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Arizona Highways Magazine, September 2010 - Video

 
Arizona Highways Magazine Photo Arizona Highways Magazine Madera Canyon Tucson, AZ Bed and Breakfast B&B Photos by Brandon Sullivan
click on photo for larger view 		MADERA CANYON Although the Chuparosa Inn is just 40 miles southeast of Tucson, it feels a world away. And in many respects, it is — given that this rustic slice of paradise, nestled among the live oaks, sycamores and cottonwoods of Madera Canyon, is part of a sky island created by the Santa Rita Mountains and the surrounding desert floor. With burbling Madera Creek running along the property's edge, the Chuparosa, which means "nectar-sucker" or "hummingbird" in Spanish, is home to 15 species of that flitting critter, which show up in such high numbers that the site has become a bona fide research station for ornithologists who've initiated a banding program. Guests lucky enough to be around on a Monday morning in spring might be allowed to hold a hummingbird, feeling its tiny, 1,200-beats-per-minute heart banging against their palms. read more....