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Tri-colored Egret or Snowy Heron?

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A Little Blue Heron/Tri-colored Heron hybrid was reported from Arizona in 1964 and a Little Blue Heron/Cattle Egret suspect was reported from California in 1989. As early as 1954 a suspected Little Blue Heron/Snowy Egret hybrid was reported from Florida.

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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

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The program has been successful enough that some of the birds have been released back into protected areas in California, Arizona, and across the border in Baja, but the species is still far from out of the woods. California Condor , photo by Sheridan Woodley. Old Wold Vultures.

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Collaborative list – December 2021

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Dragan has caught up from his adventures in Colombia and the life list has reached 4103. Dragan has caught up from his adventures in Colombia and the life list has reached 4103.

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A Lake Reborn… sort of

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Even the American Southwest is benefitting from our newly-abundant monsoon rains, with Arizona and New Mexico now mostly out of the “exceptional drought” category. The good news is that this summer central Mexico is experiencing its best rains since 2018. Down here, it’s green as far as the eye can see.

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Collaborative list – August 2019

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12796 Tucson Avenue, Mount Lemmon, Arizona, US (32.442, -110.758) Private residence. 12796 Tucson Avenue, Mount Lemmon, Arizona, US (32.442, -110.758) Private residence. 12796 Tucson Avenue, Mount Lemmon, Arizona, US (32.442, -110.758) Private residence. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. 11 Aug 2019. 17 Aug 2019.

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Collaborative List – October 2019

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Airport Golf Course, Ajo, Arizona, US (32.452, -112.85). Airport Golf Course, Ajo, Arizona, US (32.452, -112.85). Airport Golf Course, Ajo, Arizona, US (32.452, -112.85). Airport Golf Course, Ajo, Arizona, US (32.452, -112.85). Airport Golf Course, Ajo, Arizona, US (32.452, -112.85). 14 Oct 2019. 14 Oct 2019.

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Animal Advocates' Successes Have Factory Farmers Running Scared

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The proposition outlaws raising pregnant sows in gestation crates and raising calves in veal crates , making Arizona the first state in the Union to ban veal crates. To learn more about Arizona's precedent-setting victory for farm animals, see here. September 7, 2006, a bill banning the slaughter of horses for human consumption( H.R.

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