Hosted by the Tucson Audubon Society, the lecture features Robert Mesta, an ornithologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Mesta is also helping coordinate the Bald Eagle Nest Watch Program in Arizona, and is part of a national team crafting a rule to remove bald eagles from the list of endangered and threatened species. He'll highlight a small, relatively unknown population of bald eagles breeding along the Rio Yaqui in Sonora, Mexico. Mesta will also provide an update on the bald eagle in North America, and a short session on bald eagle plumage identification. The fall season gets lowdown as Blues Week 2000 kicks into high gear.
All events are free.
For times, locations and other information, call 887-0672. Recent archaeological excavations for a Flagstaff-area road site have revealed a fascinating ancient narrative. It's the story of the region's prehistoric settlers, their connection to the modern Hopi tribe, and how they were affected by the 11th-century eruption of Sunset Crater. All these clues were discovered by Desert Archaeology, in a dig contracted by the Arizona Department of Transportation. Call 881-2244 for information.