Field Notes

Whitelined sphinxmoth

Maravillosas polillas monzónicas

September 7, 2022

Read in English  Blog invitado de Justin Schmidt y Jillian Cowles En las Islas del Cielo damos por sentado que los monzones de verano traen flores. Pero las flores hermosas…
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Whitelined sphinxmoth

Marvelous Monsoon Hawkmoths

Leer en español  Guest Blog by Justin Schmidt and Jillian Cowles We take for granted in the Sky Islands that the summer monsoons bring flowers. But beautiful flowers as we…
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Monsoon lightning

Nuestras formas favoritas de rastrear el monzón

June 29, 2022

Read in English El monzón es inminente aquí en Tucson, Arizona, y ya comenzó más al sur en Sonora. Crecí en Tucson, y fue un interés temprano en cómo funcionaba…
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Monsoon lightning

Our Favorite Ways to Track the Monsoon

Leer en español The monsoon is imminent here in Tucson, Arizona, and it’s already started further south in Sonora! I grew up in Tucson, and it was an early interest…
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Watch Six Weeks of Wildlife at the Border during Monsoon

August 26, 2021

I remember how loud the crunchy sound of extremely dry grass underfoot was in the San Rafael Valley near the U.S.-Mexico border earlier this year. For months, we had watched…
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Waiting for Monsoon Rain – Where to Track the Season

June 24, 2020

With triple digit temperatures here in Tucson, it’s officially time to start waiting, watching, yearning, and hoping for monsoon rains! Sky Island Alliance staff are known to run out of the…
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