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Purdy Verde Blog

 Bird Your Backyard this Weekend!
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By Maya Rappaport
In Friends News, Purdy Verde Blog
Posted February 11, 2021

Bird Your Backyard this Weekend!

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 [...]

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 Arizona’s Last, Best River
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By Maya Rappaport
In Blog, Friends News, Purdy Verde Blog
Posted January 28, 2021

Arizona’s Last, Best River

“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 [...]

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 On Watering Baby Cottonwoods by the Verde and Silver Linings
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By Maya Rappaport
In Friends News, Purdy Verde Blog
Posted December 23, 2020

On Watering Baby Cottonwoods by the Verde and Silver Linings

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 [...]

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 Artwork for the Season
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By Maya Rappaport
In Blog, Friends News, Purdy Verde Blog
Posted December 10, 2020

Artwork for the Season

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 [...]

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 Friends’ First-Ever $30,000 Matched Giving Challenge
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By Maya Rappaport
In Blog, Friends News, Purdy Verde Blog
Posted December 9, 2020

Friends’ First-Ever $30,000 Matched Giving Challenge

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 [...]

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 Wild Turkey – November Bird of the Month
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By Maya Rappaport
In Bird of the Month, Purdy Verde Blog
Posted November 25, 2020

Wild Turkey – November Bird of the Month

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 [...]

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 On Pronghorns and Noel B. Jordan’s Art
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By Maya Rappaport
In Friends News, Purdy Verde Blog
Posted November 24, 2020

On Pronghorns and Noel B. Jordan’s Art

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 [...]

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 Exciting and Important Upper Verde River Update to be Delivered November 14, 2020
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By Maya Rappaport
In Friends News, Purdy Verde Blog
Posted November 5, 2020

Exciting and Important Upper Verde River Update to be Delivered November 14, 2020

“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 [...]

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 Invasive Species Monitoring on the Verde River – Insights from the Field
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By Maya Rappaport
In Friends News, Purdy Verde Blog
Posted October 28, 2020

Invasive Species Monitoring on the Verde River – Insights from the Field

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 [...]

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 October Birding in the Verde Valley
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By Maya Rappaport
In Friends News, Purdy Verde Blog
Posted October 22, 2020

October Birding in the Verde Valley

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! [...]

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