Category: Conservation
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Operation PhotoTrogon Stop #9 – Santa Rita Mountains
By Jim Gain OPERATION PHOTOTROGON This blog series chronicles the adventures that Rich Brown and I experienced on our quest to find and photograph the amazing birds of Southeast Arizona in May of 2022. PATAGONIA LAKE SP After the Paton Center for Hummingbirds, we stopped briefly at the nearby Patagonia…
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Operation PhotoTrogon – Finito
By Jim Gain The next morning as we pulled ourselves out of bed and slowly started to shake off the cobwebs, we both realized that at this point our trip had been a complete success. Undoubtedly, probably the best birding trip we had ever been on. Rich suggested that perhaps…
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Operation PhotoTrogon Stop #8 – Paton Center Redux
OPERATION PHOTOTROGON This blog series chronicles the adventures that Rich Brown and I experienced on our quest to find and photograph the amazing birds of Southeast Arizona in May of 2022. Well, we opted not to swing by Tony and Julie’s Battiste Bed Breakfast & Birds to look for the…
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Operation PhotoTrogon Stop #7 – Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary Redux
By Jim Gain OPERATION PHOTOTROGON This blog series chronicles the adventures that Rich Brown and I experienced on our quest to find and photograph the amazing birds of Southeast Arizona in May of 2022. Operation PhotoTrogon Stop #6 – Carr Canyon Operation PhotoTrogon Stop #5 – Miller Canyon–Beatty’s Guest Ranch Operation PhotoTrogon…
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Operation PhotoTrogon Stop #6 – Carr Canyon
By Jim Gain OPERATION PHOTOTROGON This blog series chronicles the adventures that Rich Brown and I experienced on our quest to find and photograph the amazing birds of Southeast Arizona in May of 2022. After leaving Miller Canyon we took the road up to Carr Canyon which proved to be…
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Operation PhotoTrogon Stop #5 – Miller Canyon–Beatty’s Guest Ranch
By Jim Gain OPERATION PHOTOTROGON This blog series chronicles the adventures that Rich Brown and I experienced on our quest to find and photograph the amazing birds of Southeast Arizona in May of 2022. IN SEARCH OF WHITE-EARED HUMMINGBIRDS This morning’s destination was to include my first ever visit up…
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Operation PhotoTrogon Stop #4 – Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary
By Jim Gain OPERATION PHOTOTROGON This blog series chronicles the adventures that Rich Brown and I experienced on our quest to find and photograph the amazing birds of Southeast Arizona in May of 2022. Operation PhotoTrogon Stop #3 – Paton Center for Hummingbirds Operation PhotoTrogon Stop #2 – Tucson’s Sweetwater Wetlands Operation…
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Operation PhotoTrogon Stop #3 – Paton Center for Hummingbirds
By Jim Gain OPERATION PHOTOTROGON This blog series chronicles the adventures that Rich Brown and I experienced on our quest to find and photograph the amazing birds of Southeast Arizona in May of 2022. THE PATON CENTER FOR HUMMINGBIRDS – A HISTORY OF HUMMINGBIRDS AND BIRDERS I first learned about…
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700 o busto – Cuenta regresiva de Lifer
Con un BIP BIP BIP desagradablemente fuerte, mi alarma de las 5:00 am me despertó de un sueño profundo. La adrenalina se disparó instantáneamente y literalmente salté de la cama. Estaba seguro de que hoy me traería la especie Lifer número 700. Estaba en una visita de regreso a la…
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700 or Bust – Lifer Countdown
With an obnoxiously loud BEEP BEEP BEEP, my 5:00 am alarm woke me from a deep sleep. The adrenaline instantly kicked in and I was literally jumping out of bed. I was certain that today would bring me lifer species number 700. I was on a return visit to the…
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