• 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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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  • Operation PhotoTrogon Stop #2 – Tucson’s Sweetwater Wetlands

    By Jim Gain OPERATION PHOTOTROGON The name Operation PhotoTrogon came about weeks ago as Rich Brown and I started planning our trip. We discussed the…

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  • Operation PhotoTrogon

    On Monday, 5/9/22, Rich Brown and I (Jim Gain) rendezvoused in Turlock, CA to begin Operation PhotoTrogon. Our target lay deep in the canyons of…

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