Join Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Parks & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s Nature Connection show. On this episode, Yvonne Peach - Founder of the Yuma Historical Society Museum of Aviation & Tourism, and Nancy Meister - President of the Yuma Audubon Society, discuss the 1st Annual Yuma, Arizona Bird, Nature & History Festival, held in Yuma, Arizona from Friday, January 4 - Sunday, January 6, 2019.

This inaugural event features a variety of interesting and unique field trips, activities and presentations. Explore regional wildlife refuges, the Colorado River wetlands, local gardens, museums and historic sites. Go star gazing, hiking, canoeing, bird and wildlife watching. Experience talks on presentations covering birds, bugs, butterflies, native plants, aviation and southwest history, hiking, and much more!

This episode is sponsored by the Historic Coronado Motor Hotel in Yuma, and the Yuma Landing Bar & Grill.  Featured music is 'Dove' by The Madisons.