...
Birding: Finding one of my nemesis birds in southern Arizona
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (242+ words) dcourier. com Hello, Here is my column for this week. I'm including an image from the allaboutbirds. org website. Possible caption: "I had the thrill of adding a new species to my life list last week while visiting Tucson." On…...