For this episode, I have two guests: Andrew Core, an avid birder who frequents the El Rio Preserve and Jay Grodman, the Natural Resources Supervisor for the Town of Marana, who will tell us more about the preserve, its origins, and explain the lack of water you might’ve noticed if you’ve visited recently. As a result of the this decrease in water, there wasn’t as much bird activity in the background, but you will hear a few friends. For more information on the preserve, please check out: https://www.maranaaz.gov/elrioAnd if you’d like to see some pictures of birds discussed on the podcast, please check out @lookingatbirdspodcast on Instagram. I apologize for the one-day delay in the release of this episode, but I just got back from my first visit to the Rio Grande Valley Bird Festival, so I was unable to release it on Sunday like I usually do. In the coming weeks, you can look forward to some great content from the festival and some guests I met around the Rio Grande Valley area.