Author: Rocky Point Times

Seeing Red

The red tailed hawk is the most common Hawk in North America. If you’ve got sharp eyes you’ll see several red tail hawks on your drive from Arizona to Rocky Point. Red-tailed Hawks soar high above open fields and deserts slowly turning circles on their broad rounded wings. Other times you’ll see them atop telephone poles or saguaro cactus looking over their territory for their next prey to pounce upon.

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Finding Paradise

In the Beginning When thinking about what to write this month, I thought back to the origins of my column. It started with the stories from both Americans and Mexicans about how they discovered Puerto Peñasco, which I referred...

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The Beautiful Monarch

The Monarch Butterfly is easily recognized by their bright orange wings with black and white markings; resembling a stained glass window. When resting or feeding, the underside of the wings are visible displaying a drabber orange color. The males have a black spot on each of their hind wings; scent glands used to attract the female Monarch for mating. They use their antennas to smell flowers and a tube, called a proboscis, to suck water, and nectar from flowers. The Monarch’s wing span is about 3 1/2 to 4 inches. Monarch Caterpillars can be identified by their many yellow, black and white bands around their bodies.

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