Category Archives: Birding
Southwest Wings festival-goers: make reservations early!
If you’re planning to attend the Southwest Wings Birding and Nature Festival, make sure you’re an early bird! A major conference will be held in Sierra Vista at the same time as the festival, so rooms will be in short … Continue reading
Wings Over Willcox 2010
Birders who attended this year’s Wings Over Willcox were treated to a record number of sandhill cranes in Willcox and Cochise County. Rich Glinski gave the keynote on Saturday evening and about 20 of the 45 workshops were sold out! … Continue reading
Bird watchers: 17th Wings Over Willcox festival, January 2010
Wings Over Willcox will be held once again in January (it’s on Martin Luther King weekend each year). This is a great opportunity to connect with other birding fans and to see some birds you can add to your life … Continue reading
Cochise County birding news: first brown back solitaire documented
A birding story on NPR caught my “ear” the other day. Scott Simon talked with a camp counselor who, along with his campers, had a wonderful bird sighting. It was a brown-backed solitaire and they used an iPod to document … Continue reading
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Southwest Wings waives registration fee for select programs
This year the 18th Annual Southwest Wings Birding & Nature Festival’s free programs will be open to the public. The festival will be held in Sierra Vista Aug. 5-9. Any resident or visitor can attend without paying the $15 festival … Continue reading
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Mother’s Day with your unique Mom
What kind of mom do you have? If she’s not traditional (or even if she is), consider a trip to Cochise County. There are three events that will help you celebrate your unique Mom during Mother’s Day weekend, May 8-10. … Continue reading
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Recurring events in Cochise County
Want the chance to learn about Arizona’s history or experience some of southern Arizona’s greatest outdoor activities? You can with some of the events in Cochise County that happen on a regular basis. Tours of Historic Faraway Ranch, Chiricahua National … Continue reading
Blue mockingbird: rare bird spotted in Douglas
Four sightings of the Blue Mockingbird have been documented previously in the U.S.Last week, a fifth sighting was confirmed at the Slaughter Ranch. Slaughter Ranch is a park adjacent to the San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Arizona. Richard … Continue reading
Wings Over Willcox this weekend
Wings Over Willcox begins officially on Wednesday. A few spots are left on the birding and nature tours this weekend. I’m surprised the day long photography workshop is not full yet. A couple of years ago, I took the beginning … Continue reading
Cochise County events in January
If you’re going to be in the Southwest this month, travel to southern Arizona and experience some of Cochise County’s events. Athletes start the month with the Annual Senior Games. Birding and nature enthusiasts flock to Wings Over Willcox. Then … Continue reading
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