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Live nest cam of barn owls in Arizona gets surprise second season
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Live nest cam of barn owls in Arizona gets surprise second season

  • Henry Brean
  • Updated Sep 4, 2026

State wildlife officials scored a surprise hit earlier this year with their real barn owls of Whitewater Draw, so they’re already back with th…

The Birds for Our 250th Birthday
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The Birds for Our 250th Birthday

  • Bob Bowers
  • Jun 26, 2026

With Independence Day upon us, it seems appropriate to recognize and celebrate our area’s red, white and blue birds. Although we don’t have an…

Early quail chick season keeps Tucson rescuers busy
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Early quail chick season keeps Tucson rescuers busy

  • Tiffany Acosta Arizona Republic
  • Updated May 31, 2026

Baby quail season has begun in Arizona, bringing hundreds of orphaned chicks to the Tucson Wildlife Center for care and rehabilitation. Wildlife officials say warmer spring temperatures caused the birds to hatch earlier than usual this year, prompting an early start to one of the center’s busiest rescue seasons.

A real hoot: Owl family now calls an Oro Valley bar home
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A real hoot: Owl family now calls an Oro Valley bar home

  • Henry Brean
  • Updated May 27, 2026

Wildlife officials tell people to leave baby animals alone, but that's a tall order for an Oro Valley bar and restaurant with great horned owls nesting on its patio.

Elegant no more: Rare Southern Arizona bird gets new name
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Elegant no more: Rare Southern Arizona bird gets new name

  • Henry Brean
  • Updated Oct 1, 2026

The elegant trogon has officially been renamed the coppery-tailed trogon, though experts insist it's the same rare red-and-green beauty prized by birders across Southern Arizona.

Arizona's Jays
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Arizona's Jays

  • Oct 31, 2025

In the past few weeks, Mt. Lemmon Jays have been wandering off Mt. Lemmon and appearing in a wide number of nearby lower elevations. This phen…

Birding the Aegean Sea
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Birding the Aegean Sea

  • Bob Bowers
  • Updated Oct 31, 2026

Last month, I wrote my article from an apartment in Sorrento, Italy, where we had considerable difficulty finding birds to photograph and writ…

Arizona wildlife experts: Leave fledging hawks, other baby desert critters alone
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Arizona wildlife experts: Leave fledging hawks, other baby desert critters alone

  • Henry Brean
  • Updated Jul 27, 2026

Desert animals generally don't need to be rescued from the heat, according to a reminder issued by wildlife experts after an uptick in calls about young hawks that were just fledging, not injured or abandoned.

Rescuing Abandoned Hummingbirds
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Rescuing Abandoned Hummingbirds

  • Bob Bowers
  • Updated Jul 4, 2026

We got a special valentine this year. On Friday, February 14, a female Costa’s Hummingbird began building a nest on the Mexican fish mobile th…

Protecting bald eagles in Arizona a rigorous undertaking
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Protecting bald eagles in Arizona a rigorous undertaking

  • Alexis Heichman Cronkite News
  • Updated May 26, 2026

The Arizona Game and Fish Department coordinates the nest watching program to collect data on the local bald eagle population and educate the public on how to protect the species.

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