Purdy Verde Blog

This Friday, February 12, marks the beginning of the Great Backyard Bird Count! To participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count, birders of all skill levels are encouraged to get out and bird for [...]

“Stretching 190 miles from the grasslands of Chino Valley to the Sonoran Desert near Phoenix, the Verde is Arizona’s last, best river. The Verde Provides a home to over 200 bird species, 90 [...]

Greetings from the Gym,  Rewind seven months ago to a story Friday at the Orme School [where Ryan works as a PE teacher]. A few of us stood outside the chapel in the rain and watched the [...]

December 10, 2020 by Jeni O’Callaghan Christmas, a time of beauty. Below are an assortment of Christmas cards that my grandmother created. Grandma Elsa (Burgbacher), as I called her, loved [...]

This December, we are thrilled to announce a thirty thousand dollar matched giving campaign. Our Board of Directors have put $30,000 towards Friends’ first-ever Year [...]

by Maya Rappaport November 24, 2020 The Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is a familiar bird of woodlands and open meadows in North America. For those of us who love the mixed composition [...]

by Jeni O’Callaghan November 16, 2020 Noel lived and breathed art.  As her daughter, I remember her always having something on the drawing board.  Conversely if she got bored (I believe she [...]

“Upper Verde River Update: A Critical Resource in Danger The upper Verde River is an economic and ecological powerhouse, but can it survive the threat of the ever-increasing groundwater [...]

by Hudson Keffer October 15, 2020 As a recent transplant to the Verde Valley, I quickly came to realize that Arizona is not entirely the dry and desolate place that it is assumed to be. Sure, the [...]

by Maya Rappaport Last weekend, October 17-18, 2020, was Global Birding Weekend as well as an eBird Big Day. Friends staff, field crews, and other members of our community birded up a storm! [...]