Birding Blog Archives

November 29th, 2014
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New Yard Bird, #95

I just had my first new yard bird since the spring, a fine LARK BUNTING which popped up on the wall for a couple of minutes and dropped down to feed by the flower border. It’s always nice to get a new yard bird, but especially satisfying to have one actually inside the walled portion of the yard, and not just a distant flyover. Lark Bunting […]

November 25th, 2014
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Patagonia Lake, Las Cienegas

Great day of birding around Patagonia and Sonoita, with 68 species. Burrowing Owl […]

November 25th, 2014
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Winter Wren, White-throated Sparrow, Brown Pelican

A very pleasant day birding in Santa Cruz and Cochise counties, with 90 species. Winter Wren © Leslie DeGrassi […]

November 18th, 2014
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White-winged Scoters, Tropical Kingbird

As reported, the two first-winter WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were showing well at Lake Cochise, Willcox, this afternoon, along with the exceptionally late TROPICAL KINGBIRD (first November record? And how often do Tropical Kingbird and White-winged Scoter meet?) White-winged Scoters […]