Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey: Strix occidentalis lucida
spotted owls cap a good days in the hillsby near the banks of the ol' Guajolote Much of the Chiricahua Mountains burned in the summer of 2011 and it will fascinating to watch the recovery of all the flora and fauna in that range..............well, at least with what time I have left on the planet.
A Mexican Spotted Owl mother and young perched in an oak on the lip of a burned out canyon seemed an optimistic sign.