Friday, July 15, 2022 On this morning, we watched for two-hours: the hatching of three baby chicks from their nest in our large patio pot cont…
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One day, several years ago, I saw a very strange looking snake crawling across a trail. It was a kingsnake, but without the yellow and black r…
Over the years, I have met far too many SaddleBrooke residents that have lost their much loved pets to a predator. Even though a resident was …
I got many calls last summer and fall from residents wondering who or what was digging up their gardens and potted plants. The answer is skunk…
I guess that we won’t find Trick or Treaters’ knocking at our door this year. So, to keep up the spirit of Halloween let’s talk about the pump…
Of course, Tuna is the Mexican name for the fruit of the cactus that we call the “prickly pear.”
August is here and it is the time of the year for Monsoons—those violent and spectacular thunder and lightning storms that move swiftly across…
On a warm June afternoon, I was trying to get a picture of a SGB (or a Small Gray Bird) with my telephoto lens. This bird was busy hunting for…
Starting in early March, I get asked this question several times a day. I usually remind them that they are in Arizona and any warm sunny day …
Last summer a resident golfer was out playing a few holes in the late afternoon. He hit his ball to the green on a par three and suddenly a yo…
The Catalina Nature Program opens its Saturday program October 26th at Catalina State Park for its 18th year.
The more I learn the more that I become aware of how little I know.
There he is every morning and afternoon from May to September patrolling the driveway and walkways in front of our house. Every once in a whil…
Arizona is best known for its summer heat. But that heat is just a precursor to the Monson season. A season that has its own dangers. As the w…
Ralph Waldo Emerson described a weed as a plant whose virtue has not yet been discovered.
Over the years I have often been called to remove “baby Gila Monsters” from garages, patios and gardens of residents only to find a Banded Gec…
Red-tailed Hawks often capture and feed on snakes (including rattlesnakes).