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The scientific name for Mearns quail is Cyrtonyx montezumae. The genus refers to its big claws for scratching around in desert soils. It has big fe...
- Added: Dec 12, 2019
- Length: 05:07
The photos are mine and of the plant Pseudognaphalium leucocephalum. It sure is nice to have some white flowers mixed in with the oceans of yellow ...
- Added: Nov 13, 2019
- Length: 05:13
Xanthisma gracilis is an annual and found all over the southwest and into Mexico as well. Duh. A common name is slender goldenweed or spiny zinnia....
- Added: Nov 12, 2019
- Length: 05:14
Mala Mujer or Cnidoscolus angustidens is an interesting plant in Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family. It’s found in southeastern Arizona and south in...
- Added: Jun 19, 2019
- Length: 05:09
I do love wandering around little towns and Willcox is a fun one to poke around in. And it is true that the town of Willcox is an excellent base c...
- Added: Jun 19, 2019
- Length: 05:06
Well, I’m not sure I can add a whole lot more to this true story, but here are a few ringtail facts that are fun. Okay, fun for nature geeks like y...
- Added: May 30, 2018
- Length: 05:10
I suppose the thinking is that any wildflowers blooming along the side of the road will beautify that road and who cares what’s in the hydro-seed m...
- Added: May 30, 2018
- Length: 05:09
March really is the month of change around all of us in the borderlands of southern Arizona. How fun to celebrate the arrival of turkey vultures, t...
- Added: Mar 15, 2017
- Length: 04:47
Anxious for some early morning light and something green in the grassland, Petey remembers an early blooming wildflower to look for in the nearby h...
- Added: Oct 18, 2016
- Length: 05:06
I am not that great at identifying native grasses, but I keep on trying . Thank goodness some are really quite easy to ID and that makes me feel so...
- Added: Oct 18, 2016
- Length: 05:19
Autumn is the season of migration for many avian species and in the borderlands of southern Arizona hummingbirds are passing through, sparrows are ...
- Added: Oct 18, 2016
- Length: 10:30
This show could also be called Typha latifolia and Grus canadensis, which has a nice scientific ring to it.
- Added: Oct 18, 2016
- Length: 05:13
Petey peers into an old bird nest in a tree and discovers the work of a deer mouse.
- Added: Oct 18, 2016
- Length: 05:14
THIS WEEK: Splitting the Clapper Rail; bird feeding help for condo owners; a swimming songbird; and, are you out there, Saskatchewan?
- Added: Aug 15, 2014
- Length: 30:00
THIS WEEK: Is it a bird…or a cowboy boot? Help is on the way for the Wood Thrush, but will it arrive in time? And we answer a listener's question a...
- Added: Aug 14, 2014
- Length: 30:00
- Added: Sep 04, 2008
- Length: 09:04
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