The Loggerhead Shrike, Arizona’s Butcher Bird
By William LeRoy If you are fortunate enough to live in Arizona year-round (like the loggerhead shrike), then there’s a good chance you’ll be able to observe these amazing birds in their natural habitat. Given the fact that we are talking about a very efficient predator, if you have bird feeders, then your chances of spotting one of these increases exponentially. The loggerhead shrike is a songbird with a raptor’s habits....
Dog Daze
By Tootsie These days I just don’t seem to have the energy I used to have. It’s because it’s at least 100 degrees outside, for darn sake. Even though the highlight of my day is our morning walk, it’s not much fun anymore unless we get out there EARLY. Otherwise, I’m panting before we reach the halfway mark! Is this what it means to get old? Actually, I think it has a lot more to do with all the things that go on for us dogs...
Sneak Peeks
By Bob Cappel All Things Must Change! As much as many of us do not like a lot of change, it has become a necessity in our rapidly changing culture. While I still want my morning newspaper and to have magazines and books in hand, my children do everything online with their computers, tablets, pads, pods, and phones. I can’t read the small print on those little screens, can’t type on those little keys, and I don’t...
Thanks to a Peak Team
By Les Conklin I cannot think of a better way to conclude this final printed edition of A Peek at the Peak magazine than to thank the special people who have made it possible to get every issue out on-schedule, while meeting the high-standards expected by our readers. We have been working together since 2003. Readers often comment about the quality layout of the magazine. Sandie McCune, the magazine’s art director, has...
Bernie and Destination Preservation
By Les Conklin When we graduated from the University of Rhode Island’s (URI) College of Business in 1960, Bernie Finkel and I didn’t suspect that we were destined to play roles in preserving a scenic landmark and creating what will be one of America’s largest city-owned preserves. In fact, neither of us had heard of “The West’s Most Western Town.” Besides, we had other things on our minds:...
The Artists’ Loft
By Natalie Keller It’s difficult to know where to begin when writing about Eddie Lopez. The word eccentric comes to mind, along with gentle, kind, and soft spoken. He’s not like anyone I’ve ever known, and I think he can truly make a difference in most peoples’ art. Eddie is a remarkable artist and teacher who has been doing what he does best for over 50 years…just being Eddie! He was born in Jerome, AZ in...
Bashas’ Beginnings
By Rob Johnson Introduction: Since 1932, Bashas’ has donated more than $100 million to local charities. Thousands of Arizona schools, churches, and nonprofits have benefited from the generosity of the company, its members, and its customers. Bashas’ concentrates its charitable efforts on community causes that address education, hunger, family, and children. The Peak and the Greater Pinnacle Peak Association...
Tracking the Mexican Wolf
Courtesy of Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center The mission of Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center includes education, and there are few subjects that can benefit more from education than wolves. So, let’s see if we can simplify a very complicated topic: wolves, and more particularly, the Mexican gray wolf. The animal featured on the cover is Mexican wolf F435, Chuska, one of the first Mexican wolves cared for by Southwest...
What is Baby Season Anyway?
Courtesy of Southwest Conservation Center We’ve said it again and again: It’s baby season! But what exactly does that mean? Some desert animals, like the coyote, breed only once a year and give birth in the spring and early summer. Even for those animals that can reproduce year-round, like javelina and bobcats, many babies are born in time for their parents to take advantage of the abundant plants and prey available in the spring...
Volunteer Now!
What would you like to do? Help maintain and enhance Scottsdale’s Scenic Drive. We conduct four or five, two-hours-long litter pickup events on Saturday mornings from September through May. We maintain the Scenic Drive’s plant exhibits and monuments. We advocate for the preservation of the Scenic Drive as an historic landmark. We need volunteers to help in these efforts. Help with an event. We organize and run several...
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