Category: PCMN posts
Learn how to catch and tag migrating monarch butterflies!!
Penny Miller presented a program at the April meeting, on her February trip to the high oyamel fir forests of Mexico to witness the over-wintering monarchs, which numbered in the hundreds of thousands! Key take-aways are that monarchs are found in AZ year round,… Continue Reading “Learn how to catch and tag migrating monarch butterflies!!”
Crested Saguaros: A Sonoran Desert Treasure
By Jane Hunter In 2012, during a productive exploration of the Tortolita Mountains, Joe Orman, Crested Saguaro Society member, and a small group of dedicated trekkers, spotted a saguaro that was in its early stages of cresting. It wasn’t a particularly impressive crested saguaro,… Continue Reading “Crested Saguaros: A Sonoran Desert Treasure “
Why I Wanted to Become a Master Naturalist
By Suzanne Wright I first fell in love with the Sonoran Desert when my then-employer held a national sales meeting at the Boulders Resort & Spa in Carefree, Arizona. I was 24 and I was blown away. Walking amid soaring saguaros, encountering a rattlesnake,… Continue Reading “Why I Wanted to Become a Master Naturalist”
Critter Camp 2024
Our Pima Chapter Community Partner, the Cooper Center for Environmental Learning, hosted their annual Spring Critter Camp on March 11-12. The Cooper Center site is situated on 10 acres of pristine Sonoran desert land, 7 miles west of downtown Tucson. Julie Concannon, Jane Hunter, Jack Brooks,… Continue Reading “Critter Camp 2024”
Tucson Festival of Books March 9-10, 2024
The Pima County Master Naturalists (PCMN) have been watching folks take delight in a beautiful mesquite box full of scat for years. No matter where we are, people make a point of trying to figure out which animals call the places they are visiting… Continue Reading “Tucson Festival of Books March 9-10, 2024”
Wild at Heart: Burrowing Owls Thriving in Their New Home
Post and Photos by Jane Hunter, Cohort 8 Early each day in mid-March, Jean Boris, Arizona Master Naturalist, Pima County Chapter and volunteer coordinator, checks the schedule to see who will be feeding the owls that day. She also touches base with Greg Clark,… Continue Reading “Wild at Heart: Burrowing Owls Thriving in Their New Home”
Aqua Caliente Park Nature Walk
‘I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.’ — John Burroughs On a beautiful, sunny, 80 degree day at the end of March, I decided to go for a little nature walk and do some… Continue Reading “Aqua Caliente Park Nature Walk”
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