Category Archives: Nature and the Outdoors

Reptile/Amphibian #35 — Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake

Posted on May 8, 2022 by Roger

lampropeltis pyromelana Sunday, May 8, 2022 — 1:15 pm Hereford, Arizona — Beatty’s Guest Ranch I stopped at Beatty’s in Miller Canyon on my way from Portal to Patagonia. After seeing the featured White-eared Hummingbird, I wandered up the canyon … Continue reading →

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Bird #581 — White-eared Hummingbird

Posted on May 8, 2022 by Roger

hylocharais leucotis Hereford, Arizona — Beatty’s Guest Ranch Sunday, May 8, 2022 — 11:37 am Beatty’s Guest Ranch is located in Miller Canyon, the next canyon north from Ash Canyon, where I’d seen the Lucifer Hummingbird. Beatty’s is 5.6 miles … Continue reading →

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Animal #77 — Arizona Gray Squirrel

Posted on May 8, 2022 by Roger

sciurus arizonensis Hereford, Arizona — Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary Sunday, May 8, 2022 — 11:00 am I had a little help with this one, although I’m pretty sure I would have figured it out on my own eventually. I was … Continue reading →

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Bird #580 — Lucifer Hummingbird

Posted on May 8, 2022 by Roger

calothorax lucifer Hereford, Arizona — Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary Sunday, May 8, 2022 — 10:34 am This was another bird I’d been tracking on rare bird reports for the past couple months. A pair of Lucifer Hummingbirds was being seen … Continue reading →

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Bird #579 — Tufted Flycatcher

Posted on May 7, 2022 by Roger

mitrephanes phaeocerus Cochise County, Arizona — Coronado National Forest — Rucker Canyon Road Saturday, May 7, 2022 — 1:59 pm For a couple months before I headed to Arizona, I checked the U.S. rare bird report almost every day to … Continue reading →

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