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No, I don’t mean binoculars, or even Ed’s intriguing eye glasses with 2.8 x magnification, I mean the sort of wildlife spectacle that makes you gasp, such as close views of impressive raptors or great flocks of cranes. My new friend Ed asked if I’d take him out birding somewhere, and his sister Jackie and friend [...] There are few places in life that feel like home. For me, Cochise Stronghold is one of them. I’ve stayed there on many occasions over the past six years but it still gives me a buzz of anticipation every time I drive into the canyon. [thumb:3346:i]The wildlife is always interesting, [...] I spent the day around Cochise Stronghold B&B, in the Canyon and driving the surrounding high desert grassland in the Sunsites and Pearce areas of the Sulphur Springs Valley. And for once, the resulting photos were leaning from quantity and more towards quality. I think. The highlight was a particularly obliging pair of Grasshopper Sparrows on [...]  October 11th, 2008  Tags: cochise stronghold, favorites, insects, reptiles, se az birding, sulphur springs valley, sweetwater From Vegas to the Sulphur Springs Valley and Dragoon Mountains in Southeast Arizona… from the ridiculous to the sublime? Or the other way round? I don’t know. Anyway, I headed out on my own, leaving Melanie and Val to meet me later. I started at Sweetwater Wetlands again and amazingly connected with my target bird immediately – [...] |
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