Animals of the Sonoran Desert

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7110 E. McKellips Rd. MCC Red Mountain, AZ 85207 United States
DW 131
2/25/2026 (one day)
1:30 PM-3:00 PM on Wed

Animals of the Sonoran Desert

Class | Available (Membership Required)

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.”