In Sierra Vista we went on a bird hike, led by a member of the local Audubon Society. We were among 22 other people who showed up at 8 am at the local natural waste treatment plant where there are marshes. Most of the other people were experienced birders and we were the novices in the group. Most came from the area, but there were people from Alberta Canada, New York, Connecticut, Colorado and Florida. They were all very friendly, very knowledgeable, and willing to share their scopes on tripods. With our binoculars we could find the birds but not in great detail. The scopes provided a closeup of the birds, their coloring and markings. After two and half hours, we saw over 20 birds. There was a flock of yellow headed blackbirds (cousins of the red winged blackbird) which we found very colorful.
We had talked to Jonsey Rainville at one of the Concord High hockey games and she told us that her son Trevor just got a job as an assistant coach of the lacrosse team at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Lacrosse has not yet hit the big time out west and this is a club team (a big time club team, they recruit, have uniforms, travel etc - probably similar to a Division III team). I had checked their schedule and they were to play the University of Southern California on March 2 at 1 pm. We decided to go the game and see Trevor. We talked to him at half time and little more after the game. He is doing fine and was happy to see us. It was a good close game to watch with Arizona winning 10-8.
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