Arizona Birder's Photo Gallery

Ash Canyon B&B Album
In this album are photos taken during visits to Ash Canyon Bed and Breakfast. Ash Canyon Bed and Breakfast is in Ash Canyon (Turkey Track Road) just south of Sierra Vista off of Highway 92. The home page for the B&B is: http://www.ashcanyonbandb.com/index.html Ash Canyon B&B is extremely easy to get to and offers excellent birding - especially for anyone looking for hummingbirds. Mary Jo Ballator is the owner of Ash Canyon B&B, she has the gates open to her yard from sun-up to sun-down on a daily basis. Her yard is truly an oasis in our desert. All photos on this and the following pages were taken with a Canon 20D using a Canon 100-400mm IS Lens.

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I visited Larry on the 18th and 20th of April. I was able to get a nice amount of our springtime birds. On the 10th of October in 2007 I paid my first visit to a new friends place. Larry lives less than a mile from me (as the crow flies). He has spent an enormous amount of time and energy making an oasis in his backyard. Larry has installed a large pond with a small river leading to it. He has planted trees, and shrubs to attract a wide variety of birds. I felt I was in a different different habitat while at his house. I was mainly concerned with getting views and pictures of two different birds on this afternoon - the Lawrence's Goldfinch and Lazuli Bunting. With Larry's generous help I succeeded in both areas.

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The pictures in this album were taken in Patagonia, Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, or Patagonia State park. All are located in Southeastern Arizona. Patagonia is home to the Paton's a great family that has opened their home up to hummingbird lovers for a number of years.

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The files in this album are from various places along and near the San Pedro River area in Sierra Vista, Arizona.

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Beatty's Orchard Album
In this album are photos taken during visits to Beatty's Orchard. Beatty's Orchard is located south of Sierra Vista in the Huachuca Mountains. Beatty's Orchard is in Miller Canyon, there are many days throughout the hummingbird migration seasons that up to 14 varieties of hummingbirds are found at Beatty's. Beatty's is extremely easy to get to and offers excellent birding - especially for anyone looking for hummingbirds.

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These photos were taken at Madera Canyon, south of Tucson, Arizona. All of the pictures, so far, were taken on May 4, 2007. I was in search of a new life bird - the Flame-colored Tanager. Not only did I get to see it, I also saw a number of other birds some of them life birds.

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In this album you will see pictures taken in Ft. Huachuca, Arizona. Currently there are files from the Garden Canyon Area and the Huachuca Canyon Area. Hope you enjoy them.

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This album contains pictures taken at the Ramsey Canyon Nature Preserve located a couple of miles southeast of Sierra Vista, Arizona. Ramsey is known for the amount of hummingbirds which migrate through or stay duing the spring and summer season.

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The pictures in this album were taken at the Whitewater Draw Wildlife area. This wildlife area is a small lake in the Sulpher Springs valley area of Southeastern Arizona. It's a fairly quiet area in the summer, but in the fall and spring it's teaming with a variety of birds. The Sandhill crane overwinters in this area.

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The birds in this album are all visitors to my yard. I have 2 acres of field fenced land, surrounded by another 35 acres.

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Boyce Thompson is located near the town of Superior, Arizona, outside of Phoenix. I went up on March 20, 2008 specifically to find a hybrid hummingbird. The weather and time of day wasn't the best for photography, but I did manage some pictures of the hybrid, some other hummingbirds, and some interesting plants. If anyone can ID the unknown hummingbirds please let me know.

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I was lucky to take a birding trip with Rick Wright during the Southwest Wings Birding Festival in August of 2007. Rick is an excellent guide and extremely knowledgeable not only with birds but also mammals of this area. Rick's web site is here: Aimophila Adventures
Unfortunately, rain (well floods really) prohibited us from finding our elusive bird (Five-striped Sparrow), but we had a great time nonetheless. I will also admit that the photos in this album are not up to my normal standard. However, I wanted a memory of the trip, so here they are.

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The pictures in this area were taken during a trip to Washington State, specifically the Puget Sound and San Juan Islands, June 25 - July 2, 2007. There are a lot of eagle photos, some of other birds I saw, and photos from a whale watching tour.

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My sister, Margaret, and took a small detour to Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge in Las Vegas, New Mexico on our way home to Texas. The birds in this album are from that side-trip.

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I don't do a lot of birding when I visit my family back in Texas. This year I got out 3 times and was lucky to get a few decent shots.

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