Tiger Beetles and Shorebirds, Willcox Saturday, 19 July 2008 with Dr Pearson from ASU.
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Saturday, July 19, 2008
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
With a broadening interest in organisms, we will plan a combined field
trip that involves a collaboration of NABA butterfly clubs from Phoenix
and Tucson and the Maricopa Audubon Society. This field trip will
accommodate those with an eye for shorebirds and tiger beetles. Willcox and
the Sulphur Springs Valley are among the best places in Arizona for
fall migrating shorebirds, and with 18 species of tiger beetles, it has
one of the highest diversities of tiger beetle species in North America,
including several endemic species and subspecies- a veritable
paradise!
From Phoenix, the drive is about 3 hours to Willcox (you can
drive down the night before and overnight in Willcox if you prefer) and we will meet
everyone at 8 am in Willcox Saturday morning at the lake of the Twin Lakes
Golf Course. Turn s.e. (right) onto Hi. #186 at the stop light on S.
Haskell Ave, go over the train tracks and in a 1/4 mile turn south (right) at the Twin Lakes Golf Course sign. Drive past the golf course restaurant and pro shop and enter the parking area at the entrance to Lake Circle Drive and wait there.
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