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Stuart Healy - Birdfinders Tour
July 27 - August 10, 2001

SE AZ, White Mountains, Flagstaff, Grand Canyon, Phoenix

Itinerary Summary (see journal for trip details)

Day 1: Friday, July 27, night in Mesa; Day List 2

Day 2: Saturday, July, 28, night in Tucson; Day List 59, Trip List 59
Winkleman, Aravaipa Canyon, Sweetwater Wetlands

Day 3: Sunday, July 29, night in Tucson; Day List 71, Trip List 92
San Xavier Mission, Tucson Mountain Park, Avra Valley WWTP, Santa Catalina Mountains

Day 4: Monday, July 30, night in Nogales; Day List 79, Trip List 122
Santa Rita Mountains, Kino Springs

Day 5: Tuesday, July 31, night in Nogales; Day List 64, Trip List 130
California Gulch, Pajarito Mountains, Peña Blanca Lake

Day 6: Wednesday, August 1, night in Sierra Vista; Day List 87, Trip List 151
Patagonia Area: Lake, Roadside Rest, Paton's Yard, Harshaw Canyon, Huachuca Mountains: Miller & Carr Canyons.

Day 7: Thursday, August 2, night in Sierra Vista; Day List 63, Trip List 166
Huachuca Mountains: Carr, Garden & Scheelite Canyons, Sierra Vista: Moson Road

Day 8: Friday, August 3, night in Sierra Vista; Day List 52, Trip List 171
Whetstone Mountains: French Joe Canyon, Huachuca Mountains: Ramsey & Miller Canyons

Day 9: Saturday, August 4, night in Willcox; Day List 81, Trip List 187
Sulphur Springs Valley, Chiricahua Mountains

Day 10: Sunday, August 5, night in Springerville; Day List 74, Trip List 205
Willcox ponds, White Mountains: Luna Lake, Nutrioso

Day 11: Monday, August 6, night in Springerville; Day List 68, Trip List 222
White Mountains: Green's Peak, Greer Area, Nelson Reservoir, Nutrioso Area

Day 12: Tuesday, August 7, night in Flagstaff; Day List 82, Trip List 235
White Mountains: Sunrise Lake & Campground, Sheep's Crossing, Crescent Lake, Becker Lake, Petrified Forest National Park.

Day 13: Wednesday, August 8, night in Flagstaff; Day List 49, Trip List 238
Grand Canyon National Park, San Francisco Mountains

Day 14: Thursday, August 9, night in Phoenix; Day List 79, Trip List 247
Slate Creek Divide, Roosevelt Lake, Gilbert Wildlife Area

Day 15: Friday, August 10, return flight

247 Trip Species (listed in Clements' order).  I also saw an Indigo Bunting in California Gulch that didn't meet the requirements for the official trip list (all species must be seen by at least two people, including one participant).

GREBES
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
CORMORANTS
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
PELICANS
American White Pelican
DUCKS AND GEESE
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Ruddy Duck
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Common Merganser
HERONS, EGRETS AND BITTERNS
Snowy Egret
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Least Bittern
IBIS
White-faced Ibis
NEW WORLD VULTURES
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
OSPREY
Osprey
HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES
Mississippi Kite
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Common Black-Hawk
Harris's Hawk
Gray Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle
FALCONS
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
GROUSE AND TURKEYS
Blue Grouse
WOOD-PARTRIDGES
Scaled Quail
Gambel's Quail
RAILS AND COOTS
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Moorhen
American Coot
CRANES
Sandhill Crane
SANDPIPERS
Long-billed Curlew
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
AVOCETS AND STILTS
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
PLOVERS
Killdeer
GULLS AND TERNS
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Laughing Gull
Elegant Tern
PIGEONS AND DOVES
Rock Dove
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
White-winged Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground-Dove
NEW WORLD CUCKOOS
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
GROUND-CUCKOOS 
Greater Roadrunner
BARN-OWLS
Barn Owl
OWLS
Western Screech-Owl
Whiskered Screech-Owl
Spotted Owl
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Burrowing Owl
NIGHTJARS
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
SWIFTS
White-throated Swift
HUMMINGBIRDS
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Berylline Hummingbird
Violet-crowned Hummingbird
Blue-throated Hummingbird
Magnificent Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
TROGONS
Elegant Trogon
KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher
WOODPECKERS
Lewis's Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
Gila Woodpecker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Williamson's Sapsucker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Arizona Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Gilded Flicker
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Greater Pewee
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Buff-breasted Flycatcher
Say's Phoebe
Black Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Thick-billed Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
CROWS AND JAYS
Pinyon Jay
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
Mexican Jay
Gray Jay
Clark's Nutcracker
American Crow
Chihuahuan Raven
Common Raven
VIREOS 
Bell's Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Gray Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Warbling Vireo
SHRIKES
Loggerhead Shrike
SILKY-FLYCATCHERS
Phainopepla
DIPPER
American Dipper
THRUSHES
Eastern Bluebird
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS
Northern Mockingbird
Bendire's Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
Crissal Thrasher
STARLINGS
European Starling
NUTHATCHES
Pygmy Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
CREEPERS
Brown Creeper
WREN
Cactus Wren
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
GNATCATCHERS
Verdin
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
LONG-TAILED TITS
Bushtit
SWALLOWS
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Purple Martin
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
KINGLETS
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
CHICKADEES, TITS
Mountain Chickadee
Mexican Chickadee
Bridled Titmouse
Juniper Titmouse
LARKS
Horned Lark 
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow
SISKINS, CROSSBILLS AND ALLIES
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
Cassin's Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
NEW WORLD WARBLERS
Olive Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Virginia's Warbler
Lucy's Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Grace's Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Red-faced Warbler
Painted Redstart
Rufous-capped Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
BUNTINGS, SPARROWS, TANAGERS, ALLIES
Lark Bunting
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Yellow-eyed Junco
Savannah Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Black-chinned Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Five-striped Sparrow
Botteri's Sparrow
Cassin's Sparrow
Rufous-winged Sparrow
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Canyon Towhee
Abert's Towhee
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Northern Cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Varied Bunting
BLACKBIRDS, GRACKLES, ORIOLES
Hooded Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Scott's Oriole
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Great-tailed Grackle
Brewer's Blackbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird

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Stuart Healy - Birdfinders Tour
July 27 - August 10, 2001

SE AZ, White Mountains, Flagstaff, Grand Canyon, Phoenix