It’s Member Monday! Every Monday we feature a member of the Sky Islands Tourism Association. These are the small businesses and non-profits that make our Sky Islands communities an incredible place to visit! This week we are pleased to feature […]
The News
written by Sarah Klingenstein PRT editorial team, reprinted by permission of Borderlands Restoration Team Mayor Andrea Wood signed a new conservation easement on May 2 at the Patagonia Town Hall. The town, in cooperation with Borderlands Restoration Network (BRN), will […]
Preserving the Great Outdoors
It’s Member Monday! Every Monday we feature a member of the Sky Islands Tourism Association. These are the small businesses and non-profits that make our Sky Islands communities an incredible place to visit! This week we are pleased to feature […]
Sonoita Vineyards
News from the Tucson Audubon’s Paton Center: On March 15, a pair of Gray Hawks began crying from the cottonwoods directly across Sonoita Creek from the Paton Center. When the hawks launched into the air, all eyes were on them, […]
Spring Has Sprung in Patagonia!
It’s Member Monday! Every Monday we feature a member of the Sky Islands Tourism Association. These are the small businesses and non-profits that make our Sky Islands communities an incredible place to visit! This week we are pleased to feature […]
Sonoita Fairgrounds
Today we are featuring The Patagonia Creative Arts + Tin Shed Theater which is a non-profit that brings arts programming to the Sky Islands! Founded in 1999, the Patagonia Creative Arts Association offers classes, workshops, and open studios to […]
Patagonia Creative Arts Association
Mama said to eat your fruits and veggies! Red Mountain Foods will make your Mama happy. If you’re craving fresh produce, specialty natural foods, and local goodies, Red Mountain Foods in Patagonia will have what you need. Red Mountain […]
Red Mountain Foods
News from the Tucson Audubon’s Paton Center: Humans aren’t the only snowbirds escaping the gloom of northern winters for Arizona sunshine. The Paton Center for Hummingbirds abounds with birds visiting from higher latitudes—recent northern visitors to the yard that have […]
Birds in the ‘hood – News from The Paton Center
According to local legend, this particular Southern Pacific bay window model 1848 caboose once ran the tracks through Patagonia in the 1960s. Even if that’s not literally true, what we do know for a fact is that some incredibly generous […]
A Southern Pacific Caboose has come home!
by Louie Dombroski, Paton Center Birder-in-Residence One of the tallest trees growing just over the fence behind the hummingbird viewing pavilion at the Paton Center for Hummingbirds is a Siberian Elm that has been a hub of activity the last […]
The Latest Sightings at The Paton Center
Excerpt from the NY Times article – “8 Things to Do in the Southwest This Fall” written by Elaine Gusac – Oct. 3, 2021 Taste desert wines Arizona is likely not the first state that comes to mind when you […]
Rune Wines Makes the NY Times!
The Paton Center experienced its first freezing temperatures with a reading of 28 degrees on the morning of October 13. As a result, what many long-time Southeast Arizona residents are calling the Best. Butterfly. Season. Ever! may be slowing down […]
From the Paton Center for Hummingbirds
Reprinted from “Animal Attraction: Vineyard bottles Wine of the Wild to benefit Reid Park Zoo” written by Matt Russell for the Tucson Weekly. Have you heard the one about the African elephant, squirrel monkey, giraffe, flamingo, white rhino, and anteater […]
Kudos to Rancho Rossa Vineyards
Made famous by Robin Raven of USA Today in her article: 30 of the most adorable dogs you can meet at wineries. “Rancho Rossa Vineyards is the perfect place for a winery dog. Their brand label, Rescued Hearts Cellars, is unique […]
Meet Little Arthur Jackson – Winery Dog
Craft beer and good eats are a family affair at Copper Brothel Brewery in Sonoita! Family owned and female brewed, you can find unique beers (Orange blossom saison, anyone?) and scratch pub fair at Copper Brothel. Stop for a […]
Copper Brothel Brewery
The next generation of monarch butterflies is emerging at the Paton Center! And they need our help. Without milkweeds throughout their spring and summer breeding areas in North America, monarchs would not be able to produce the successive generations that […]
Learn How to Help the Monarchs
It’s Member Monday! Every Monday we feature a member of the Sky Islands Tourism Association. These are the small businesses and non-profits that make our Sky Islands communities of Patagonia, Sonoita, and Elgin an incredible place to visit! Local potter […]
Shooting Star Pottery
It’s Member Monday! Every Monday we feature a member of the Sky Islands Tourism Association. These are the small businesses and non-profits that make our Sky Islands communities of Patagonia, Sonoita, and Elgin an incredible place to visit! You may […]
Pronghorn Pizza
After a year of waiting and hoping we are thrilled to announce that the Benderly – Kendall Opera House will be opening its doors this fall. Stay tuned! More information to follow soon.
The Benderly – Kendall Gates Are Opening Soon
Written by Louie Dombroski, Tucson Audubon’s Paton Center for Hummingbirds Birder-in-Residence. Migration has subsided at the Paton Center for Hummingbirds, and now baby birds of resident species such as Abert’s Towhees and Song Sparrows have left their nests and are […]