March Newsletter

Overview: Most of Southern AZ continues in a severe drought.  Gambel’s numbers were average after good winter rain in the last couple of years.  With almost no rain this winter we will pay the price next season.  Mearns numbers were poor.  Many of the coveys found are small and appear to be hold over birds. …

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February Update

Overview Most of Southern AZ continues in a severe drought.  Gambel’s numbers are decent after good winter rain in the last couple of years.  With almost no rain this winter we will pay the price next season.  Mearns numbers have been poor.  Many of the coveys found are small and appear to be hold over…

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January Update

Overview: As predicted Mearns numbers are poor.  Many of the covey found are small and appear to be hold over birds.  Gambel’s numbers are looking good after a couple of consecutive decent winter rain years. COVID cases continue to increase in AZ.  Our Family Day is still on the schedule but we will take a hard…

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December Update

Overview: Gambel’s numbers are looking good after a couple of consecutive decent winter rain years.  We are not predicting a good Mearns’ year after a dismal monsoon.  Our loose rock dams help during below average rainfall years by slowing runoff to keep water in the soil longer.COVID cases continue to increase in AZ.  Expect the…

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November Update

Overview: Our monsoon rainfall which drives Mearns’ numbers is the 2nd worse on record.  All is not lost –  Gambel’s numbers are good after a couple of consecutive good winter rain years.  Our loose rock dams help during below average rainfall years by slowing runoff to keep water in the soil longer.We are not done…

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October Newsletter

Overview Our monsoon rainfall which drives Mearns’ numbers has continued very poor – it is being reported in the Tucson area as the 2nd worse on record.  All is not lost –  we are seeing good sized Gambel’s coveys.  Their numbers are up after a couple of consecutive good winter rain years.  Our loose rock…

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September Newsletter

Overview Arizona COVID case numbers are continuing to go down.  Our board has reviewed member input from our survey to update our schedule.  With the current guidelines we would be hard pressed to find speakers for our meetings.   We have cancelled all our indoor events.  We will continue with our outdoor events that can…

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August Newsletter

Overview: We hope all our members are weathering the current events in good health and spirits.  Arizona is continuing to see many COVID cases.  Stay in contact with family and friends.  Get outside as much as you can and take your dogs with you.  Dove opener is only a month away.Expect to see a survey…

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July Newsletter

Overview We hope all our members are weathering the current events in good health and spirits.  Arizona is experiencing a spike in COVID cases since things have opened up.  Stay in contact with family and friends.  Get outside as much as you can and take your dogs with you.Expect to see a survey in late…

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