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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July 24th, 2010   Tags: , , ,

Miller Canyon, Ash Canyon

Spotted-Owl-Miller-Canyon-10-0724-05Beatty’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 maple. [...]

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July 10th, 2010   Tags: , , ,

Ash Canyon, Miller Canyon – Hummingbird workshop

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 appearance. [...]

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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 16th, 2010   Tags: , , , ,

Ramsey Canyon, San Pedro House

Lark-Bunting-San-Pedro-House-10-0416-02The 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 Pond. [...]

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