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...
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...
On April 20, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service desigÂnated 298,845 acres across seven Western states as critical habitat for the western yellow-billed cuckoo. The designaÂtion includes several rivers and streams in the Verde Valley, including Oak Creek, the...
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...
Since the COVID-19 pandemic response, the Sedona-Oak Creek School District has been operating with about 50% fewer bus drivers;...
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