Category Archives: Arizona Birding
A Morning Hike
Penny and I are in Tucson staying at a nice county park – Gilbert Ray Campground – where yesterday morning we took a short hike up Brown Mountain. Before we left the campground, we saw several Phainopepla (harder to spell … Continue reading
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Too Many People, Not Enough Birds
The Southwest is packed with travelers – perhaps it’s the lower fuel prices, the need for some fresh air after a putrid election season, or just the boomers spending their kids’ inheritances, but I’ve had a challenge getting camping spots … Continue reading
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Whitewater Draw
One of the amazing sites, and sights, of birding Southern Arizona is Whitewater Draw, the winter home of thousands of Sandhill Cranes. I’ll just let these pictures tell you of our visit. We were enthralled by the way the cranes … Continue reading
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2016 Trip Planning
I was watching the clock on my computer, waiting to try to reserve a site for our February visit to San Diego, as the February sites opened up at 8:00 AM August 1st (11:00 EDT). I knew that the South … Continue reading
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Looking Forward to Arizona Birds
As we go through the barren "stick season" in Vermont and see only a few hardy local birds, it is fun to think about what might be waiting for us out west. Here are a few of the photos I … Continue reading
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Some Birds of the Desert
Gambel’s Quail are runners, very hard to photograph as they scurry through the brush. Here’s one almost obscured as it darted past me. On the other hand, this Red-winged Blackbird was so intent on singing that he allowed me to … Continue reading
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A Morning Surprise – #400
One of my 2014 birding goals was to reach 400 life birds – in my fifth year of birding. I saw two Black-tailed Gnatcatchers as I checked into the Salton Sea State Receation Area last weekend (for 398). The following … Continue reading
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Arizona Birds
Arizona has some great birds, and even the common ones often look sharp in the desert light. Here are a few shots I’ve taken that were neat encounters. The first bird I saw at Gilbert Ray County Park, outside Tuscon, … Continue reading
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Lizard Dog
Connie, our fine vet, has a unique to deal with a high-strung Viszla when she needs to give Penny a shot or draw blood. She places one of her office cats in a glass-walled room adjacent to the exam room. … Continue reading
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Some Arizona Hummers
We have been lugging two hummingbird feeders with us but kept forgetting to buy sugar until this week. I hung them out one evening and we had our first visitor the next day. He’s a male Wide-billed Hummingbird and quite … Continue reading
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