Episode 154 - September 4, 2024

Arizona Bird Call

An update by Charles J. Babbitt, Conservation chair of the Maricopa Audubon Society on effects of groundwater pumping by mining operations in the Pinto Creek basin near Superior, Arizona. A U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service policy is a major win for mining interests in the region while perennial streams are being dewatered at an alarming rate.
A Roseate Spoonbill was spotted in a pond on the Mogollon Rim, a very unusual sighting in Arizona's high country. And a report on the dangers of open pipe fence posts and other structures that trap birds.
Bird of the episode: MacGillivray's Warbler. Birding hotspot: Arlington Wildlife Management Area in Maricopa County. Friend of Wildlife: Arizona Wilderness Coalition.