September 26, 2023 Worm-eating Warbler with Sphinx Moth Caterpillar Tubac 9-25-23. Strongly back-lit subject. I was at Paton’s Center for Hummingbirds in Patagonia on the 25th looking for birds of opportunity. There was a credible report of an Orchard Oriole, seen once by Louie Dombrowski the birder-in-residence at Paton’s. I had 50 birds for the […]
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Dickcissel, Fort Lowell Park 9-23-23 Dickcissels are a regular fall migrant in SEAZ. And as such, are uncommon and widespread. I took this bird as a consolation prize on my trip to Tucson’s Fort Lowell Park. I was looking for the adult male American Redstart that’d been seen the previous day. I was not going
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September 17, 2023 Clay-colored Sparrow, Santa Gertrudis 9-16-23 This bird really got my attention. There were several very dull Brewer’s Sparrows foraging the seed heads and the Clay-colored just popped up in front of me near the Brewer’s. Berylline Hummingbird, Santa Rita Lodge 9-12-23 It’s getting a bit late for some of these birds. Lucifers
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September 11, 2023 Prothonotary Warbler, Columbus Park 9-11-23 This photogenic warbler showed up in Tucson’s Christopher Columbus Park on September 10. Found by Scott Olmstead. I was at the Las Cienegas Headquarters yesterday chasing an Eastern Kingbird when the message came through about this warbler. It was already 95F and temps up to 110F were
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September 8, 2023 I took one of my long-obsolete camera bodies into Tucson Camera Repair and had it converted to an infrared camera. This photo and the next are part of the “first light” on this new setup. The warmer it is, the redder the cast. I wonder what the pics will look like in
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