Tag: Tucson

El Rio (3)

Back with more from El Rio Preserve in Marana, AZ, this past August! Here’s a Vermilion Flycatcher partaking of a dragonfly exuvia; exuviae are the cast-off exoskeletons left behind after aquatic dragonfly nymphs complete their final molt into winged adults: Coming up “soon,” “exciting” IBS content from southeast Florida, including butterflies, flowers, dragonflies, plants, alligators, […]

Another Strange Lake

Before more content from along the de Anza Trail @ Santa Cruz River south of Tucson, Arizona, it’s part 1 of a great visit to El Rio Preserve in Marana, just northwest of Tucson straddling Interstate 10. Like some other birding ‘hotspots’ in the area, El Rio Preserve features a shallow, artificial lake fed with […]