November 12th, 2011   Tags: , , ,

Fun Birding Workshop Rarity Chase

Glaucous-winged-Gull-Glendale-Recharge-Basins-11-1112-01There were a few contenders in the days leading up, but we settled for heading north and going to see a GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL discovered by Tommy DeBardeleben at Glendale Recharge Basins in western Phoenix. My second new gull in Arizona this week! [...]

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November 7th, 2011   Tags: ,

Black-legged Kittiwake

Black-legged-Kittiwake-Casa-Grande-11-1107-14News of a rare bird here in Arizona always gets my attention, but sometimes it leaves me with a dilemma. This was one such occasion. The rare bird in question was a Black-legged Kittiwake, a genuine seabird with no business being inland at all. But, whilst extremely rare in Arizona, it’s a fairly common bird around Britain’s coastline and I’ve seen thousands in places like the Shetland Isles. [...]

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February 24th, 2011   Tags: , , , ,

Buckeye thrasher spot, Santa Cruz Flats

Sage-Sparrow-Buckeye-11-0225-06We couldn’t rustle up a Le Conte’s Thrasher but we did find four BENDIRE’S and a single SAGE THRASHER as well as 20+ SAGE SPARROWS, an ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, BLACK-TAILED GNATCATCHERS, a SANDHILL CRANE and flyover TREE, BARN and an early CLIFF SWALLOW. [...]

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February 19th, 2011   Tags:

Central Arizona

We started at the thrasher spot near Buckeye but it was already raining and blowing a gale when we arrived and our only decent bird was a single CRISSAL THRASHER. [...]

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November 15th, 2010   Tags:

Phoenix Birding

Burrowing-Owl-Rousseau-Sod-Farm-10-1115-12The general birding was great. Birding from the car allowed close approach and photos of a number of birds. Chief among these were five BURROWING OWLS in a quarter-mile stretch of road. There were a good few HORNED LARKS around, several SAVANNAH SPARROWS, tame AMERICAN KESTRELS and a couple of different PEREGRINE FALCONS. [...]

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