March 14, 2022 The Tubac Hawk Watch at Ron Morriss Park is an annual event that is anticipated by local birders. Each year it begins on the first of March and runs for a while. The big attractions are mostly the Common Black-hawks who migrate north along the Santa Cruz River. The numbers of these […]
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February 27, 2022 I’ve been spending a lot of time at Tubac recently. There has been a run of decent birds. Northern Parula, White-eyed Vireo, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Black-and-White Warbler, Gray Catbird, Yellow-shafted Flicker, Eastern Phoebe, Winter Wren, White-throated Sparrow, and rare this year – Pine Siskin. This bird was first reported several days ago and
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February 23, 2022 A Winter Wren, first reported in December, reappeared along the beautiful Sant Cruz River at Tubac. The location its truly scenic. To be fair it must be added that the accumulation of plastic is limited to a small area. Above and below the accumulation there is hardly any garbage. Still, it makes
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February 16, 2022 Rufous-Backed Robin Madera Canyon 2-14-2022 ISO 28,800 This robin showed up at the Madera Canyon picnic grounds last week foraging on berries along the creek. I found the bird in shady poor light and photographed it way up at ISO 28,800. It’s a bit soft, but OK. The Becard has been present
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January 6, 2022 First things first. The remains of a 1959 Cadillac were found this morning among the detritus just south of the main Santa Gertrudis Automotive museum. Nearby lay the remans of a 1964 Pontiac Bonneville which was not photographable. When new, the Cadillac cost about as much as a cheap house, now it’s
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December 31, 2021 This waterthrush showed up in late November and has been seen pretty regularly since. It likes the area just below the Santa Rita Lodge and ranges north about a quarter-mile along the creek. So it’s seen in both Pima and Santa Cruz Counties. The same day that I photographed the waterthrush this
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December 17, 2021 We’ve been having a nice selection of wintering birds in SEAZ. Tennessee Warblers, Northern Parula, Black-and-White Warblers, Chestnut-sided Warblers, Black-throated Blue Warblers, Gray Catbirds, Rose-throated Becards, Rufous-backed Robins, and Black-throated Green Warblers. This stunning immature Black-throated Green was spotted on the Tucson CBC on Tuesday December 14, 2021. I tried on the
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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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