Field Notes
Friday Fauna Feature: Acorn Woodpecker
April 20, 2022Written by Aleidys Lopez Romero Description Acorn woodpeckers have mostly black bodies with white faces and an iconic red cap on their heads. Both sexes range from 7-9 inches in…
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Friday Fauna Feature: Striped Skunk
April 18, 2022Written By: Aleidys Lopez Romero Conservation Status: Least Concern Perhaps you can recall a time when you were young, snuggled up on your couch with a cup of hot chocolate…
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Friday Fauna Feature: Gila Woodpecker
April 8, 2022Written by Aleidys Lopez Romero Description Picture this: You’re hiking around your favorite lowland region in the Sky Islands. The wind is blowing on your neck as the blazing sun…
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Power to the Pollinators
April 1, 2022Written by: Micah Kaufmann, Earth Grant Intern Have you noticed within the past few weeks more bees and wasps out and about? It’s a sign of spring time! Pollinators of…
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Friday Fauna Feature: Mexican Jay
Written by Aleidys Lopez Romero Description You’ve likely seen them swooping low to the ground and frolicking among the trees, their vibrant blue wings twinkling in the sunlight. The Mexican…
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Friday Fauna Feature: Gila Monster
March 18, 2022Written by Aleidys Lopez Romero While our species this week is certainly not the poster-child of “cute and cuddly,” their unique coloration and venomous bites are definitely a showstopper. We…
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Get to Know the Gray Fox
March 9, 2022Author: Rosalyn Jackson, Sky Island Intern Gray foxes are small mammals native to North and Central America. Their species name, cinereoargenteus, roughly translates to “ashen silver” which appropriately describes their beautiful,…
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Spring Seeking Students
Written by: Micah Kaufmann, Earth Grant Intern Recently, a small group of Earth Grant and College of Architecture and Planning (CAPLA) students got the opportunity to go on a group…
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Welcome New Board Members!
March 7, 2022Welcome New Sky Island Alliance Board Members The entire SIA team warmly welcomes our three new board members – Pam Rossetter, Mariana Sophia Rodriguez McGoffin, and Robert L. Grey! We are…
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UofA Campus Camera Trap Set-Up
March 4, 2022Written by: Micah Kaufmann, Earth Grant Intern A wildlife camera trap has been set up on campus. In a little corner behind the College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture…
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