Arizona Bird Call

More thoughts about Merlin, the new audio ID app from Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Native desert plants that attract birds and other desirable wildlife; Nature Conservancy/Arizona restoration of Aravaipa Creek northeast of Tucson a great success story; Bird-of-the-Week: Great Blue Heron; Birding Hotspot: Bill Williams River/Lake Havasu National Wildlife Refuge IBA; Friends of Wildlife Agency: Friends of the Huachuca Mountains; A calendar of birding events throughout Arizona in the days and weeks ahead.

Arizona Groundwater Coalition presentations on declining groundwater statewide; New professional conservation hires at Tucson Audubon; How and why vultures thrive in urban environments; Bird-of-the-Week: Phainopepla; Birding Hotspot: White Mountains region of northeastern Arizona; Friends-of-Wildlife Agency of the week: Desert Foothills Land Trust; Weekly calendar of bird friendly events throughout Arizona.

Some thoughts about Merlin, Cornell Lab of Ornithology's new audio app for identifying wild birds in the field; DNA research on the Northern and Gilded Flicker confirming "one-size-fits-all"; Bird of the week: White-crowned Sparrow; Birding hotspot: Sedona Wetlands Preserve in central Arizona; Friend of Wildlife agency: Friends of the Sonoran Desert; Calendar of bird friendly events in coming days throughout Arizona.

Preview of results from the 2021 Hawkwatch International raptor survey at Yaki Point on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon; Report on water flowing again from the Colorado River into the Gulf of California to reconstitute important wetland bird habitat; Thousands of Sandhill Cranes have returned to winter at Whitewater Draw WMA near Willcox; Bird of the Week: Western Bluebird; Friend of Wildlife agency: Arizona Wilderness Coalition; Birding hotspot: Whitewater Draw WMA; Calendar of birding events coming up in days ahead across Arizona.

Overview of public land designations across Arizona focusing on State Trust Lands; Why some songbirds and hummingbirds appear to have a 'sweet tooth;' Bird-of-the-week: Mourning Dove; Friend-of-Wildlife: Sky Island Alliance; Birding hotspot: Bubbling Ponds at the Page Springs Fish Hatchery, Cornville. Bird walks and other events offered by Maricopa Audubon, Northern Arizona Audubon, White Mountain Audubon, Prescott Audubon, Yuma Audubon, Desert Rivers Audubon, Arizona Field Ornithologists, Wings Over Willcox Birding Festival.

Report on results of 2021 Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo survey on the Agua Fria National Monument; City of Yuma resumes sending water to to Yuma East Wetlands recharge ponds in support of bird conservation in the lower Colorado River region; Featured bird: Elf Owl; Birding Hotspot: Arivaca Lake south of Tucson; Friends-of-Wildlife Agency: Western Rivers Action Network; Calendar of birding events throughout Arizona in coming weeks.

A report by Arizona Field Ornithologists on their recent expedition to the Southern Bradshaw Mountains in Prescott National Forest. A spotlight on the BLM Conservation Resource Management Field Certificate Program (Phoenix Field School) for 18-24 year-old youth. Bird of the episode: Abert's Towhee. Friend of Wildlife agency Friends of the Verde River. Calendar of birding events and field trips across Arizona in the days ahead.

A call by Arizona Field Ornithologists for citizen scientists to help fill in gaps in bird data in remote areas of Arizona where data is lacking. Bird of the week: Northern Mockingbird. Birding hotspot: the Paton Center for Hummingbirds in Patagonia, Arizona. Featured Friends-of-Wildlife agency, Arizona Parks and Trails. Calendar of Arizona birding events and activities coming up in October and beyond.

Overview of globally significant southeastern Arizona birding destinations. September 2021 birding report by the White Mountains Audubon Society at Pine Top/Lakeside in the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest. Bird of the week: Pinyon Jay. Birding Hotspot of the week: Arlington Wildlife Management Area near Buckeye. Agency spotlight: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

A report on the impact of the ongoing western U.S. drought on skyrocketing prices of bird feeder stock including sunflower, safflower and millet. 2021 crop yields are down 40 percent and more. A report on noxious weed removal at Kachina Wetlands Preserve that has restored pond trails that had become nearly impassible due to uncontrolled weeds. Native plants and wildflowers are making a comeback.
Bird of the week is the Black-throated Sparrow; spotlight on Arizona Field Ornithologists; birding hotspot Yuma East Wetlands; calendar of events coming up in days ahead.