Prothonotary Warbler at The End of the World

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 predicted, it got to 113F, for Tucson. So I demurred -I’d try the next morning. So I got there at 6:30 am and it had already been seen briefly. At 8:45 it returned and put on a good show in dappled light.

Prothonotary Warbler, Columbus Park 9-11-23

Eastern Kingbird, Triangle Lake Las Cienegas HQ. 9-10-23

Gray Flycatcher, Arivaca, 9-9-23

American Kestrel and a friend he had for lunch. Arivaca, 9-9-23

Checkered White, Arivaca, 9-9-23

Infrared landscape. 9-10-23

Landscape. 9-10-23

From my driveway, 9-10-23

Looking toward Madera Canyon .