Southeastern Arizona
May 10-19, 2008
Perhaps it was the amazing looks at Elegant Trogan at a nest site in
Cave Creek Canyon. Maybe the copulating Gray Hawks near Patagonia were
to blame. A dozen species of hummingbird might have been a factor. We
even celebrated Joan Thompson's 80th birthday. But it was probably the
combination of the finest desert birds and a friendly group of birders
that made the 2008 Arizona trip such a success.
We also saw Northern Pygmy Owls and Northern (Red-shafted) Flickers
copulating. We found 17 species of flycatcher, including spectacular
looks at Vermillion Flycatcher, not to mention Heidi Rich's stunning
acheivement, perhaps a first in the annals of birding: seeing Tropical
Kingbird and Thick-billed Kingbird each cough up a pellet. We found the
nests of Broad-billed and Black-chinned hummingbirds, Verdin, Curve-billed
Thrasher, Bell's Vireo and several others. Bryan's most memorable moments
included knee-weakening looks at Prairie Falcon and Buff-breasted Flycatcher.
Below is the trip list (208 species).
| Black-bellied Whistling-Duck |
| American Wigeon |
| Mallard |
| Cinnamon Teal |
| Northern Shoveler |
| Northern Pintail |
| Canvasback |
| Redhead |
| Ring-necked Duck |
| Bufflehead * |
| Common Merganser |
| Ruddy Duck |
| Wild Turkey |
| Scaled Quail |
| Gambel’s Quail |
| Montezuma Quail* |
| Pied-billed Grebe |
| Eared Grebe |
| Neotropic Cormorant |
| Great Blue Heron |
| Snowy Egret |
| Cattle Egret |
| White-faced Ibis |
| Black Vulture |
| Turkey Vulture |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk |
| Cooper’s Hawk |
| Gray Hawk |
| Swainson’s Hawk |
| Zone-tailed Hawk |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
| Golden Eagle |
| American Kestrel |
| Peregrine Falcon |
| Prairie Falcon |
| Common Moorhen |
| American Coot |
| Killdeer |
| Black-necked Stilt |
| Spotted Sandpiper |
| Willet |
| Marbled Godwit |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper |
| Western Sandpiper |
| Long-billed Dowitcher |
| Wilson’s Phalarope |
| Red-necked Phalarope |
| Franklin’s Gull * |
| Ring-billed Gull |
| Rock Pigeon |
| Band-tailed Pigeon |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove |
| White-winged Dove |
| Mourning Dove |
| Inca Dove |
| Common Ground-Dove |
| Greater Roadrunner |
| Western Screech-Owl |
| Whiskered Screech-Owl |
| Great Horned Owl |
| Northern Pygmy-Owl |
| Elf Owl |
| Spotted Owl |
| Lesser Nighthawk |
| Common Poorwill |
| Whip-poor-will |
| White-throated Swift |
| Broad-billed Hummingbird |
| White-eared Hummingbird |
| Berylline Hummingbird |
| Violet-crowned Hummingbird |
| Blue-throated Hummingbird |
| Magnificent Hummingbird |
| Lucifer Hummingbird |
| Black-chinned Hummingbird |
| Anna’s Hummingbird |
| Costa’s Hummingbird |
| Broad-tailed Hummingbird |
| Rufous Hummingbird * |
| Elegant Trogon |
| Acorn Woodpecker |
| Gila Woodpecker |
| Ladder-backed Woodpecker |
| Hairy Woodpecker |
| Arizona Woodpecker |
| Northern Flicker |
| Gilded Flicker |
| Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet |
| Tufted Flycatcher |
| Greater Pewee |
| Western Wood-Pewee |
| Pacific-slope Flycatcher |
| Buff-breasted Flycatcher |
| Tufted Flycatcher * |
| Black Phoebe |
| Say’s Phoebe |
| Vermilion Flycatcher |
| Dusky-capped Flycatcher |
| Ash-throated Flycatcher |
| Brown-crested Flycatcher |
| Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher |
| Tropical Kingbird |
| Cassin’s Kingbird |
| Thick-billed Kingbird |
| Western Kingbird |
| Loggerhead Shrike |
| Bell’s Vireo |
| Plumbeous Vireo |
| Cassin’s Vireo * |
| Hutton’s Vireo |
| Warbling Vireo |
| Steller’s Jay |
| Western Scrub-Jay * |
| Mexican Jay |
| Chihuahuan Raven |
| Common Raven |
| Horned Lark |
| Violet-green Swallow |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
| Bank Swallow * |
| Cliff Swallow |
| Barn Swallow |
| Mexican Chickadee |
| Bridled Titmouse |
| Juniper Titmouse |
| Verdin |
| Bushtit |
| White-breasted Nuthatch |
| Brown Creeper |
| Cactus Wren |
| Rock Wren |
| Canyon Wren |
| Bewick’s Wren |
| House Wren |
| Black-tailed Gnatcatcher |
| Western Bluebird |
| Swainson’s Thrush |
| Hermit Thrush |
| American Robin |
| Gray Catbird |
| Northern Mockingbird |
| Bendire’s Thrasher |
| Curve-billed Thrasher |
| Crissal Thrasher * |
| European Starling |
| Olive Warbler |
| Orange-crowned Warbler |
| Lucy’s Warbler |
| Northern Parula |
| Yellow Warbler |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| Black-throated Gray Warbler |
| Townsend’s Warbler |
| Hermit Warbler |
| Grace’s Warbler |
| MacGillivray’s Warbler |
| Common Yellowthroat |
| Wilson’s Warbler |
| Red-faced Warbler |
| Painted Redstart |
| Yellow-breasted Chat |
| Hepatic Tanager |
| Summer Tanager |
| Western Tanager |
| Flame-colored Tanager |
| Green-tailed Towhee * |
| Spotted Towhee |
| Canyon Towhee |
| Abert’s Towhee |
| Rufous-winged Sparrow |
| Botteri’s Sparrow |
| Rufous-crowned Sparrow |
| Five-striped Sparrow * |
| Chipping Sparrow |
| Brewer’s Sparrow |
| Lark Sparrow |
| Black-throated Sparrow |
| Grasshopper Sparrow |
| Song Sparrow |
| Lincoln’s Sparrow * |
| White-crowned Sparrow |
| Dark-eyed Junco |
| Yellow-eyed Junco |
| Northern Cardinal |
| Pyrrhuloxia |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak * |
| Black-headed Grosbeak |
| Blue Grosbeak |
| Lazuli Bunting |
| Indigo Bunting |
| Varied Bunting |
| Red-winged Blackbird |
| Eastern Meadowlark |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird |
| Great-tailed Grackle |
| Bronzed Cowbird |
| Brown-headed Cowbird |
| Hooded Oriole |
| Bullock’s Oriole |
| Scott’s Oriole |
| Cassin’s Finch |
| House Finch |
| Red Crossbill |
| Pine Siskin |
| Lesser Goldfinch |
| American Goldfinch * |
| House Sparrow |
* birds Bryan saw during his pre-trip scouting.
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