Animals of the Sonoran Desert
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LEARN about Sonoran Desert animals such as peccaries, big horned sheep, snakes, and our familiar coyote. Awarded the 2024 Sunland Village Earth Day citation, Jim Shepherd, our speaker, is an peccaries, snakes, coy 11-year veteran tour guide at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum, and author.
James Shepherd
Life-long naturalist, Boyce Thompson Arboretum docent, and author Jim Shepherd talks about Sonoran Desert plants, plant relationships/adaptations, survival techniques, keystone versus indicator species, medicinal benefits, and wildlife relationships in a one-hour program called “Unique Plants of the Sonoran Desert and Arid Lands.”