Visiting Texas in March/April and November 2000 only made me more determined to revisit the area the following spring, so I planned the same sort of trip excesses in 2001 that had marked my Texas/Florida trip of 2000. This time the trip was even longer, since the furthest west I got was Tucson, AZ.
Itinerary:
| Fri 4/6 | Day1: | [New York City] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NJ Turnpike | |||
| Baltimore, MD (I-95) | |||
| DC Beltway (I-95/I-66) | |||
| Front Royal (I-66/I-81) | |||
| I-40 (TN) | |||
| Knoxville (I-75) | |||
| Chattanooga, TN | ~14 hours, 870 miles | ||
| [Chattanooga, TN] | |||
| Sat 4/7 | Day2: | [Chattanooga, TN] | |
| Birmingham, AL | |||
| Meridian, MS | |||
| LA 190/90 Park | |||
| Baton Rouge | |||
| Lake Charles | |||
| Beaumont, TX | |||
| [Beaumont, TX] | |||
| Sun 4/8 | Day3: | [Beaumont] | |
| Big Thicket | |||
| Anahuac NWR | |||
| High Island | |||
| Rollover Pass | |||
| Bolivar Flats | |||
| Galveston Ferry | |||
| Brazos Bend State Park | |||
| Goose Island State Park | |||
| [Camp@Goose Island StPk] | |||
| Mon 4/9 | Day4: | [Goose Island State Park] | |
| Aransas NWR | |||
| Rockport/Port Bay Club Rd | |||
| Aransas Wastewater Park | |||
| Aransas 11th Street "Pond" | |||
| Dick Kleburg/Kingsville | |||
| Laguna Atascosa NWR | |||
| Brownsville | |||
| [Motel6 @Brownsville] | |||
| Tue 4/10 | Day5: | [Brownsville] | |
| Parrots, Kingbird | |||
| Cassin/Botteri's Habitat | |||
| Sabal Palm | |||
| Airport Weather Station | |||
| South Padre Island | |||
| McAllen Wastewater Plant | |||
| Bentsen | |||
| [Camp @Bentsen] | |||
| Wed 4/11 | Day6: | [Bentsen] | |
| Bentsen | |||
| Anzalduas | |||
| Santa Ana | |||
| Bentsen | |||
| [Camp @Bentsen] | |||
| Thu 4/12 | Day7: | [Bentsen] | |
| Bentsen | |||
| Chapeno | |||
| The Post at Marathon | |||
| Davis Mts State Park | |||
| [Camp @Davis Mts StPk] | |||
| Fri 4/13 | Day8: | [Davis Mts StPk] | |
| Big Bend | |||
| Sam Nail Ranch | |||
| Green Gulch | |||
| Window Trail | |||
| Rio Grande Village | |||
| Davis Mts State Park | |||
| [Camp@Davis Mts StPk] | |||
| Sat 4/14 | Day9: | [Davis Mts StPk] | |
| Davis Mts State Park | |||
| Madera Canyon (TX) | |||
| McKittrick/Guadalupe | |||
| Portal/Cave Creek | |||
| [Willcox] | |||
| Sun 4/15 | Day10 | [Willcox] | |
| Portal | |||
| South Fork Cave Creek | |||
| Willcox Playa | |||
| [Willcox] | |||
| Mon 4/16 | Day11 | [Willcox] | |
| Ramsey Canyon | |||
| San Pedro Riparian | |||
| Miller Canyon | |||
| [Motel@Tucson] | |||
| Tue 4/17 | Day12 | [Tucson] | |
| Tucson Desert X-roads | |||
| Box Canyon/FL Wash | |||
| Madera Canyon | |||
| Sweetwater Wetlands | |||
| Catalina Hwy | |||
| [Motel@Tucson] | |||
| Wed 4/18 | Day13 | [Motel@Tucson] | |
| Madera Canyon | |||
| Tucson Desert Museum | |||
| Pena Blanca Lake | |||
| Kino Springs | |||
| Paton's Feeders | |||
| Patagonia Rest Stop | |||
| [Camp@Patagonia State Park] | |||
| Thu 4/19 | Day14 | [Patagonia State Park] | |
| Patagonia Rest Stop | |||
| Patagonia-Sonoita Preserve | |||
| Paton's Feeders | |||
| Sonoita Grasslands | |||
| [Motel6@Willcox] | |||
| Fri 4/20 | Day15 | [El Paso] | |
| Portal | |||
| Cave Creek | |||
| [Motel6@Van Horn] | |||
| Sat 4/21 | Day16 | [Motel6@Van Horn] | |
| Lost Maples State Park | |||
| Attwater Prairie Chicken | |||
| [Motel@Houston] | |||
| Sun 4/22 | Day17 | [Motel@Houston] | |
| Anahuac NWR | |||
| High Island | |||
| [Tuscoloosa, AL] | |||
| Mon 4/23 | Day18 | AL->NY (1000 miles) |
First, a brief note about syntax: life species are in bold even if they are mentioned more than once. If they are suffixed with a "*" it means that this was the first time I saw this bird. Year birds are underlined in the lists but not in the text - given the relatively early date I saw all sorts of year birds down in TX that I was later to refined in and around NYC later in the spring.
Day1 (April 6th) was just a long haul down various interstates from New York City to Chattanooga TN, a trip of just short of 900 miles. The next morning (Day 2; April 7th) I woke up with food poisoning (that was the last time I ate at Waffle House on this trip ;) so instead of leaving at 5am I finally staggered out of my Motel 6 room at 10:30am.
A relatively unpleasant drive of several hundred miles ensued, bolstered by tepid water, and about 10 Tums and 2 Immodiums. I finally made it to Louisiana in mid-afternoon and stopped for a little while at a park at the intersections of LA 90 and LA 190. I didn't find the Yellow-throated Warblers but did see Northern Parula and a distant Bald Eagle. I trundled on to Beaumont, TX, getting there after nightfall.
The next day (Day 3; April 8th) was the first serious birding day, and I headed out to Big Thicket a little later than intended. The thicket was indeed impenetrable so although I heard many Hooded Warblers I did not see any, and had to settle for a few brief glimpses of passerines and a slightly more cooperative Red-shouldered Hawk.
Mostly striking out at Big Thicket, I headed down to Anahuac NWR, and found the Shoveler Pond very high - apparently they don't do a lot of water level control at Anahuac and the recent rains had made the pond rather too high to attract many wading birds. Nevertheless I picked up the usual array of herons and egrets, and Scissor-tailed Kites on the wires outside the reserve.
Further down the road, I found High Island typically quiet, with a strong southerly wind propelling migrants further inshore. I think I saw a couple of Yellow-rumped Warblers and a quietly singing Northern Parula until I came across a skulking Painted Bunting that gave me views of various brightly colored parts of it's body, but was at no time in plain view. Still, my first one, and the visit was enlivened by a male Summer Tanager on the way out of Smith's Oaks.
Rollover Pass had many RVs and not a few fishermen, but nevertheless I did pick out Reddish Egret out in the shallows and a fairly full set of Terns overhead (Sandwich, Least, Royal, Common, Forster's).
Bolivar Flats was also full of people, and the shorebirds were a little skittish, but I did find Snowy and Wilson's Plovers, more Terns plus Black Skimmer, Horned Lark. There were no Long-billed Curlews around but I did find some Marbled Godwits out in the heat haze.
No pelagics enlivened the ferry ride but a Great-tailed Grackle did fly
out about 50 yards to greet the ferry and pester passengers for food.
What was remarkable was the sheer length of the lines waiting to leave
Galveston on the ferry - it's no wonder they put portable toilets out
on the median strip. (Note: don't try and go from Galveston towards
Bolivar on a weekend - that line looked like it was measured in hours
rather than minutes).
Brazos Bend: nothing exciting, Bittern singing;
Goose Island: not much warbler movement;
Aransas: digging up road; no Whooper's;
Port Bay Rd/Rockport: nothing exciting;
Aransas Wastewater Plant: usual suspects, Caspian Tern;
11St Pond: dried up or developed;
Kingsville: very windy, Hawks overhead (prob BW), Miss Kite, Swainson's;
Laguna Atascosa: bone dry, Couch's Kbird and Roadrunner;
Brownsville: Green Parakeet, Tropical Kingbird;
Brownsville: Green Parakeet, Red-cr Parrot, Tropical Kingbird, Cassin's Sparrow;
Sabal Palm: usual Sabal Palm stuff incl many Least Grebe, Blue-winged Warbler
along new Resaca Trail, Painted Bunting;
Brownsville: Tamaulipas Crow at airport weather station;
South Padre: Lesser Golden Plover, Black-throated Green;
McAllen: productive pond at the Sewage Farm was dried up;
Bentsen: usual stuff incl Elf Owl;
Anzalduas: Cliff Swallow;
Santa Ana: heatstroke, Solitary and Pectoral Sandpiper, Fulv Whistling Duck,
Ringed Kingfisher (briefly);
Bentsen: Brown-crested Flycatcher, Northern Beardless Tyrranulet, E. Screech Owl;
Sparrow Alley: Lark Sparrow, Grasshopper Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow, Black-thr
Sparrow, Harris and Swainson's Hawk;
Chapeno: Brown Jay, BW Teal, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker;
Marathon Post: H'bird species, Vermilion Flycatcher, Scaled Quail, Audubon's Warb;
Big Bend: Bell's Vireo, Scott's Oriole;
Fort Davis: Field Sparrow, Western Scrub Jay, Rufous-crowned Sparrow;
Ft Davis route: bouncing binos, dead Montezuma, Turkey, Lark Bunting;
Cave Creek: Bridled Titmouse, MX Jay, Montezuma Quail, Common Poorwill;
Portal: Lucy's Warbler, Brewer's Sparrow, Bendire's Thrasher, Cassin's Sparrow,
Ash-thr Flycatcher, Pintail, Wilson's and Yellow Warbler, Cassin's
Finch, Hooded Oriole;
Cave Ck: Red-faced and Grace's Warbler, Townsend's Solitaire, Yellow-eyed Junco;
Ramsey Cyn: Magnificent, Blue-thr, Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Plumbeous Vireo,
Black-throated Gray Warbler, Broad-billed H'bird;
San Pedro: Green-t Towhee, Abert's Towhee, MacGillivray's Warbler;
Miller Cyn: Broad-tailed, Lucifer, Rufous H'bird;
Desert X-roads: housing development;
FL Wash: Lucy's Warbler, Phainopepla, Verdin;
Madera: Rufous + Black-chinned Hbird, AZ Woodpecker, Dusky-capped Flycatcher,
Hepatic Tanager, Empidonax;
Sweetwater: Yellow-h Blackbird;
Catalina Hwy: construction and not a lot else;
FL Wash: same as before;
Madera: Zone-tailed Hawk, Yellow-eyed Junco;
Desert Museum: Gambel's Quail;
Kino: Fulv and BBW Ducks, Western Kbird, Gray Hawk;
Paton's Feeders: (motherload) Gold-cr Sparrow, Bullock's Oriole, Summer Tanager,
Costa/Anna/Br-billed/Black-chinn/Violet-cr Hummingbird, Black-h Grosbeak,
Lewis's Woodpecker;
Patagonia: slow except for Yellowthroat, Gray Hawk, Bushtit, Summer Tanager
Paton's Feeders: more of the same, subdued midday;
San Pedro: nothing of interest;
Portal: windy, Western Kbird, Spotted Sandpiper;
Cave Ck: Townsend's Warbler, WW Pewee, Hepatic Tanager, Plumbeous Vireo;
broken muffler;
Lost Maples: strikeout except for Orange-crowned and EW Pewee;
Attwater: quiet except for one purple patch with Sedge Wren and Dickcissel,
Upland Sandpiper and Buff-breasted were nearby, Purple Gallinule;
Anahuac: Wilson's Phalarope, Pectoral, Whimbrel, Least, Semipalmated Plov and
Peep.
High Island: Summer and Scarlet Tanager, Grosbeak, Ovenbird;
| Least Grebe | Sabal Palm |
|---|---|
| Eared Grebe | Aransas, El Paso, AZ |
| Neotropic Cormorant | LA, Rio Grande, Kingsville, Bolivar |
| Anhinga | Bentsen, Rio Grande, Brazos Bend, Anahuac |
| Reddish Egret | Aransas, Rockport, South Padre Is |
| White-faced Ibis | Santa Ana, AZ, Anahuac |
| Roseate Spoonbill | LA, Santa Ana, Anahuac |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Anahuac, Katy Farmlands |
| Mississippi Kite | Bentsen, San Pedro |
| Gray Hawk * | Anzalduas, San Pedro, Big Bend, Patagonia |
| Swainson's Hawk | TX and AZ plains |
| White-tailed Hawk | Attwater, Bolsa Chica, Kingsville |
| Zone-tailed Hawk * | Aravaipa, Madera, Patagonia, Ramsey, Cave Ck |
| Golden Eagle | Ramsey Canyon, Sonoita, Scheelite |
| Scaled Quail * | Willcox Playa, Ramsey, Davis Mts, Big Bend etc |
| Gambel's Quail | Desert Museum, San Pedro |
| Montezuma Quail * | Davis Mts, Madera, Ramsey, Cave Ck, Sonoita |
| American Golden Plover | Anahuac, Port Lavaca, Rollover, Brownsville |
| Snowy Plover | Bolivar, Boca Chica |
| Wilson's Plover | Bolivar, Boca Chica |
| Upland Sandpiper | Aransas, Port Lavaca, Brownsville |
| Marbled Godwit | Bolivar, Boca Chica, Anahuac |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | McAllen, Anahuac |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Anahuac, Port Lavaca, Rollover, Brownsville |
| Franklin's Gull | Rollover, S. Padre Island |
| Sandwich Tern | Rollover, S. Padre Island |
| White-winged Dove | Rio Grande, Desert Museum, Portal etc |
| Inca Dove | Goose Island, Sabal Palm, Bentsen etc |
| Common Ground-Dove | Sparrow Alley, Bentsen, Santa Ana |
| White-tipped Dove | Sabal Palm, Bentsen |
| Green Parakeet | Brownsville, McAllen |
| Red-crowned Parrot | Brownsville, McAllen |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | Bentsen, Big Bend |
| Great Horned Owl | AZ |
| Elf Owl | Bentsen, Madera, Cave Creek |
| Lesser Nighthawk * | AZ Desert, Portal, Tucson |
| Common Pauraque | Bentsen, Sabal Palm, Kingsville |
| Common Poorwill * | Box Cyn Road, Portal |
| White-throated Swift | Sabino, Madera, Patagonia, Cave Creek |
| Broad-billed Hummingbird * | Sycamore, Madera, Patagonia |
| Buff-bellied Hummingbird | Sabal Palm, Santa Ana |
| Violet-crowned Hummingbird * | Paton/Patagonia, Madera, Ramsey, Cave Ck |
| Blue-throated Hummingbird * | Madera, Ramsey, Cave Creek |
| Magnificent Hummingbird * | Madera, Ramsey, Cave Creek |
| Black-chinned Hummingbird * | Madera, Ramsey, Cave Creek |
| Anna's Hummingbird | Patagonia, Ramsey, Portal |
| Costa's Hummingbird * | Desert Museum, Madera/Florida Cyn |
| Broad-tailed Hummingbird * | Ramsey, Madera, Cave Creek |
| Rufous Hummingbird * | Desert Museum, Madera |
| Ringed Kingfisher | Bentsen, Santa Ana |
| Acorn Woodpecker | Widespead in AZ |
| Gila Woodpecker | Desert Museum, Sabino, Patagonia |
| Arizona Woodpecker * | Madera, Ramsey, Cave Creek |
| Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet * | Florida Wash, Patagonia |
| Western Wood-Pewee * | Madera, Ramsey, Cave Ck, Patagonia |
| Dusky-capped Flycatcher * | Madera, Ramsey, Cave Creek |
| Ash-throated Flycatcher | Desert Museum, Portal |
| Brown-crested Flycatcher * | Saguaro, Sabino, Madera, Patagonia etc |
| Tropical Kingbird * | Brownsville, (Arivaca), (San Pedro) |
| Couch's Kingbird | Rio Grande, Sabal Palm, Santa Ana, Kingsville |
| Cassin's Kingbird * | Madera, Patagonia, San Pedro, Cave Creek |
| Western Kingbird * | San Xavier, Madera, Portal |
| Bell's Vireo * | Sabino, Patagonia, San Pedro |
| Plumbeous Vireo * | Guadalupe, AZ cyns |
| Hutton's Vireo * | Guadalupe, Big Bend, Madera |
| Steller's Jay | Cave Creek, Catalina Hwy |
| Mexican Jay * | Madera, Ramsey, Cave Creek |
| Violet-green Swallow * | Catalina Hwy |
| Cave Swallow | Kingsville, Rio Grande |
| Bridled Titmouse * | Madera, Patagonia, Ramsey, Cave Creek |
| Cactus Wren * | Desert Museum, Saguaro, Madera, Portal etc |
| Canyon Wren | Sabino, Patagonia, Patagonia, Cave Creek |
| Bewick's Wren | Madera, Patagonia, San Pedro |
| Long-billed Thrasher | Rio Grande |
| Curve-billed Thrasher | Kingsville, Rio Grande, Desert museum |
| Bendire's Thrasher * | San Xavier |
| Lucy's Warbler * | Sabino, Cave Creek, San Pedro, Portal, FL Wash |
| Tropical Parula | Bentsen, Sabal Palm, Anzalduas |
| Black-throated Gray Warbler * | Madera, Ramsey, Cave Creek |
| Townsend's Warbler | Sweetwater, Sabino, Kino, Patagonia, San Pedro |
| Grace's Warbler * | Catalina Hwy, Madera, Cave Creek |
| MacGillivray's Warbler * | Madera, Sabino, Patagonia, San Pedro (generic) |
| Red-faced Warbler * | Catalina Hwy, Madera, Scheelite, Ramsey |
| Painted Redstart * | Catalina Hwy, Madera, Ramsey, Cave Creek |
| Hepatic Tanager * | Catalina Hwy, Madera, Scheelite, Ramsey |
| Western Tanager | Catalina Hwy, Cave Creek |
| Olive Sparrow | Sbal Palm, Santa Ana, Bentsen |
| Green-tailed Towhee * | Sabino, Florida Wash, Patagonia, San Pedro |
| Spotted Towhee | Madera, Cave Creek |
| Canyon Towhee * | Sabino, Florida Wash, Patagonia, San Pedro |
| Abert's Towhee | Patagonia, San Pedro, Cave Creek, Kino |
| Cassin's Sparrow * | Coastal Bend, Rio Grande, grassy areas in AZ |
| Rufous-crowned Sparrow * | Patagonia, Scheelite, Portal, Pena Blanca, Silver Ck |
| Brewer's Sparrow * | Kino, San Pedro, Sulphur Valley |
| Black-throated Sparrow * | Tucson Desert, San Pedro, Portal |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | Sonoita |
| Yellow-eyed Junco * | Catalina Hwy, Cave Creek |
| Black-headed Grosbeak | Madera, Ramsey, Cave Creek Cyns, Desert Museum |
| Lazuli Bunting | Patagonia, San Pedro, Portal |
| Painted Bunting * | Various AZ sites |
| Lark Bunting * | Sweetwater, Sulphur Valley |
| Dickcissel * | Attwater Prairie Chicken, Katy Farmlands |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird | Aransas Pass, Sweetwater Wetlands |
| Bronzed Cowbird | Bentsen, Desert Museum, Madera, Nogales |
| Altamira Oriole | Sabal Palm, Bentsen |
| Hooded Oriole | Sarita, Sabal Palm, Bentsen, Desert Museum, Madera |
| Bullock's Oriole * | Madera, Patagonia, San Pedro, Patagonia |
| Scott's Oriole | Madera, Ramsey, Cave Creek, Sonoita |
| Cassin's Finch * | ? Madera, Ramsey, Cave Creek |
| Pine Siskin | Catalina Hwy |
Louisiana Rt. 190/90 Park
Common Parula
Bald Eagle
Big Thicket
Anahuac NWR
Neotropic Cormorant
American Bittern
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Blue-winged Teal
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Boat-tailed Grackle
High Island
Assorted Eastern Warblers
Brown Thrasher
Rollover Pass
Neotropic Cormorant
Reddish Egret
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
Bolivar Flats
SNOWY PLOVER
WILSON'S PLOVER
White Pelican
Brazos Bend State Park
Neotropic Cormorant
Anhinga
AMERICAN BITTERN
White-faced Ibis
Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Orchard Oriole
Aransas NWR
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Goose Island State Park
Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Inca Dove
(Varied Bunting)
Rockport/Port Bay Club Rd
CASSIN'S SPARROW
Aransas Wastewater Park
Neotropic Cormorant
Eared Grebe
Cinnamon Teal
Blue-winged Teal
11th Street for Ani
GROOVE-BILLED ANI
Botanical Gdns for Ani
Swainson's Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
Groove-billed Ani
Dick Kleburg/Kingsville
Neotropic Cormorant
White-tailed Hawk
(Franklin's Gull)
Cave Swallow
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Green Jay
Curve-billed Thrasher
Lark Sparrow
FM 772 for Ani
White-tailed Hawk
GROOVE-BILLED ANI
Cassin's Sparrow
Sarita Rest Stop
White-tailed Hawk
Hooded Oriole
Brewer's Blackbird
Laguna Atascosa NWR
White-tailed Hawk
Whimbrel
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Groove-billed Ani
BOTTERI'S SPARROW
Cassin's Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
South Padre Island
Reddish Egret
Franklin's Gull
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
Caspian Tern
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
White-tailed Kite
SORA
Brownsville
RED-CROWNED PARROT
GREEN PARAKEET
Tropical Kingbird
Botteri's @ Brownsville
CASSIN'S SPARROW
BOTTERI'S SPARROW
Sabal Palm
LEAST GREBE
Plain Chachalaca
BUFF-BELLIED HUMMINGBIRD
WHITE-TIPPED DOVE
Inca Dove
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Long-billed Thrasher
Greeb Jay
Hooded Oriole
ALTAMIRA ORIOLE
Bronzed Cowbird
OLIVE SPARROW
Brownsville Dump
Chihuahuan Raven
Franklin's Gull
South Padre Island
Reddish Egret
Franklin's Gull
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
Caspian Tern
Franklin's Gull
White-tailed Kite
SORA
Santa Ana NWR
Neotropic Cormorant
Roseate Spoonbill
Swainson's Hawk
Harris's Hawk
Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Plain Chachalaca
Gray Hawk
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Green Kingfisher
Ringed Kingfisher
Northern Beardless Tyrannulet
Hooded Oriole
ALTAMIRA ORIOLE
Bronzed Cowbird
Olive Sparrow
Bentsen State Park
Anhinga
Mississippi Kite
Swainson's Hawk
Harris's Hawk
Plain Chachalaca
HOOK-BILLED KITE
Ringed Kingfisher
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Long-billed Thrasher
Elf Owl
Eastern Screech Owl
Barn Owl
COMMON PAURAQUE
Green Jay
Northern Parula
Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Beardless Tyrannulet
Hooded Oriole
ALTAMIRA ORIOLE
Bronzed Cowbird
Anzalduas State Park
Gray Hawk
Hook-billed Kite
TROPICAL PARULA
McAllen Wastewater Plant
Black-necked Stilt
American Golden Plover
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
White-rumped Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Sparrow Alley
Greater Roadrunner
Curve-billed Thrasher
Scaled Quail
Harris's Hawk
Lark Sparrow
Cassin's Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Chihuahua State Park
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Groove-billed Ani
Long-billed Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
Salineno/Chapeno
MUSCOVY DUCK
RINGED KINGFISHER
Green Kingfisher
Cave Swallow
BROWN JAY
RED-BILLED PIGEON
AUDUBON'S ORIOLE
Altamira Oriole
Falcon Dam & State Park
Neotropic Cormorant
Scaled Quail
Cave Swallow
BROWN JAY
RED-BILLED PIGEON
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Pyrruloxia
Verdin
Hooded Oriole
AUDUBON'S Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Painted Bunting
Zapata/San Ygnacio
WHITE-COLLARED SEEDEATER
Amistad
Green Kingfisher
Scaled Quail
Cactus Wren
Verdin
Black-throated Sparrow
Blue Grosbeak
Seminole Cyn State Park
Zone-tailed Hawk
Green Kingfisher
VARIED BUNTING
Langtry
Green Kingfisher
Scaled Quail
Cactus Wren
Verdin
Black-throated Sparrow
Blue Grosbeak
Big Bend
Gray Hawk
Scaled Quail
Common Poorwill
Whip-poor-will
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Band-tailed Pigeon
Bell's Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Gray Vireo
Phainopepla
COLIMA WARBLER
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Verdin
Bushtit
Cactus Wren
Mexican Jay
Canyon Towhee
Black-headed Grosbeak
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Black-chinned Sparrow
VARIED BUNTING
Scott's Oriole
Bronzed Cowbird
Davis Mts State Park
COMMON BLACK HAWK
MONTEZUMA QUAIL
Cassin's Kingbird
Say's Phoebe
Bushtit
Rock Wren
Bewick's Wren
Hepatic Tanager
Cassin's Sparrow
Madera Canyon (TX)
MOUNTAIN PLOVER
Prairie Falcon
Zone-tailed Hawk
Violet-Green Swallow
Band-tailed Pigeon
Cassin's Kingbird
Hepatic Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Cassin's Sparrow
McKittrick/Guadalupe
Zone-tailed Hawk
Scaled Quail
Plumbous Vireo
GRAY VIREO
Crissal Thrasher
Hepatic Tanager
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Verdin
Bushtit
Cactus Wren
Rock Wren
Mexican Jay
Canyon Towhee
Black-headed Grosbeak
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Black-chinned Sparrow
Scott's Oriole
McNary Reservoir
WESTERN GREBE
CLARK'S GREBE
Cave Swallow
Portal (Desert & Downtown)
Gambel's Quail
Western Screech Owl
Elf Owl
Great Horned Owl
Western Scrub Jay
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
HUMMINGBIRDS
Cactus Wren
Sage Thrasher
Crissal Thrasher
Bendire's Thrasher
Western Wood Pewee
Black Phoebe
Bell's Vireo
Lucy's Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Abert's Towhee
Black-throated Sparrow
Hooded Oriole
Scott's Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Varied Bunting
Lazuli Bunting
Cave Creek
Montezuma Quail
Western Screech Owl
Elf Owl
Great Horned Owl
Acorn Woodpecker
Arizona Woodpecker
ELEGANT TROGON
Greater Pewee
Western Wood Pewee
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Buff-breasted Flycatcher (Rsch Station)
Plumbous Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Mexican Jay
Steller's Jay
Bridled Titmouse
Mexican Chickadee
Virginia's Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Grace's Warbler
Painted Redstart
Hepatic Tanager
Western Tanager
Scott's Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Black-headed Grosbeak
Yellow-eyed Junco
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Lesser Goldfinch
Cave Creek Mountains
Zone-tailed Hawk
Band-tailed Pigeon
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Greater Pewee
Rock Wren
MEXICAN CHICKADEE
Crissal Thrasher
Virginia's Warbler
Olive Warbler
Grace's Warbler
Red-faced Warbler
Hepatic Tanager
Scott's Oriole
Canyon Towhee
Black-headed Grosbeak
YELLOW-EYED JUNCO
Pine Siskin
Black-chinned Sparrow
San Pedro Riparian
Gray Hawk
Gambel's Quail
Gilded Flicker
Green Kingfisher
EMPIDONAX
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Verdin
ABERT'S TOWHEE
GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE
Bullock's Oriole
Lazuli Bunting
Ramsey Canyon
Zone-tailed Hawk
Montezuma Quail
Band-tailed Pigeon
Arizona Woodpecker
Greater Pewee
Western Wood Pewee
Bridled Titmouse
HUMMINGBIRDS
Mexican Jay
Hutton's Vireo
Plumbous Vireo
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Grace's Warbler
Painted Redstart
Hepatic Tanager
Scott's Oriole
Black-headed Grosbeak
Yellow-eyed Junco
Carr Canyon
Montezuma Quail
Band-tailed Pigeon
Western Screech Owl
Whiskered Screech Owl
Arizona Woodpecker
Greater Pewee
Hummingbirds
Mexican Jay
Plumbous Vireo
Cassin's Kingbird
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
BUFF-BREASTED FLYCATCHER
Western Wood Pewee
Grace's Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Olive Warbler
Red-faced Warbler
Painted Redstart
Black-headed Grosbeak
Spotted Towhee
Canyon Towhee
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Miller Canyon
Zone-tailed Hawk
Arizona Woodpecker
Greater Pewee
Western Wood Pewee
HUMMINGBIRDS
Mexican Jay
Hutton's Vireo
Plumbous Vireo
Cassin's Kingbird
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Grace's Warbler
Painted Redstart
Hepatic Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Fort Huachaca
BUFF-BREASTED FLYCATCHER
SPOTTED OWL
Tucson Desert X-roads
Gambel's Quail
Gila Woodpecker
Lesser Nighthawk
Costa's Hummingbird
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Phainopepla
Verdin
Canyon Towhee
Black-throated Sparrow
RUFOUS-WINGED SPARROW
Madera Canyon
Zone-tailed Hawk
Gambel's Quail
Arizona Woodpecker
Crissal Thrasher
Western Screech Owl
Common Poorwill
Buff-collared Nightjar
Lesser Nighthawk
Greater Pewee
Western Wood Pewee
HUMMINGBIRDS
Hutton's Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Plumbous Vireo
Cassin's Kingbird
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Northern Beardless Tyrannulet
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Grace's Warbler
Lucy's Warbler
Painted Redstart
Red-faced Warbler
Hepatic Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Varied Bunting
Yellow-eyed Junco
Black-throated Sparrow
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
RUFOUS-WINGED SPARROW
Tucson Desert Museum
Gila Woodpecker
Red-naped Sapsucker
ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD
COSTA'S HUMMINGBIRD
Verdin
Cactus Wren
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
San Xavier Mission
Eared Grebe (Avra)
Lesser Nighthawk (Avra)
Gila Woodpecker
White-winged Dove
Gilded Flicker
Canyon Towhee
Black-throated Sparrow
Reddington/Sabino Cyns
Gambel's Quail
Gila Woodpecker
Gilded Flicker
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Verdin
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Bell's Vireo
GRAY VIREO (Redington Pass)
MacGillivray's Warbler
Lucy's Warbler
Varied Bunting
Bronzed Cowbird
Catalina Hwy
Zone-tailed Hawk
Band-tailed Pigeon
Arizona Woodpcker
Bushtit
MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE
PYGMY NUTHATCH
Rock Wren
Crissal Thrasher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Greater Pewee
Plumbous Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Olive Warbler
Virginia's Warbler
Grace's Warbler
Red-faced Warbler
Painted Redstart
Hepatic Tanager
Yellow-eyed Junco
Black-chinned Sparrow
RED CROSSBILL
Nogales/Kino
Green Kingfisher
Rock Wren
Tropical Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Bell's Vireo
Lucy's Warbler
Varied Bunting
Bronzed Cowbird
Pena Blanca Lake
Montezuma Quail
Ash-thoated Flycatcher
Mexican Jay
EMPIDONAX sp.
Bridled Titmouse
Bushtit
Bell's Vireo
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Black-headed Grosbeak
Patagonia-Sonoita
GRAY HAWK
Bridled Titmouse
N. Beardless Tyrranulet
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Cassin's Kingbird
Thick-billed Kingbird
Western Kingbird
EMPIDONAX
Vermilion Flycatcher
Bell's Vireo
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Abert's Towhee
Patagonia State Park
Vermilion Flycatcher
GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE
Paton's Feeders
HUMMINGBIRDS
Patagonia Rest Stop
GRAY HAWK
Bridled Titmouse
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Cassin's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
EMPIDONAX
Bell's Vireo
Abert's Towhee
Madera Canyon (lower)
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Verdin
Bell's Vireo
Lucy's Warbler
Black-throated Sparrow
Cave Creek
Acorn Woodpecker
Arizona Woodpecker
Western Wood Pewee
Plumbous Vireo
Mexican Jay
Bridled Titmouse
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Red-faced Warbler
Painted Redstart
Hepatic Tanager
Scott's Oriole
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lost Maples State Park
Attwater Prairie Chicken
DICKCISSEL