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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July 31st, 2010   Tags: ,

Great Horned Owl

Great-Horned-Owl-Tucson-10-0731-03My friend Marie called this afternoon to say there was an owl in her pine tree. And so there was – a recently fledged juvenile GREAT HORNED OWL. This ‘teenager’ is presumably from a local nest and is trying to establish a territory for itself, having been ‘kicked out’ by mom and dad. [...]

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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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May 1st, 2010   Tags: , , ,

Mt. Lemmon: May Workshop

We started with a ZONE-TAILED HAWK over Tucson with another over Catalina Highway. Moving up to Rose Canyon Lake, an adult COMMON BLACK HAWK was circling overhead. Nice! Next up was a male NORTHERN GOSHAWK which flashed through the pines near the entrance kiosk and perched up for prolonged views. Very nice! [...]

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