August 26th, 2010   Tags: , , , ,

Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson

Reakirts-Blue-Sweetwater-10-0826-05The mesquites and palo verdes were teeming with birds, which included an interesting low-elevation HERMIT WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GRAY, MacGILLIVRAY’S, ORANGE-CROWNED, several WILSON’S and scads of YELLOW WARBLERS, a family party of COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, an immature male BULLOCK’S ORIOLE and both WARBLING and CASSIN’S VIREOS. Wow! [...]

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May 13th, 2010   Tags: , ,

Black-crowned Night-Heron, Cooper's Hawk

Black-crowned-Hight-Heron-Sweetwater-10-0505-11Whilst on my photothon last week I encountered a couple of birds that I couldn’t resist spending a few minutes photographing, even though I was supposed to be on a mission to get quantity of species, not quality. [...]

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May 11th, 2010   Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Richard's Photothon 2010

gray-hawk-blue-haven-roadAfter a decent effort last year where I photographed 105 species, I took my photothon even more seriously this year and aimed for 110. I decided on a new route, spending more time in the car to reach more sites, so even though I would be in the field less I’d be exposed to more birds. And it paid off. I saw/heard a total of 127 species and somehow got photos of 114! :D [...]

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April 26th, 2010   Tags: , , , , , ,

AveVentura Birdathon 2010

Great-Horned-Owl-Ft-Lowell-Pk-10-0424-01After three hours we’d passed 50 species with highlights including a pair of AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES in a mulberry in the grounds of Roger Rd Treatment Plant with a male WESTERN TANAGER nearby, a flyover PRAIRIE FALCON and HARRIS’S HAWKS and CEDAR WAXWINGS everywhere. [...]

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April 13th, 2010   Tags: , , , ,

Sweetwater Wetlands, Mt. Lemmon

Red-winged-Blackbird-Sweetwater-Wetlands-10-0413-01I met with Joe, Becky, Roger and Mary-Louise from South Carolina for the start of a five day tour of some of Arizona’s top birding spots. We birded Sweetwater Wetlands to get the list off to a good start. As is always the case at Sweetwater, it was buzzing with wildlife activity. [...]

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