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Congratulations to our friends and colleagues at Liberty Wildlife on the organization's forthcoming induction into the Arizona Outdoor Hall of Fame. The inductees are being honored for outstanding contributions and service that have benefited Arizona's wildlife and their habitats.The other honorees are William Cordasco, president of Babbitt Ranches and the Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Foundation, Michael M. Golightly, three-term member of the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, and the Rio Salado Sportsman’s Club. The ceremony will take place at the Wildlife for Tomorrow Foundation's annual Outdoor Hall of Fame banquet on Aug. 28.

The Horseshoe Fire continues to burn in the Chiricahua Mountains near Portal.

The Forest Service has reopened Cave Creek Road (Forest Rd. 42), but the South Fork of Cave Creek and Herb Martyr Campground Road remain closed, and the campgrounds at Herb Martyr, Idlewilde, John Hand Stewart, South Fork, and Sunny Flat are also closed.

Updates on this fire are available at the Coronado National Forest Fire feed on Twitter and at the Horseshoe Fire page at InciWeb.

Sincere thanks to renewing business member Yard Envy, online retailer of fine patio & garden décor, for its continuing support of SABO's efforts on behalf of the birds of southeastern Arizona and the landscapes we share with them.

In this election year, show your support for birds and their habitats with this nonpartisan "I Like Shrikes" button. 20% of your purchase benefits SABO's programs on behalf of birds and the people who love them.

20% of your purchase benefits SABO's programs on behalf of birds and the people who love them.

An adult male Rufous Hummingbird was seen in Bisbee this morning, probably on his way north from Mexico. Broad-tailed Hummingbirds are another early migrant and are expected any day. Arizona residents and visitors are asked to keep their eyes and ears open for early northbound migrant hummingbirds and report them to the Arizona Hummingbird Survey.

We were honored and humbled to learn that Macre Inabinet's family has designated the Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory as a beneficiary of donations in her memory.

Our sincere thanks to those who have already made memorial contributions. Macre's caring, giving spirit lives on in the generosity of those whose lives she touched.

The Trogon's Nest, SABO's new online birding shop, opened today with a selection of field guides, other books, binoculars, hummingbird feeders, DVDs, magazines, and more. The shop is a service of Amazon.com, the most trusted name in online shopping. A portion of all purchases made through the shop will benefit SABO's research and outreach programs.