ALMOST or quite the brightest bird that I saw in Arizona — the Arizona cardinal, well named superbus, being a doubtful exception — was the vermilion flycatcher.I had heard of it as sometimes ...

But not the birds. What you saw was a pyrrhuloxia, also known as a desert cardinal The males do have sort of a reddish tint and they are related to the cardinals you were used to back East.

More than 500 species of birds have been spotted in Arizona. An expert birder shares his top 10 list, including a couple you'll likely only see here.

Global coronavirus pandemic or not, it is spring in Tucson, Arizona — the birds are still singing, and the wildflowers are still blooming. Here' are some common local spring wildflowers ...