Written by Tom Brown and reprinted by permission of the Tucson Audubon Society The Webster’s Dictionary definition of the word chat: to talk lightly, glibly, or flirtatiously. But to us here at the Paton Center for Hummingbirds, it is: to […]
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Nabhan Nabs James Beard Award for Agave Book Author: Jay Babcock and Carrie White. Reprinted with permission from the Patagonia Regional Times. Patagonian ethnobotanist and author Gary Nabhan won a prestigious James Beard Award last Saturday for ‘Agave Spirits: The Past, Present, […]
Patagonia’s Gary Nabhan – a Legitimate Expert on Agave
Author: Linda Jade Fong. Reprinted by permission of the Patagonia Regional Times. Maybe you’ve always wanted to have fun trying to one-finger play Garth Brooks or Taylor Swift tunes on the piano, or maybe you’ve always wanted to become a […]
New Street Piano a ‘No Excuses’ Gift to Town from ...
Author: Dottie Farrar. Reprinted by permission of the Patagonia Regional Times. Wearing a big old cowboy hat, jeans and boots, Craig Johnson, Wyoming-based author of the popular long-running “Longmire” mystery series, charmed and awed fans who came to meet him […]
The Day ‘Longmire’ Creator Craig Johnson Came to Town
Author: Angela Gervasi. Reprinted by permission of Nogales International. Photos by Angela Gervasi. When Barbara Christianson embarks on a road trip, she looks for one souvenir in particular: honey. That search, according to Christianson, can give way to a world […]
‘The Meading Room’ experiments with age-old drink
Reprinted by permission of the Patagonia Regional Times, Marion Vendituoli The Town of Patagonia and the Sky Islands Tourism Association have teamed up with the Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance (SCVHA) to create and install a 4’ x 3’ sign […]
A Sign of the Times – Santa Cruz Valley Heritage ...
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Check out the Sonoita – Elgin Wine Loop
Author: Pat McNamara. Reprinted by permission of the Patagonia Regional Times. It’s the 30th anniversary of the opening of Global Arts Gallery in Patagonia and owner Adrienne Halpert sat before her large inventory of colorful items from all over the […]
The Global Arts Galley – “It’s Her Store-y”
In this case, we’re talking about the WINEpresses! Why? Because the Sky Islands’ very own Kelly Bostock, a self-described “all-around wine worker” at the family-owned Dos Cabezas Wineworks in Sonoita has just been named as the Rocky Mountain regional representative […]
Stop The Presses. We’ve Got News.
Written by Tom Brown and reprinted by permission of the Tucson Audubon Society I thought it might be a good time for an update on how the Paton Center’s Haikubox is performing. Officially, we have recorded 122 different species in […]
100 Days of the Paton Center Haikubox
Written by Tom Brown and reprinted by permission of the Tucson Audubon Society On September 21st, six weeks after turning on our new HaikuBox listening device at the Paton Center for Hummingbirds, we recorded our 100th bird species. That lucky […]
100 Bird Species at the Paton Center
Written by Aaron Mrotek Last month, crews from the Arizona Conservation Corps completed major trail re-routes on the Cemetery Trail and the Geoffrey Platts Loop Trail. The re-routes are intended to make the trails more accessible to everyone by eliminating […]
Trail Updates – News on Hiking around Patagonia
Written by Robert Gay and reprinted by permission of the Patagonia Regional Times The various trails in and around Patagonia have been given some love recently by several organizations, often aided by residents. Here’s a look at what’s been happening […]
Step by Step – News on Hiking around Patagonia
Written by Tom Brown and reprinted by permission of the Tucson Audubon Society The word of the week at Tucson Audubon’s Paton Center for Hummingbirds has been RARITY! The first part of this week, our amazing volunteer Malcolm was recounting […]
Super Rarities at the Paton Center
Reprinted by permission of the Tucson Audubon Society Not everything that flies around the Tucson Audubon’s Paton Center for Hummingbirds are creatures of the feathered variety. We have our amazing Butterfly Meadow that has been planted, and now is in […]
Butterflies abound at the Paton Center
Reprinted by permission of the Tucson Audubon Society A Thick-billed Kingbird was the latest newly arriving spring migrant at the Paton Center this past week. After a few brief occurrences of birds giving their distinctive buzzy metallic calls as they […]
Summer birds are returning to Patagonia!
To the fine folks at the Burton Family Foundation, a supporting organization of the Arizona Community Foundation. As a result of their generosity, we were able to commission two fabulous signs for our brand-new Welcome Center. Our thanks also go […]
The SITA Board Sends a Huge Round of Thanks
Reprinted by permission of the Arizona Office of Tourism Spend time outdoors, then sample the local cuisine and arts scene in this small town south of Tucson. Set your sights on birds. Patagonia sits along a prime avian migratory path […]
AZ Office of Tourism – Paints a Profile of Patagonia
Reprinted by permission of the Tucson Audubon Society The Violet-crowned Hummingbird is the signature species of Tucson Audubon’s Paton Center for Hummingbirds in Patagonia. More people have first laid eyes on this species at this location than anywhere else on […]