November 27, 2023 Rufous-capped Warbler, Lower Florida Canyon 11-23-23 This is amazing, three years after the previous sighting a pair of these wren-like warblers appear at the exact same spot as last seen – a seep at the base of an old dam. Brian Nicholas last reported this species on November 28, 2020. They were […]
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November 21, 2023 Streak-backed Oriole, Gilbert Water Ranch 11-20-23 Several years ago I did the 2-hour + trek up to the Gilbert Water Ranch, a series of water reclamation ponds, in an upper-middle class burb of Phoenix. The attraction then was a Canada Warbler. The place is gigantic and impressive. Tucson’s Sweetwater Wetlands is tiny
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November 17, 2023 This handsome Couch’s Kingbird was found by Mary Normandia on 11-16-23 at Tubac. It was initially thought to be a Tropical Kingbird, a usual summer breeding bird. But, it was vocal and soon determined to be the almost-mega Couch’s. “Almost” because we had another one last year (2022), first found about this
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November 11, 2023 Pomarine Jaeger, Green Valley WTP, 11-8-23 This is a very odd bird, and a mega, to show up in the middle of the desert. It hung around since the 7th chasing pigeons and coots until it was exhausted. On the 11th it was taken to rehab in Tucson. Prairie Falcon, Canoa Ranch
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October 31, 2023 Black-throated Blue Warbler, Tucson Botanical Gardens, 10-30-23 This eastern warbler was spotted by Alexis Stark at the TBG on 10-29-23 in the mid-afternoon. Two others stopped by later and found it. So I got there at 8:30 when they opened, and almost immediately found the bird, out in the open, at the
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