We’re staying a few days in Green Valley Arizona , just south of Tucson. We met up with some friends of Sandy's who she met in Australia Sonora Desert Museum . What a great place that was, we spent all day out in the desert with perfect weather. If you are ever in this part of the country, this is a beautiful place.
Everything was outdoors; my highlight was a Rapture show where 4 Harris Hawks swooped over our heads. These birds have adapted to the desert by hunting in a pack. When the prey hides under a thorny bush, one hawk will land and attempt to flush the prey out the other side, where the others will be waiting on perches above. These birds are like a pack of wolves, where there is an Alpha male and female, and two junior birds.
They have other exhibits too, like mountain lions, bears, a hummingbird aviary, another bird aviary, bighorn sheep, and I've never heard of so many different rattle snakes!
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