March Madness
Abert's Squirrel on Mt. Lemmon It has been a wild weird start to the month of March. I've been trying to get up to Mt. Lemmon since January, but the non-stop storms from CA kept bringing the mountain snow and road closures with them. Plus with work, it made it impossible to trek up into the montane habitats! There was a group of mountain birds I needed to add to my year list in Pima County. The snow was so crazy that it actually came down and covered the Tucson valley floor! We had several inches of snow in the morning! Alas, we didn't have a snow day at school but it was a beautiful drive to work! By 10 AM, the snow all melted. Before that snow storm hit, I was determined to get to the mountain and count birds. I parked the car and actually lucked out on the weekend.....no crowds! Usually it's packed with people on Saturday and Sunday, but for some reason, I had most of my Saturday morning free of peopl
