This denizen of the Sky Islands is a highly equipped predator of insects—who’s also tasty prey for coachwhip snakes. Features a short video.
Vince Pinto
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Nature Journeys: Nature’s Undertakers and Recyclers
Without these local scavengers and decomposers, our Sky Islands would be piled high with corpses and scat.
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Meet the ‘Butcher Bird’ of the Sky Islands
The stout songbird featured in this short video has a notoriously predatory lifestyle.
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Nature Journeys: Monsoon Specialists
Even isolated June precipitation can bring forth various flora, fauna and fungi that are reliant upon wet conditions and high levels of humidity—monsoon specialists, one and all.
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Nature Journeys: May Day! May Day!
How do our native species survive the sort of exceedingly dry conditions we are now experiencing?
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Nature Journeys: Color Me April
April is a perfect time to venture out into our local wilds seeking color. After a parched winter we all could use a few bright spots in our lives.
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Great Trees of Eastern Santa Cruz County: The Mexican Blue Oak of Sonoita Creek
Meet ‘Panthera,’ the first entry in the PRT’s new series celebrating our region’s natural splendor and heritage.
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Nature Journeys: Beware the Eyes of March!
As you spy different wildlife species this month, contemplate how they might be seeing you, as well as the world at large.
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Nature Journeys: The Food, the Bad and the Bugly
One way to keep winter blues at bay is to delve into the lives of our local trees.
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Nature Journeys: January Winter WondersÂ
Wildflowers, butterflies, a wide variety of sparrows and a certain handsome rodent all show themselves during our winter season.