Mary Ann had the day off on Wednesday, so we took a trip to the Boyce Thompson Arboretum (BTA). We got a late start because I had a doctor appointment in the morning. There were a lot of people there, …
Dave, Tom, Joe W., and I went to the Pinal Mountains on October 31, 2020 (Halloween). The primary purpose of the trip was for Dave and Joe W. to fly their drones and get aerial pictures and videos of the …
This post covers the the third, and last, day of our southern Arizona trip, which was our visit to the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge (BANWR). This is a large refuge (117K acres) established in 1985. We went to the …
This post is for the second day of our Southern Arizona trip, when we went to California Gulch. The main attraction of California Gulch is that it is one of the few places in North America where you can find …
Mary Ann and I took a 3 day trip to southern Arizona. We went to Madera Canyon, California Gulch, and Arivaca. This post is for Madera Canyon.…
This post is about attracting Lesser Goldfinches to our backyard feeder. Why do a post on the Lesser Goldfinch? After all, it’s a common bird and not very interesting, right? Some people don’t like finches, and view them as a …
Mary Ann had the day off on Wednesday, so we decided to go up to the Pinal Mountains. I’ve been wanting to get up there before the summer birds leave, and I was worried that they would be gone by …
Three of the Slattery kids came for a visit in August. They are the 3 youngest children of Mary Ann’s sister, Jennifer. This post has some pictures from their visit. I included quite a few action shots of them in …
Mary Ann and I went to the Granite Reef Recreation Area on the Salt River on August 14, 2020. We’ve been having a spell of hotter and dryer than normal weather, so we went early for the cooler temperatures. The …
Mary Ann and I went to Wichita in July to attend Carly and Joey’s wedding. We stayed at Nancy’s (as usual). It was a beautiful wedding! I didn’t take any pictures, except on the last day, I took some in …
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