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Miller Canyon, Ash Canyon

Richard — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:40:37 +0000

Beatty's Guest Ranch was low on quantity of hummers, but as usual very high on quality. BERYLLINE, WHITE-EARED, BLUE-THROATED, MAGNIFICENT, ANNA'S, BLACK-CHINNED, BROAD-TAILED and BROAD-BILLED were all seen in 40 minutes. We hiked up canyon and enjoyed good looks at a SPOTTED OWL roosting in a [...]

Ash Canyon, Miller Canyon – Hummingbird workshop

Richard — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 01:28:48 +0000

At Beatty's Guest Ranch in Miller Canyon we added BERYLLINE (male and female), WHITE-EARED (male and female), BLUE-THROATED (multiple), MAGNIFICENT and BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRDS, plus the leucistic hummingbird thought by most to be a Black-chinned. The feeders were really buzzing as the rain started to fall. SULPHUR-BELLIED FLYCATCHER also put in an [...]

Patagonia, Miller & Ash Canyons

Richard — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 06:24:34 +0000

We 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 [...]

Patagonia, Madera Canyon

Richard — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 06:39:59 +0000

Last day of the tour.

Ramsey Canyon, San Pedro House

Richard — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 06:09:13 +0000

The highlight was the continuing male GREEN KINGFISHER which I heard calling from my position a little way from the river. After I shouted it out, Roger and Joe both saw it as it dashed upstream level with the Kingfisher [...]

Ramsey Canyon, Fort Huachuca, Miller & Ash Canyon

Richard — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 05:15:47 +0000

In Fort Huachuca there were plenty of Buff-breasted Flycatchers at Sawmill Canyon along with several Dusky-capped Flycatchers, Hepatic Tanagers and a Grace's Warbler. Ash Canyon B&B was lively, with a superb male Lucifer [...]

Las Cienegas, Elgin, Ramsey Canyon

Richard — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:13:00 +0000

The drive through Elgin produced a couple of Western Kingbirds, finally, to accompany the many Cassin's. Horned Larks were singing by the roadside and I was surprised to find an ever bigger herd of Pronghorn Antelopes, 18 this time. Quite a good day for antelopes... [...]

Miller Canyon

Richard — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:52:10 +0000

Birding was tough all day. We hiked for miles, way up into the snow, but our reward was just a couple of Townsend's Solitaires, a few Bushtits, Canyon Wrens, Red-breasted Nuthatches and Yellow-eyed Juncos, and that was about [...]