November 28, 2021 Yesterday, reports were filed of several excellent birds at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum just outside of Superior, AZ.about 120 miles north of Green Valley. Rufous-backed Robin (2) Chestnut-sided Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler and Red-breasted Sapsucker were seen. The place is truly amazing, 343 acres with about 130 acres of well-maintained gardens. I […]
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November 25, 2021 Tucson has an excellent collection of parks. Best, perhaps, is Reid Park. It has a stylish residence for wayward victims of avian miscegenation. There are two ponds which feature lazy black-crowned night-herons, resident cormorants, and hundreds of freeloaders. This varied thrush showed up yesterday, found by mark Stevenson, with a bunch of
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November 18, 2021 It has been a spectacular year for butterflies in Arizona. Several times on trips to Aguirre lake the Sulphers were so thick that they formed an big yellow cloud across the road. These two butterflies are closely related with subtle differences.
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Portal, AZ November 8 ,2021 First Arizona Record! This bird was total surprise. It was spotted on Saturday, 11-6-2021 by Harriet Marble sitting along the “42 Forest Road” west of the town of Portal. She originally identified it as a Wilson’s Snipe, but corrected it the next morning. Numerous hopeful birders tried that evening, 11-7-2021,
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November 6, 2021 This bird was quite unexpected. Allegedly the second county record, the first was a bird found ex-animus. At the same spot that the Jacana vacationed last year. The Rufous-backed Robins have been seen in several spots from Dateland up to Hassayampa. So they (2) finally showed up at Paton’s Squirrel Farm (the
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