Bear Canyon & Seven Falls near Tucson, Arizona

Travel with me to Bear Canyon and Seven Falls in the Santa Catalina Mountains near Tucson, Arizona. The canyon here fills with water during the rainy seasons and becomes lush with greenery and wildlife during the monsoon months. Javelina, coyote, bobcat, mule deer, mountain lions, desert tortoise, canyon tree frogs, and a variety of lizards, snakes, and birds make their home here. Colorful wildflowers, wetland grasses, and shady trees, including cottonwood, walnut, sycamore, willow, and ash grow in a ribbon along the flowing water's banks. The sandy bottom of the canyon beneath the surface of the water is scattered with smooth gray gneiss rock. The series of seven waterfalls at the end of the 4 mile hike (8 miles roundtrip) offer a great place to relax, picnic, and cool off from the heat.

My trip to Bear Canyon and Seven Falls in the video took place in the morning of Friday, September 13, 2013.

More information about the trail: http://arizona.sierraclub.org/trail_guide/hike8.htm

Photos Credits (all public domain or released for use):
Coyote. Susan Lynn Peterson, 2007.
Collared peccary. Alan Vernon, 2011.
Collared lizard. MostlyDeserts, 2012.
Curve-billed thrasher. Alan Vernon, 2011.
Western bluebird. berichard, 2010.
Cactus wren on a saguaro cactus. Alan Vernon, 2011.
Canyon treefrog. Magnus Manske, 2009.
Tadpoles. bohringer friedrich, 2008.

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