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July 25th, 2011
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Zone-tailed Hawk

Zone-tailed-Hawk-Mt-Lemmon-11-0725-29Whilst birding with Allison and Ben Sill on Mt. Lemmon, we encountered this ZONE-TAILED HAWK at the Windy Vista viewpoint. It went on to give us excellent looks for a prolonged period. We all felt very lucky to have seen this majestic birds at such close quarters. […]

July 25th, 2011
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Agua Caliente Park, Mt Lemmon

Cordilleran-Flycatcher-Mt-Lemmon-11-0725-07Summerhaven was very birdy, with BAND-TAILED PIGEON, lots of YELLOW-EYED JUNCOS, WESTERN TANAGER, MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD, several family parties of CORDILLERAN FLYCATCHER, a few VIRGINIA’S WARBLERS, ROCK and HOUSE WRENS feeding young, HERMIT THRUSH, AMERICAN ROBIN and SPOTTED TOWHEE. […]

July 24th, 2011
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Dancing Deer

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July 24th, 2011
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July Workshop: Hummingbird Special 2

Blue-throated-Hummingbird-Ramsey-Canyon-11-0724-05Battiste’s Bed, Breakfast and Birds provided a veritable avian feast, with a male LUCIFER HUMMINGBIRD, a probable ALLEN’S HUMMINGBIRD (I couldn’t tell if it was the same as Tony’s confirmed one), lots of RUFOUS, ANNA’S, BROAD-BILLED and BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRDS and a host of other birds from eye-popping cardinals to the entertaining antics of the resident ACORN WOODPECKERS. […]