July 26th, 2010   Tags: ,

Buckeye Thrasher Site

Le-Conte's-Thrasher-Buckeye-10-0726-03Well, it’s probably not a normal experience in July, so don’t count on it, but to my amazement it took me only 12 minutes to find a calling LE CONTE’S THRASHER, see it fairly well and get a reasonable record shot. It was nothing more than dumb luck, presumably. [...]

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January 24th, 2010   Tags: , ,

Gilbert Water Ranch, Boyce Thompson Arboretum

I met Neill and Karen again, today at Gilbert Water Ranch in Phoenix, where we spent a pleasant morning with the great variety of birds to be found around the ponds.

We started by studying contrasting birds – roosting Turkey Vultures and busy Anna’s Hummingbirds. Pond 7 was the place to be, with Great and [...]

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