April 10th, 2011   Tags: , , ,

April Workshop: Sweetwater

Violet-green-Swallow-Santa-Cruz-River-11-0410-08The swallows were phenomenal, with hundreds of TREE and smaller numbers of CLIFF, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED and VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS all swarming just over the water’s surface, peeling off and flying within inches of us. It was an fantastic experience and we stood for two hours, enjoying the show and getting photos. [...]

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March 20th, 2011   Tags: , , ,

March Fun Birding Workshop, Tubac

Golden-Eagle-I-19-11-0320-10Further north we had a surprise and bird of the day, a fine adult GOLDEN EAGLE soaring over I-19 near Agua Linda. It was about 15 miles from the eagle I saw yesterday – could it be the same bird? [...]

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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 8th, 2011   Tags: , , , ,

January Workshop: San Rafael Valley, Patagonia

Rufous-backed-Robin-Patagonia-11-0108-05A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was guarding the fruiting trees but after a while one of the RUFOUS-BACKED ROBINS appeared, was chased around by the mockingbird, and eventually gave us good views coming in to drink from the gutter on the roof of the house. [...]

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December 5th, 2010   Tags: , ,

December Fun Birding Workshop: Tucson Parks

Black-crowned-Night-Heron-Reid-Park-10-1205-14We watched in mild horror and awe for the next few minutes as the BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON manipulated the duckling into a position where it could swallow it whole, head first. Disgusting, yet compelling viewing! And this ‘National Geographic’ action was taking place for all to see in the local park… [...]

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