August 28th, 2010   Tags: , , , ,

Rio Rico, Kino Springs, Tumacacori

Tropical-Kingbird-Tumacacori-10-0827-12It was interesting to see so many KINGBIRDS in tail molt. WESTERNS lacking in white edges, CASSIN’S with almost not tail at all and various birds with pointy tails (short outer feathers growing in) or double tails (having dropped the inner one of two feathers). Only TROPICAL is full in the tail department at the moment. [...]

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August 2nd, 2010   Tags: , , ,

Huachuca Mountains

White-eared-Hummingbird-Miller-Canyon-10-0802-04WHITE-EARED HUMMINGBIRD was regular, a BERYLLINE made a brief appearance to grab a huge chunk of nesting material, whilst BLUE-THROATED, MAGNIFICENT, BROAD-TAILED, BROAD-BILLED, BLACK-CHINNED and ANNA’S made it eight species in total. [...]

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June 13th, 2010   Tags: , , ,

San Pedro House Fun Birding Workshop

I was joined by Susan, Jenise, Flory and Ed for June’s Fun Birding Workshop at San Pedro House near Sierra Vista. It was hot but we lasted well.

Around the house we were greeted by a variety of interesting birds. One of our targets was COMMON GROUND-DOVE and straight away a pair were seen [...]

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April 23rd, 2010   Tags: , , , ,

Patagonia, Miller & Ash Canyons

Bewicks-Wren-Ash-Canyon-10-0423-02We stopped just along the road and found the MAIN flock! It was staggering; I’ve NEVER seen anything like it, anywhere. We flagged down a few more birders and all stood in awe as somewhere between 200 and 300 birds, almost all of them warblers, streamed downhill away from the snow. We only got binoculars on a fraction of the flock but we picked out nine warbler species. [...]

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April 17th, 2010   Tags: , , , , ,

Patagonia, Madera Canyon

Last day of the tour.

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