Monthly Archives: October 2011

The Big Year and the Xantus’ Hummingbird

The comedy, The Big Year, opened nationwide Friday, generally with positive reviews.  The movie is a fictionalized account of a true story, Mark Obmascik’s engrossing 2004 tale of three birders and their pursuit of a new record for the most bird species … Continue reading

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NW Tucson’s Canada del Oro Wash; a Natural Aviary

One of metropolitan Tucson’s major washes, the Cañada del Oro, ‘flows’ south and west from the Santa Catalina foothills past SaddleBrooke and Catalina, through Oro Valley, where it joins the Rillito River and the Santa Cruz River.  Usually dry, this wash at times runs swift … Continue reading

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