May 25th, 2011   Tags: , , , , ,

Mt Lemmon, Sweetwater Wetlands

Yellow-eyed-Junco-Bear-Canyon-11-0525-05Rose Canyon Lake was very birdy, especially around the amphitheater just below the parking lot nearest the lake. Several GREATER PEWEES were in song, a stunning pair of OLIVE WARBLERS were the biggest hit of the day, whilst others included GRACE’S WARBLER, YELLOW-EYED JUNCO, PINE SISKIN and CORDILLERAN FLYCATCHER. [...]

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May 23rd, 2011   Tags: , , , ,

Fan-tailed Warbler at Madera Canyon

Fan-tailed-Warbler-Madera-Canyon-11-0523-14FAN-TAILED WARBLERS are famous for being one-day birds – even one-hour birds – so I was pleasantly surprised on my arrival to find a group of birders watching it at close range near the amphitheater. Easy! And… wow! What a fantastic bird. [...]

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May 21st, 2011   Tags: , , , ,

May Workshop, Patagonia Lake

Tropical-Kingbird-Rio-Rico-11-0521-02At Rio Rico, 40 BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS were scattered around the fields. There were five heron species: GREAT BLUE & GREEN HERONS, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON and GREAT and CATTLE EGRETS. There were plenty of TROPICAL KINGBIRDS, SWAINSON’S THRUSH, BRONZED COWBIRD and a couple of GRAY HAWKS. [...]

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May 19th, 2011   Tags: , , ,

Blackpoll Warbler at Sweetwater

Blackpoll-Warbler-Sweetwater-11-0518-19After a while I found the BLACKPOLL WARBLER, in exactly the spot described. It was foraging silently, mostly in the lower branches of the largest tree overhanging the southern end of Willow Pond. It was loosely associating with four TOWNSEND’S WARBLERS, a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and a WARBLING VIREO. [...]

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May 8th, 2011   Tags: ,

Jacques Marsh

Yellow-headed-Blackbird-Jacques-Marsh-11-0508-01I was immediately struck by the number and variety of swallows. Having found several BANK SWALLOWS straight away, then VIOLET-GREEN, BARN and CLIFF, I resolutely checked them all until I could add NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED and eventually a single TREE SWALLOW to the list for a clean sweep of all six regular swallow species. Always nice to get the full set. [...]

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