April 24, 2021 Some recent birds. I found this bird at the Florida drainage area Corrals on April 24, 2021. This is in Pima County. All the previous local sightings of this birds, since last Fall, have been in Santa Cruz County mostly around Patagonia and Tubac.
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April 22, 2021 Above is the original photo Below is the photo after being process by Topaz DeNoise AI This is an older photo, from August 2006, using a 300mm/2.8 manual Nikkor with a 1.4 TC. Even though the photo was shot at ISO 200, it was still a bit noisy. The sensor and processor
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April 5, 2021 I met two friends from San Diego, Mark and Camille Stratton, at the Madera Picnic Grounds early on April 5 to see if we could get a look at the local breeding pair of Pygmy Owls. They had been seen about 7:30am the previous day. We got there at 6:30am left about
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February 22, 2021 Reid Park, in central Tucson, is an excellent birding park. It’s not heavily used on weekdays, but on weekends and holidays it’s popular. There are currently several good wintering birds that are often seen; White-Throated Sparrow, Summer Tanager, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Greater Pewee, and a new addition, two or perhaps three Red Crossbills.
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January 4, 2021 The agricultural fields north of Tucson at Marana have been productive recently. Last fall there were Upland and Pectoral Sandpipers. And recently, Mountain Bluebirds, Sage Thrashers, a Baird’s Sparrow, Ferruginous Hawks, Burrowing Owls, and Caracaras have been seen. The Marana Water Treatment Pond has also been active with three Longspurs. Yesterday, 1-3-2021,
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Sahuarita North Santa Cruz Park, December 22, 2020 This tiny Grebe showed up on Monday, 12-21-2020. Originally it was posted as a Pied-billed. Later that evening, an astute birder glanced over what was an otherwise unremarkable eBird list and saw a photo of the “Pied-billed Grebe.” The photo was under-exposed and the eye could not
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December 10, 2020 All of the photos included were taken in the last several days. Santa Gertrudis Lane. This is the spot where the Rufous-backed Robins show up most winters. This year we have had numerous sightings throughout southern Arizona, from Ajo to Portal. This year we have had a influx, not quite an invasion,
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November 23, 2020, Santa Cruz County I decided to go to southern Santa Cruz County this morning and search for vagrants, especially sparrows. I was hoping to find Field Sparrows or Rufous-backed Robins. After finding just a few common birds I was distracted by alarm calls and sparrows mobbing a bird hidden in the brushy
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November 21, 2020 Whitewater Draw This bird is a pretty big deal. Another in an apparent invasion of finches and sparrows et al throughout the Southwest – especially Arizona. On November 19th a single field sparrow showed up in Portal and the same day another was found along the Santa Cruz River near Tubac, and
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