Mike Buckley SaddleBrooke Nature Club opened the year with an exciting meeting featuring two live vultures and record attendance. The featured speakers, Anne Peyton and Carol Marshall from Liberty Wildlife in Phoenix, gave outstanding presentations, but the highlight of the program went to Bailey, an adult male Turkey Vulture and Armadillo, an adult female Black…
Pam Boedeker The mission of SaddleBrooke Nature Club is “To appreciate, understand and protect our natural environment through outdoor experiences, education and advocacy.” The club’s Program Committee chaired by Dan Chase has been busy lining up speakers and events with that focus. Members and guests will have some great opportunities in the coming months to…
Dan Chase This year the SaddleBrooke Nature Club will again take donations to be sold at the I Don’t Want It Sale from members of the community to raise support for the Catalina Nature Program at Catalina State Park. Over the past several years the SaddleBrooke Nature Club has been able to contribute several thousands…
Pam Boedeker Bats were the topic of SaddleBrooke Nature Club’s last meeting of the season. Sandy Reith, the speaker, is with Pima County Natural Resources Parks and Recreation. She currently develops and delivers environmental education programs and leads hikes and nature walks in Pima County Parks. Here in Arizona we have 28 species of bats.…
Pam Boedeker May’s SaddleBrooke Nature Club meeting was filled to capacity! The title of the night’s presentation was Animal Mating Game. Our speaker, Sandy Reith, began her talk by assuring members that there was no X or R rated material in her presentation. Sandy has a long history of interest in desert animals. Prior to…