Friday Creature Feature: White-throated woodrat
January 24, 20202020 is the Year of the Rat in the Chinese zodiac, and with the Chinese New Year tomorrow, we at Sky Island are celebrating one of the native rat species…
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SIA Wildlife Camera Data Report – Preview
January 22, 2020Currently I am wrapping up an analysis of all the wildlife camera data from our Wildlife Linkages Monitoring Program. The data analyzed here is from a combination of cameras that…
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How we set up our wildlife cameras
January 18, 2020Wildlife cameras are a useful tool to study wildlife in a non-invasive approach and answer many questions about wildlife behavior, occupancy, abundance, and land usage. At Sky Island Alliance, we use wildlife cameras to gather crucial data on wildlife species in…
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Friday Creature Feature: Gray Hawk
January 17, 2020The gray hawk (Buteo plagiatus) is a medium-sized, silvery gray hawk, that has white underparts, a black tail with white banding and yellow legs. The gray hawk ranges from the…
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Staff Highlight: Georgina Waller
January 6, 2020Georgina Waller: Development Assistant Favorite place in Sky Islands? The area of the Sky Islands that I am most familiar with is the Patagonia Mountain range. The reason is the…
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Friday Creature Feature: Desert Cottontail
January 3, 2020Continuing our lagomorph series of creature features, this week we are leaving the hares and go to the other group, the rabbits! Rabbits and Jackrabbits are genetic cousins but are…
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Snow in the Sky Islands
January 1, 2020Winter is here in Southern Arizona. The mornings are frosty, and the winter rains brings needed moisture to the ground. If you’ve lived in the region for any length of time, you’ll…
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Top 10 Wildlife Photos of 2019
December 31, 2019During the course of 2019, Sky Island Alliance has collected 9600 photos of wildlife, 6645 of those came from cameras within 5 miles of the Border. This data was collected…
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Friday Creature Feature: Black-tailed Jackrabbit
December 27, 2019Last week we highlighted the antelope jackrabbit (Lepus alleni). This week we will cover the other Lepus species that we get on our cameras, the Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus). You…
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Happy Winter Solstice!
December 21, 2019Happy Winter Solstice! While the true solstice isn’t until 9:15 PM tonight, we can celebrate all day today! The solstice occurs when the North Pole is farthest from the sun….
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