Reprinted by permission of Outside Online.com – Author, Graham Averill Patagonia, Arizona Population: 789 Why I Love It Start in Tucson, then head an hour south (almost to the Mexican border) and you’ll find tiny Patagonia, a former mining town […]
The News
Reprinted by permission of the Patagonia Times. Author and photographer – Tom Brown, manager of the Paton Center for Humminbirds Last week, the Patagonia area got a very unusual visitor in the form of an American woodcock. Affectionately known as a […]
A Timberdoodle Comes to Patagonia
Reprinted by permission of the Phoenix Magazine Caviar Snack Tray at Pronghorn PizzaIt initially took form as an elegant canapé for the release of Dos Cabezas WineWorks’ sparkling wine Prínciprana, but the caviar snack tray at winery-affiliated Pronghorn has a […]
Among the Yummiest in Southern Arizona
Reprinted by permission of the Tucson Audubon Society As many of you might know by now, the Paton Center for Hummingbirds has been hosting a fairly rare for a few weeks now. The Red (Taiga) subspecies of Fox Sparrow is […]
Its early 2025 – Time for a rare sighting at ...
Reprinted by permission of the Tucson Audubon Society Join us in celebrating two ambitious projects and the Tucson Audubon field crew and volunteers who did the work! As 2024 comes to an end, so do two of our major projects […]
Riparian Restoration along the Sonoita Creek Corridor.
Tucked around a corner and down an alley in Patagonia in southeastern Arizona, Queen of Cups is a treasure to be unearthed, a reward for a long day’s expedition.
Arizona’s Most Gorgeous Wine Drive
Written by Tom Brown and reprinted by permission of the Tucson Audubon Society Another Southeast Arizona Birding Festival is in the books, and by all accounts, it was a smashing success! Knowing we would be hosting several field trips each […]
Giant Hummingbirders at the Paton Center in Patagonia
Reprinted by permission of the Patagonia Regional Times This year’s County Fair promises to be a spectacular celebration of our agricultural heritage. Under the theme “From Farm to Fair—Celebration of Agriculture,” the fair will showcase the best of local farming, […]
From Farm to Fair: A Celebration of Local Agriculture
Written by Tom Brown and reprinted by permission of the Tucson Audubon Society The Webster’s Dictionary definition of the word chat: to talk lightly, glibly, or flirtatiously. But to us here at the Paton Center for Hummingbirds, it is: to […]
Chat with Us at the Paton Center for Hummingbirds!
Nabhan Nabs James Beard Award for Agave Book Author: Jay Babcock and Carrie White. Reprinted with permission from the Patagonia Regional Times. Patagonian ethnobotanist and author Gary Nabhan won a prestigious James Beard Award last Saturday for ‘Agave Spirits: The Past, Present, […]
Patagonia’s Own Gary Nabhan – a Legitimate Expert on Agave
Author: Linda Jade Fong. Reprinted by permission of the Patagonia Regional Times. Maybe you’ve always wanted to have fun trying to one-finger play Garth Brooks or Taylor Swift tunes on the piano, or maybe you’ve always wanted to become a […]
New Street Piano a ‘No Excuses’ Gift to Town from ...
Author: Dottie Farrar. Reprinted by permission of the Patagonia Regional Times. Wearing a big old cowboy hat, jeans and boots, Craig Johnson, Wyoming-based author of the popular long-running “Longmire” mystery series, charmed and awed fans who came to meet him […]
The Day ‘Longmire’ Creator Craig Johnson Came to Town
Author: Angela Gervasi. Reprinted by permission of Nogales International. Photos by Angela Gervasi. When Barbara Christianson embarks on a road trip, she looks for one souvenir in particular: honey. That search, according to Christianson, can give way to a world […]
‘The Meading Room’ experiments with age-old drink
Reprinted by permission of the Patagonia Regional Times, Marion Vendituoli The Town of Patagonia and the Sky Islands Tourism Association have teamed up with the Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance (SCVHA) to create and install a 4’ x 3’ sign […]
A Sign of the Times – Santa Cruz Valley Heritage ...
Author: Pat McNamara. Reprinted by permission of the Patagonia Regional Times. It’s the 30th anniversary of the opening of Global Arts Gallery in Patagonia and owner Adrienne Halpert sat before her large inventory of colorful items from all over the […]
The Global Arts Galley – “It’s Her Store-y”
In this case, we’re talking about the WINEpresses! Why? Because the Sky Islands’ very own Kelly Bostock, a self-described “all-around wine worker” at the family-owned Dos Cabezas Wineworks in Sonoita has just been named as the Rocky Mountain regional representative […]
Stop The Presses. We’ve Got News.
Written by Tom Brown and reprinted by permission of the Tucson Audubon Society I thought it might be a good time for an update on how the Paton Center’s Haikubox is performing. Officially, we have recorded 122 different species in […]
100 Days of the Paton Center Haikubox
Written by Tom Brown and reprinted by permission of the Tucson Audubon Society On September 21st, six weeks after turning on our new HaikuBox listening device at the Paton Center for Hummingbirds, we recorded our 100th bird species. That lucky […]