As summer comes to an end in the Sonoran Desert, some of our migratory animals start to leave us. Among those animals is the lesser long-nosed bat, a nectar and fruit-eating bat that winters in Mexico. The lesser long-nosed bat is moving through our area on its way south, and …
Monsoon 2021 has been a straight banger. And with five weeks left, we’re now around 2 inches of rain away from being on the books as the wettest monsoon ever recorded in Tucson. With 20 inches of rain in the last 30 days, Mt. Lemmon is so green you can …
When it rains, we desert dwellers don’t stay home. We can’t resist going on a wet adventure! In the last week of July 2021, Tucson experienced record-breaking rain. The small town we live near on the southeast side of Tucson got over 9″ of rain in just a couple of …
2020 was the second driest monsoon on record for Tucson, so we have a little catching up to do on all things wet and wild. We love going out on the state trust land where we live to view storms and sunsets. This week, we got caught up on lightning …