Black panther with sharp eyes. Image by ELG21 via Pixabay. Black is a color of mystery; have you ever wondered why some animals are cloaked in shades of midnight and onyx? There’s something undeniably ...

Among the species viewed there recently: white-throated swift, crissal thrasher, rock wren, phainopepla, juniper titmouse, spotted towhee, cactus wren, house finch and Woodhouse scrub-jay.

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