Issue 138
August 2015
Ghost
By: Greg Martin
Medical Services Volunteer

Even human beings, arguably the most enlightened of the Earth's creatures, are afraid of the dark. It's a primal response, a sort of collective instinctual memory going back to the very beginning of our species. Darkness is terrifying, because what we can't see, we very naturally fear. Yet many animals in Arizona choose, or in many cases are forced, to brave the night in lieu of the day in order to escape the often-oppressive heat. But at least in daylight, you can usually see the monster bearing down on you. In the desert at night, your other senses become far more key. 

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Mysterious Birds,
Lesser Nighthawks
Nature's Engineer - 
The Beaver
Lesser Nighthawk

Beavers in Arizona?
By: Gail Cochrane
Liberty Wildlife Volunteer
Just before daybreak, bats and nighthawks patrol for bugs rising off the grass on the wide playfields of the local middle school.   The bats zigzag through the sky like out of control kites, darting erratically after their flying insect prey.  It's hard for me to stay focused on a single bat in flight.
  
By: Claudia Kirscher
Liberty  Wildlife Volunteer
Here in the Valley area, the odds of seeing a beaver in the Verde River, Salt River and even Tempe Town Lake are surprisingly quite good.  At one time, beavers were found nearly everywhere in Arizona where there was permanent water.  Their populations declined dramatically with early heavy trapping as well as pioneer settlements and resultant habitat loss.
  
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KidStuff

Parents, looking for end of summer activites for your children?
Click  on the links  below.
 
This great website has 14 videos and lots of information about Barn Owl babies and adults.
Here are two kinds of nighthawks.  Can you find the differences between them?  Which one are you most likely to find in the Southwest?

  
 
Can you find tracks of a beaver?  Where would you look?
Calendar 
 
You're Invited
   
Verde Canyon Train Ride with Sonora
When :  Sat, Sept 5tht, 1:00pm - 5:00pm  
Where: 300 N. Broadway, Clarkdale, AZ 86324 ( map )
 
Annual Woodland Wildlife Festival
When:  Sat. Sept 5th, 10:00am - 3:00pm
Where: , 424 S Woodland Ln, Pinetop, AZ 85935, USA ( map )
 
Liberty Wildlife Volunteer Orientation
When:  Sat. Sept 12th, 8:00am - 9:00 am
Where: Liberty Wildlife Facility
Please go to our website for more information and to submit an application
 
Verde Canyon Railroad Booth
When:  Thur. Sept  17th, 11:30am - 12:45pm
Where: 300 Broadway, Clarkdale, AZ ( map )
 
Desert Belle Tour Boat - Saguaro Lake
When:  Sat. Oct 3rd, 12:30 - 2:00pm
Where:  14011 N Bush Hwy, Mesa, AZ 85215
 
Verde Canyon Train Ride with Sonora
When :  Sat.  Oct 3rd, 1:00pm - 5:00pm  
Where: 300 N. Broadway, Clarkdale, AZ 86324 ( map )


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