Hey Now   His Hankness

Bioblitz is a 24-hour inventory of species in Tucson’s Saguaro National Park. Two things are really great about the idea:

1) Scientists and researchers from all over the place come to inventory living stuff in the desert,

2) Wannabe science amateurs like ourselves get to participate and learn about biodiversity.

Bioblitz is sort of my dream of the outdoor desert classroom, where anyone who wants can come and participate, learn about identifying species and scientific methods. All the scientists were really open and happy to discuss what they were up and it was a lot of fun hiking around in the dark looking for bio-flouroescing centruroides (bark scorpions for you non arachnid pros).

Had much fun rambling around in the Sonoran Dez and camping in Saguaro. Also got to see some former Las Cruces pals  which was great. We miss having good friends in town. Anyways, check out the Fall gallery for more pics of Young Hankenstein.