winging it through arizona

8/3/2019 Winging It Through Arizona

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Winging itthrough Arizona

For birders, Azna pcal ng pt, m t mt amulanmak t t l-knwn hn gm, hl a lgnay -nanc. Azna pcalty an t mgaty vt a a vvpat th tat natual tapty. it v hatat uppt anamazng vaty ya-un, numng m than 530.

Ctan ttch Cntal an suthatn Azna havcm patcula avt . Tucn, knwn actn-atly y t nt a th ol Pul, an al gatway tth aunant ng an hkng tnatn n th uthwt-n cn th tat. but Tucn nt nt ty t kp thct that m th t ng pt a pactcally n thackya. Yu can tak a cnt-l ng walk thugh Thu-n Chl Pak, a wl-nwn tancal gan ght n twn,th mnng a wk.

san Canyn rcatn Aa, n th mt autult canyn n th tat, l at th a th santa CatalnaMuntan, n th cty nthn pmt. san Canyn Ck

tuml wn m Munt Lmmn, 6,000 t hgh, an cma wng a thugh th clac snan t aa wth ckhll, gant agua a n gn-ak pal v t. in wnt,a gln lght wah th canyn wall, an yu can mak th ac-quantanc lack-tal gnatcatch, lack-chnn pawan uu-cwn paw.

Th sa Vta aa, wth t 9,000-t muntan an mag-nfcnt san P rv Vally, a ht pt a an unuualpc . it knwn a th Hummng Captal thU.s., an t al a gat plac t th tpcal pc, nclu-ng tgn. it' gat ya-un, ut wnt ng h ha apcal appal, an th sa Vta (ramy Canyn) b Cuntgulaly ha n th hght nlan pc ttal n th U.s.

Lwlan t uch a th san P rv Vally an sulphuspng Vally uppt th gatt vaty wntng .

Th Fn th san P rv la gulaly chulhk an htc tu n th san P rpaan Natnal Cn-vatn Aa, wh m than 250 pc hav nptt, nclung Mpp kt, gay hawk, yllw-llcuck, nthn al tyannult an cal thah.

Yull al fn n th mt xctng ng pt n thcunty n th Chcahua Muntan. Th lagt th "ky -

lan" muntan ang n thCna Natnal Ft,th Chcahua, a hmt anmal an plant un

nwh l n th U.s. Thtwn Ptal th gat-way t wl-amu CavCk Canyn. Tavlng nHwy 80 twa Ptal m

dugla, yull pa thugh llng galan ntupt y thcn xtnct vlcan. b u t watch uwng wlan pnghn alng th way. A yu cu up Ptal ra wtm Hwy 80, ga gv way ft t thn cu thn t a vaty vgn ak. sm nt n th Ptal aa vn wlcmvt t th ackya ng tatn. byn Ptal, th awn alng Cav Ck, yu can watch lgant tgn annjy th cny n n th t ng pt n th tat.

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