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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October 25, 2021 There have been plenty of good birds in SEAZ recently, three Black-and-White Warblers, Gray Catbird, two Tennessee Warblers, two Northern Parulas and a Red-breasted sapsucker (very rare in SEAZ). They were all one-day-wonders. The hardest one to miss was a Red-headed Woodpecker photographed at a Tucson golf course. Yesterday a Magnolia Warbler
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September 23, 2021 Located about forty miles west of Gila Bend just off of I-8, in the absolute middle of nowhere, sits Spot Road Farm. It has a very good list of birds as it includes acres of alfalfa and associated irrigation – long narrow shallow ponds which attract peeps including Baird’s, Least, Red-necked Phalarope,
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Palo Prado Road September 10, 2021 Since the Roseate Spoonbills flew off last week things have been a bit slow. There have been Dickcissels at Aguirre Lake plus lots of boring peeps. On Wednesday past a pair of Long-tailed Jaegers were found at Theodore Roosevelt Lake . These birds were likely blown in by the
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September 6, 2021 I noticed last year, about August 1, and the previous year, that my hummingbird feeders were being emptied every evening. I figured it was bats. This year, not only did they empty the hummingbird feeders, but they licked clean the jelly feeders. They arrive each evening before its entirely dark, and circle
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August 18, 2021 A trio of Roseate Spoonbills and a billion mosquitos showed up at Aguirre Lake at the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge. This spot is about 10 miles north of the Mexican border west of Nogales. Everywhere one travels in SEAZ this fall the scenery is green. There is so much habitat that
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August 17, 2021 We’ve had more rain since July than we usually get all year – 14.5″ at my gauge since July 1. Of course, the totals vary throughout the region, but the flows along the Santa Cruz and local creeks have been quite amazing. The trail along the river at Tubac is so thick
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August 5, 2021 A few fall birds are beginning to trickle through the area. Today a Nashville Warbler was seen in Montosa Canyon and a few Wilson’s Warblers have been seen along with Warbling Vireos. There is a bird festival just beginning and there are many birders from distant lands in the area. An Eared
