The public is invited to a free lecture on Life in the Sonoran Desert offered by the Sonoran Audubon Society at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at the Glendale Public Library auditorium, 5959 W. Brown (south of Peoria Ave.).
Membership is not required. Refreshments will be served and there will be a free raffle.
The speaker will be Gerald A. Rosenthal, a retired Professor of Biological Sciences and Toxicology, who earned his doctorate from Duke University. Dr. Rosenthal has spent his career engaged in distinguished research and teaching. A resident of Scottsdale, Arizona, he has hiked, lived in and studied the Sonoran Desert for more than eleven years. He is the author of the book, “Sonoran Desert Life,” which contains more than 400 photographs showing the complexity of the Sonoran Desert and its inhabitants.
The Sonoran Audubon Society also offers frequent free bird walks. Check the website at www.sonoranaudubon.org.
For more information contact: George Wall at (623) 875-7057, gwall5@cox.net.
Description:
What: Join the Sonoran Desert Weedwackers and do your part in restoring the health of the desert. The Weedwackers work to eradicate buffelgrass and fountain grass in Tucson Mountain Park and may require hiking and pulling buffelgrass on steep slopes. For meeting location, call 520-615-7855 or email eeducation@pima.gov.
Date: Wednesday, October 14
Time: 7:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Where: Pima County Tucson Mountain Park at 2020 N. Kinney Road, Tucson - call for meeting location.
Cost/Age: free, ages 12 and up
For more information contact: If you plan to attend, contact eeducation@pima.gov or call 520-615-7855
Description:
What: Join a Pima County naturalist on easy walking trails to learn about common desert birds and plants. We are sure to see verdins, Gambel’s quail, cactus wrens and curve-billed thrashers among the stands of saguaros and cholla cacti, palo verde and ironwood trees.
Date: Wednesday, October 14
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Where: Pima County Feliz Paseos Park, 1600 N. Camino de Oeste, Tucson
On Camino de Oeste, ˝ mile north of Speedway/Gates Pass Road
Cost/Age: free, ages 12 and up
For more information contact: 520-615-7855 or eeducation@pima.gov
Reservations not required.
October 2009
