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Thursday, April 3, 2025

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Janie Stewart chases a ‘Big Year,’ breaks county birding record

This story originally appeared in Larson Newspapers' Spring 2021 edition of Lifestyles of Sedona magazine. In birding, a Big Year is an attempt to see as many species as possible in a specific area over a one-year period. Big Year...

Rare Common Loon puts on a show

A common loon — though not common in the Verde Valley — surprised the birding community this week by lingering in the far lagoon of Dead Horse Ranch State Park for nine days as of March 12. Many birders have...

Feds deem Verde critical for cuckoos

On April 20, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service desig­nated 298,845 acres across seven Western states as critical habitat for the western yellow-billed cuckoo. The designa­tion includes several rivers and streams in the Verde Valley, including Oak Creek, the...

Sedona birders look toward ‘dawn chorus’

While a lot of human travel has paused temporarily, that has not slowed down the planet’s birds, which are on the move across oceans and continents as winter turns to spring in the northern hemisphere. Birders in the Verde...

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Council plans three Uptown kiosks, removal of trail information

The Sedona City Council approved a new contract with the Sedona Chamber of Commerce for operation of the Uptown...

Sedona Charter School’s MMUN sets its sights on the world

The Sedona Charter School’s Montessori Model United Nations students spent the afternoon of March 10 sharing with their parents...
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