Category: Arizona Madrone

Categories: Arizona Madrone, Chiricahua Mountains, columbine, Heritage Days, Ipomopsis, Monarda, Richardson's Geranium, South Fork, wildflowers Posted on

An Autumn Bouquet

In recent Septembers, as part of our Rodeo-Portal Heritage Days, Elaine Moison and Dave Jasper have guided a field trip into South Fork, to discover and enjoy the wildflowers that flourish at the end of the summer monsoon. This year we found exquisite flowers, in … Continue readingAn Autumn Bouquet

Categories: Arizona Madrone, CBC, Christmas Bird Count, Great Horned Owl, Horseshoe Two Fire, Lark Bunting, madrone, Peloncillo Mountains, Portal, Portal Peak, Say's Phoebe, Scott's Oriole, Vesper Sparrow Posted on

Celebrating Our Local CBCs

This year, again, Alan and I joined the national ritual of Christmas Bird Counts, once more participating in the back-to-back counts for Portal, Arizona, and the Peloncillo Mountains, New Mexico. The weather couldn’t have been finer, with temperatures rising into the high 60s and low … Continue readingCelebrating Our Local CBCs