Arizona Bird Call

Invitation to view captive California Condor release at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in northern Arizona. Report on recent hummingbird banding and species tracking by the Northern Arizona Audubon Society. Followup to a request by National Audubon Society to offer suggested name changes for Arizona bird species named for people.  Bird of the Week: Lark Bunting, a regular sparrow in southern Arizona during the winter. Birding hotspot: Tucson Sky Islands Important Bird Area (IBA). Friend of Wildlife organization: Southern Arizona Forest Fund. Calendar of bird-friendly events coming up in Arizona.

Updates on the Southeast Arizona Bird Festival and the Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo survey underway in central Arizona. Watching for MacGillivray's Warbler in southern Arizona. Colorado River crisis in the Grand Canyon National Park. Bird-of-the-episode: California Condor. Birding hotspot: Upper Santa Cruz River IBA. Friend-of-Wildlife organization: Yuma Conservation Garden. Calendar of bird-friendly events coming up in Arizona.

Breeding behavior of the elusive Rose-throated Becard along the Santa Cruz River. Bird of the episode: Black-tailed Gnatcatcher. Arizona birding hotspot: Sonoita Creek/Patagonia Lake IBA. Friend of Wildlife organization: Sonoran Desert Museum near Tucson. Calendar of bird-friendly events coming up in the weeks ahead.

Magnificent Frigatebird and other rare species spotted in Pinal County in July. New bird banding program underway at Hassayampa Nature Preserve near Wickenburg. Rufous-backed Robins found to be nesting in southern Arizona. Bird-of-the-week: Black-crowned Night Heron. Birding Hotspot: San Pedro Riparian Natural Conservation Area. Friend-of-wildlife organization: Arizona Native Plant Society. Calendar of bird-friendly events coming up in Arizona.

Students in the veterinary program at Midwestern University, Glendale AZ, establish a new student chapter of the National Audubon Society, are seeking collaborations with Audubon Society chapters throughout Arizona. A solar electric generation project has been approved for state trust land at Salome Highway and Baseline Road, the legendary 'Thrasher Site' west of Phoenix. What does that mean for the rare thrasher species regularly spotted there? 'Monsoon hummingbirds' are on the wing. Find out where. Bird of the week: Calliope Hummingbird. Birding hotspot: Muggins Mountain Wilderness southeast of Yuma. Friend of Wildlife organization: Borderlands Restoration Network. Calendar of bird-friendly events coming up in Arizona.

Third and final installment of a reading of 'Our Blinding, Blaring World' excerpted from an article by Ed Yong in the July/August 2022 edition of the Atlantic. Details how human technology affecting light and sound in Earth's atmosphere is confounding animal sensory systems.  Bird of the week: Juniper Titmouse. Birding hotspot: Santa Rita Mountains IBA. Friend-of-Wildlife organization: Student Conservation Association. Calendar of bird-friendly events coming up in Arizona.

Second installment of a reading of 'Our Blinding, Blaring World' excerpted from an article by Ed Yong in the July/August 2022 edition of the Atlantic. Details how human technology affecting light and sound in Earth's atmosphere is confounding animal sensory systems.  Bird of the week: Inca Dove. Birding hotspot: Tuzigoot National Monument IBA. Friend-of-Wildlife organization: American Conservation Experience. Calendar of bird-friendly events coming up in Arizona.

Part 1 of a 3-part reading of Pulitzer Prize awardee Ed Yong's Atlantic magazine article 'Our Blinding, Blaring World.' How artificial light and sound is confusing the senses of thousands, perhaps millions of non-human animal species including birds. Suggestions on how to locate professional job and internship opportunities in wildlife conservation in Arizona. Bird of the week: Hutton's Vireo. Birding Hotspot: Whitewater Draw IBA in Cochise County. Friend-of-wildlife organization: Arizona Sustainability Alliance. Calendar of bird-friendly events coming up in Arizona.

A look back at Biosphere 2, an experiment that attempted to replicate Earth's biosphere artificially by locking specimens of multiple species of animals and plants including humans inside a large chamber near Oracle, AZ in the 1990s. The experiment ultimately failed but much was learned. Bird of the week: American Redstart. Birding Hotspot: Patagonia Mountains IBA in southeastern Arizona. Friend-of-wildlife agency: Arizona Ecological Services Field Office. Calendar of bird friendly events coming up in Arizona.

U.S. Congress moving legislation ahead to provide significant permanent funding boost for wildlife conservation in Arizona, among other states. Bird of the week: American Pipit. Birding hotspot: Upper Verde River Wildlife Management Area IBA. Friend of wildlife organization of the episode: Altar Valley Conservation Alliance. Calendar of Bird-friendly-events coming up in Arizona.