Birding Blog Archives

May 3rd, 2016
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Peña Blanca Canyon, Kino Springs, Patagonia

A great day in Santa Cruz County with an impressive 100 species and lots of cool sightings. Montezuma Quail […]

April 28th, 2016
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Another SE Arizona Big Day

Last April I went out with David Chapman to do a ‘big day’, seeing and hearing as many species as possible in one day. We ended on 144 species, which was pretty good. Could we beat it this year? The weather forecast said no – it was going to be very windy, especially in the afternoon. Undeterred, we went for it anyway… Rufous-capped Warbler Elegant Trogon Whiskered Screech-Owl […]

April 12th, 2016
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Peña Blanca Canyon, Kino Springs

A fantastic day of birding in Santa Cruz County at two great sites, with 80 bird species, a couple more super mammal sightings, and really good company. Elegant Trogon […]

July 24th, 2015
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Rufous-capped Warbler, Black-capped Gnatcatcher, Montezuma Quail, Thick-billed Kingbird and Elegant Trogon

A really great day of birding in mostly Santa Cruz County, with an impressive 85 species, including many fabulous SE Arizona specialty birds. Thick-billed Kingbird […]