February 20th, 2011   Tags: , , ,

Sulphur Springs Valley

Rough-legged-Hawk-Sulphur-Springs-Valley-11-0220-02 We checked out Kansas Settlement and eventually found the ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK hunkered down six inches from the ground at the edge of the usual field. An impressive seven FERRUGINOUS HAWKS were with two RED-TAILS. Another FERRUGINOUS HAWK, a dark phase, was my second dark phase in two days. [...]

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February 6th, 2011   Tags: , , , ,

February Workshop: Crane Special

Eurasian-Wigeon-Benson-WTP-11-0206-05Many thanks to Andrew Core for emailing the news of the drake EURASIAN WIGEON at Benson WTP this morning. I can’t really add to what he said, other than to confirm that it didn’t exhibit any obvious signs of hybridization at long range and looked good for a ‘real’ one. [...]

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January 20th, 2011   Tags: , ,

Sulphur Springs Valley Again

Sandhill-Crane-Whitewater-Draw-11-0118-20I was back at Whitewater Draw with another bus load from Pleasurebent Tours. They were treated to an exceptional display from the SANDHILL CRANES. The full 20,000 were in attendance. Simply sensational. [...]

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January 18th, 2011   Tags: , , , ,

Sulphur Springs Valley

Rough-legged-Hawk-Sulphur-Springs-Valley-11-0118-01The ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was perched on roadside tumbleweed to the south side of Arzberger Rd. A newly plowed field was particularly productive, with four FERRUGINOUS HAWKS, five RED-TAILS, a MERLIN and 18 LONG-BILLED CURLEWS. [...]

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December 29th, 2010   Tags: , , , ,

Santa Cruz Flats, Willcox & the Chiricahuas

shorebird-Willcox-10-1229-03We charged around Lake Cochise in about ten minutes, seeing nothing of note except one shorebird. We puzzled over the ID for a while but came to the hasty conclusion that it must be a droopy-billed Baird’s Sandpiper. I was slightly alarmed to discover there were no previous December records in SE Arizona, so I wanted to check the photos before I made a claim. [...]

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