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Texas, New Mexico, Arizona
Triplist Jack and Derek Hill (click here to see the species list) 7/29/01 Monohans Sandhills SP in West Texas1. CACTUS WREN Says phoebe Mourning Dove Barn swallow House Finch Black throated sparrow Lake balmorhea – late afternoon
Yellow-headed blackbird – 1
female Great egret Snowy egret Green heron Great blue heron Forsters tern – 1 Black tern - 1 3. LILLIAN’S MEADOWLARK – 1 Killdeer Dowitcher sp – 15+ Bn stilt - ~30 Wilsons’s Phalarope 2-3 Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Peep sp – 2 Spotted sand – 2-3 Mallard/Mexican duck – 1 Scaled Quail – 1 perched in
shrub Limpia creek
Summer tanager Lesser goldfinch Ft. davis
4. ACORN WOODPECKER Black-chinned hummer Barn swallow Cassin’s kingbird Bewick’s wren 7/30/01 Ft. Davis banding station 5. MONTEZUMA QUAIL – 1-2 HO Canyon Towhee – 2 Ft. Davis
6. PHAINOPEPLA 7. CURVE-BILLED THRASHER Western tanager – 3 Acorn woodpecker – 2 Limpia Creek 9am
8. COMMON BLACK-HAWK – 2-3 Canyon wren – 2-3 HO Blue grosbeak – 1-2 singing Summer tanager - pair McNary Reservoir – 11:35am
9.
CLARK’S GREBE – more numerous than WEGR
10. WESTERN GREBE Total
~10-12 Green heron Western kingbird Snowy egret Great blue heron Neotropic cormorant Cormorant sp New Mexico, Hwy 80, 2 mi N of Hwy 9 exitWhite-tailed Kite – 1 ad perched on yucca flower stalk,
photographed ARIZONA
Dave Jasper’s home Bells vireo – 1 HO House finch Black-headed grosbeak – 1 fem. Verdin – 1 imm Rufous hummer – 1 South Fork Cave Creek/Portal
11. ELEGANT TROGON – 2 12. PAINTED REDSTART – 4 (ad/imm
+ ad/imm) 13. SULPHUR-BELLIED FLYCATCHER
– 6+ 14. BRIDLED TITMOUSE – 3 15. DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER –
2, calling Cordilleran flycatcher – HO Western wood-pewee - 2 Red-shafted Flicker – 1 Acorn Woodpecker - several WB Nuthatch – 3 Brown creeper – 3 TV White-throated Swift – 2-3 Cassin’s Kingbird 16. BRONZED COWBIRD – 1 at
Portal store House sparrow – several at
portal American Robin - several Raven sp 17. BLUE-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD
– 1 male, Sunny Flat Campground #5 18. MEXICAN JAY – several
around SW Research Station and up to Herb Martyr Campground 19. YELLOW-EYED JUNCO – 1
between Herb Martyr and Research Station Tanager sp – 1 female Herb
Martyr Campground Spofford’s Feeders –
NO BIRDS except one Lesser Goldfinch 7/31/01 San Pedro House – very birdy
20. BOTTERI’S SPARROW – 1-2
HO 21. CASSIN’S SPARROW – 1 HO
on hwy in 22. ABERT’S TOWHEE – a
couple, including one with eye, bill disease 23. COMMON GROUND-DOVE – 2 24. GILA WOODPECKER Ladder-backed wp Red-shafted flicker Scaled quail – 2 Black-chinned hummer – several
at feeders Blue grosbeak – common Vermilion flycatcher –
numerous Black phoebe American coot – with young Green heron Lesser goldfinch Tv Wren sp Swainson’s hawk Bullock’s oriole – 1 male Com. Yellowthroat – several
singing, seen Yellow warbler – singing, seen Yellow-breasted chat – a few,
singing Western kingbird Cassin’s kingbird Bell’s vireo Wb nuthatch Rough-winged swallow – 1 Barn swallow Hwy 82 towards Sonoita – lush green rolling grasslands Cassin’s sparrow – abundant Paton’s home in Patagonia
25. VIOLET-CROWNED HUMMINGBIRD
– 2 26. BROAD-BILLED HUMMER –
numerous Black-chinned hummer – a few Lazuli Bunting - 3 Phainopepla – numerous, with
young Cassin’s kingbird Black-bellied whistler – 1 in
creek Inca dove Cardinal White-winged dove Wb nuthatch Bronzed cowbird ~8 BH cowbird – a few at feeders
Patagonia Roadside Rest Area
27. THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD – 2+ Cassin’s kingbird Western tanager ~5 Summer tanager Bewick’s wren Gila wp BV – a couple TV Raven sp Yellow warbler Kino Springs
28. TROPICAL KINGBIRD – 1 ad
feeding 2 young near second pond Cassin’s kingbird 29. BROWN-CRESTED FLYCATCHER –
1 Kestrel – 1 female YB Cuckoo Red-winged blackbird Com. Yellowthroat – HO Common ground-dove CB Thrasher Black phoebe Phainopepla Florida Wash near Madera Canyon - monsoon Cassin’s Sparrow – several
singing Botteri’s sparrow – 3+
singing, 1 seen Black-throated sparrow – a few Madera Canyon – DEAD especially hummer feeders
TV Cooper’s Hawk – 1 White-winged dove White-throated swift –
numerous Broad-billed hummer – a few at
lodge Black-chinned hummer – a few
at lodge acorn wp dusky-capped flycatcher – 2-3 brown-crested flycatcher – 3 30. HUTTON’S VIREO ~6 Mexican Jay Bridled titmouse – numerous Wb nuthatch – numerous Bewick’s wren – family group
at bog springs campground Black-throated gray warbler –
3+ above end picnic area Painted redstart – 6+ above
end picnic area Black-headed grosbeak Lesser goldfinch House finch
Tom Mix Memorial north of Tucson, 7:25-7:40pm, 16 mi S of Florence
off Pinal Pioneer Parkway 31. HOODED ORIOLE – 8 Cactus wren – 5 Gila wp – 2 Ladder-backed wp – 2 Canyon towhee – 1 Verdin – 1 juv Black-throated sparrow – 2,
singing Raven sp Hummer sp – 1 House finch Red-tailed hawk Curve-billed thrasher Quail sp in road prob.
Gambel’s 8/1/01 Best Western
32. GAMBEL’S QUAIL – 1 male Curve-billed thrasher – 2 Cactus wren – 2 Myiarchus sp – 1
Boyce Thompson Arboretum 8am-10:30am PB Grebe – in cattail pond TV Cooper’s Hawk – 1 juv dove
after WW Doves, chased by Purple Martins Common Black-Hawk – 1 in
cottonwood/willow grove along Forest Road 2403 at Queen Creek 33. ZONE-TAILED HAWK – 1 on
cliff above creek Gambel’s Quail – pair American coot White-winged dove Mourning dove Inca dove Broad-billed hummer – 4 Black-chinned hummer – 1 fem. Gila woodpecker Ladder-backed woodpecker Black phoebe – 1 at cattail
pond Ash-throated flycatcher – 1
along FR 2403 Brown-crested Flycatcher –
noisy at Boyce Thompson Cassin’s Kingbird Purple Martin ~6 chasing
Cooper’s Hawk Verdin – numerous Cactus wren – building nest Rock wren – 1 Canyon wren – singing Bewick’s wren Curve-billed thrasher Phainopepla Warbling vireo – several Bell’s vireo – several,
singing Yellow warbler – several,
singing Yellow-breasted chat Summer tanager – a few HO Western tanager – 1 male Northern cardinal Black-headed grosbeak – pair Abert’s towhee – numerous Lark sparrow Black-throated sparrow Song sparrow – a few at ponds,
rustier southwestern ssp. Red-winged blackbird – at
cattail pond Great-tailed grackle Hooded oriole – numerous House finch Lesser goldfinch House sparrow BLACK-TAILED RATTLESNAKE 8/2/01 Marriott’s Mountain Shadows Resort, Scottsdale, AZ
34. COSTA’S HUMMINGBIRD – 1
imm male, 3 females Calliope Hummingbird – 1 ad
male Cactus Wren – 1 Inca Dove – a few White-winged Dove – numerous Mourning Dove – more numerous TV – 3 House Sparrow Verdin Starling GT Grackle Gila Woodpecker Mockingbird
Phoenix Mountain Preserve, hiking trail, just west
of hotel off Lincoln Drive 6:20pm-7:30pm
Gambel’s Quail – numerous,
with many downy young White-winged Dove Mourning Dove Lesser Nighthawk – 20+ lift
off around 7pm from hills Gila Woodpecker Brown-crested Flycatcher – 1 Verdin – numerous Cactus Wren – 1-2 Rock Wren – 2-3 35. BLACK-TAILED GNATCATCHER –
m/f pair near hilltop in paloverde Curve-billed Thrasher – 1-2 HO Black-throated Sparrow –
numerous House Finch – a few 8/3/01 Scottsdale hotel again
Costa’s – 1 adult male, 1
imm male, many singing, females 36. ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD – 1
imm male or heavily marked female flycatching Cactus Wren – 1 Abert’s towhee – 2 Verdin – in nest Myiarchus sp – 1 Saguaro NP – 30 min Purple martin – several Cactus wren Curve-billed
thrasher Woodpecker sp Turkey vulture Ww dove Mourning dove Ina Road @ santa cruz river, 11:30am, Tucson
Bn
stilt – 50 Killdeer – numerous Sandpiper sp – a few Redwinged blackbird White sands national park, New Mexico – late
afternoon
Say’s
phoebe – 1
Mocker – 2 Lizard – 3 Ground squirrel – 1 Ants Sand Karr canyon road, near
Cloudcroft, New Mexico (dirt canyon road starts 3.5 mi off hwy82),
6:45-7:15pm Western scrub jay – 1 along
Karr Canyon Rd. before the actual canyon Steller’s jay Mountain chickadee Common raven Golden crowned kinglet Hummer sp Western bluebird – 5 Red-tailed hawk 8/4/01 karr canyon 10am Red-faced warbler – 1 Grace’s warbler – a few Black throated gray – 1 imm
female Plumbeous vireo – 1 Red shafted flicker Mt chickadee Gc kinglet Spotted towhee – 1 fem Wb nuthatch – a few Rb nuthatch – 1 Cordilleran flycatcher – 1
seen, 1 HO Top of karr canyon road at sunspot hwy
Audubon’s warbler Spotted sandpiper – 1 in
little pond Chipping sparrow – a few Red tailed hawk American robin Hummer sp House wren – 1 Bluff springs – til noon
37. TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE – 1
scaly juv along creek in elderberry shrub Western wood pewee Pine sisken – most abundant
bird Stellers jay House wren MacGillivray’s Warbler – 1 Rufous hummer – a few Broad-tailed hummer – 1 male,
1 female Red tailed hawk Red backed junco – several, a
few streaky young Green-tailed towhee – 1 ad, 2
juv Red shafted flicker – 4 Milbert’s Tortoiseshell Texas Pit BBQ in Cloudcroft
Calliope Hummer – 1 male Rufous Hummer – at least 1
male Broad-tailed Hummer – dozens 9 mi west of Snyder, TX (Curry Co.)
along hwy 180 Cave Swallow – 4 on phone wire
by small culvert, more groups seen earlier on highway in W TX Common Nighthawk - 1 Pied-billed Grebe Western Grebe Clark’s Grebe Neotropic Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Cattle Egret Green Heron Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Black-bellied Whistling Duck Mallard (inc. “Mexican Duck”) White-tailed Kite Mississippi Kite Cooper’s Hawk Common Black-Hawk Swainson’s Hawk Zone-tailed Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Scaled Quail Gambel’s Quail Montezuma Quail American Coot Killdeer Black-necked Stilt Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Peep sp. Dowitchers sp. Wilson’s Phalarope Ring-billed Gull Forster’s Tern Black Tern Rock Dove Eurasian Collared-Dove White-winged Dove Mourning Dove Inca Dove Common Ground-Dove Yellow-billed Cuckoo Greater Roadrunner Lesser Nighthawk Common Nighthawk White-throated Swift Broad-billed Hummingbird Violet-crowned Hummingbird Blue-throated Hummingbird Black-chinned Hummingbird Anna’s Hummingbird Costa’s Hummingbird Calliope Hummingbird Broad-tailed Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird Elegant Trogon Belted Kingfisher Acorn Woodpecker Gila Woodpecker Ladder-backed Woodpecker Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) Western Wood-Pewee Cordilleran Flycatcher Black Phoebe Say’s Phoebe Vermilion Flycatcher Brown-crested Flycatcher Ash-throated Flycatcher Dusky-capped Flycatcher Thick-billed Kingbird Tropical Kingbird Western Kingbird Cassin’s Kingbird Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Loggerhead Shrike Hutton’s Vireo Warbling Vireo Bell’s Vireo Plumbeous Vireo Steller’s Jay Western Scrub-Jay Mexican Jay Chihuahuan Raven Common Raven Purple Martin Northern Rough-winged Swallow Cliff Swallow Cave Swallow Barn Swallow Mountain Chickadee Bridled Titmouse Verdin Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted
Nuthatch Brown
Creeper Bewick’s
Wren House
Wren Cactus
Wren Canyon
Wren Rock
Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Western
Bluebird Townsend’s
Solitaire American
Robin Northern
Mockingbird Curve-billed
Thrasher European
Starling Phainopepla Yellow
Warbler Yellow-rumped
Warbler (Audubon’s) Black-throated
Gray Warbler Grace’s
Warbler MacGillivray’s
Warbler Common
Yellowthroat Red-faced
Warbler Painted
Redstart Yellow-breasted
Chat Summer
Tanager Western
Tanager Spotted
Towhee Green-tailed
Towhee Canyon
Towhee Abert’s
Towhee Black-throated
Sparrow Cassin’s
Sparrow Botteri’s
Sparrow Chipping
Sparrow Lark
Sparrow Dark-eyed
Junco Yellow-eyed
Junco Song
Sparrow Pyrrhuloxia Northern
Cardinal Lazuli
Bunting Black-headed
Grosbeak Blue
Grosbeak Red-winged
Blackbird Yellow-headed
Blackbird Eastern
“Lillian’s” Meadowlark Common
Grackle Great-tailed
Grackle Bronzed
Cowbird Brown-headed
Cowbird Hooded
Oriole Bullock’s
Oriole House
Finch Pine
Sisken Lesser
Goldfinch House
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