Trip Log
 
Species recorded on Birdfinders AZ Tour
SE AZ, White Mountains, Flagstaff, Grand Canyon, Phoenix
Stuart Healy with Birdfinders, UK tour participants, July 27-August 10, 2001
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249 species recorded (official group total was 247) from July 27 to August 9, 2001 (14 birding days)
See itinerary after species list.

249 species recorded
14 birding days
DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL (14)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
NEW WORLD QUAIL (2)
Scaled Quail
Gambel's Quail
PHEASANTS, GROUSE, AND ALLIES (1)
Dusky Grouse
GREBES (4)
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
PELICANS (1)
American White Pelican
CORMORANTS AND SHAGS (2)
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS (6)
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
IBISES AND SPOONBILLS (1)
White-faced Ibis
NEW WORLD VULTURES (2)
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
OSPREY (1)
Osprey
HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES (12)
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 (2)
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS (4)
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Moorhen
American Coot
CRANES (1)
Sandhill Crane
PLOVERS (1)
Killdeer
STILTS AND AVOCETS (2)
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES (9)
Spotted Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Long-billed Curlew
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS (4)
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Elegant Tern
PIGEONS AND DOVES (7)
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground-Dove
CUCKOOS (2)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner
BARN-OWLS (1)
Barn Owl
OWLS (5)
Western Screech-Owl
Whiskered Screech-Owl
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Burrowing Owl
Spotted Owl
NIGHTJARS AND ALLIES (3)
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
SWIFTS (1)
White-throated Swift
HUMMINGBIRDS (10)
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 (1)
Elegant Trogon
KINGFISHERS (1)
Belted Kingfisher
WOODPECKERS (11)
Lewis's Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
Gila Woodpecker
Williamson's Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Arizona Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Gilded Flicker
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS (20)
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Greater Pewee
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Buff-breasted Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Thick-billed Kingbird
Western Kingbird
SHRIKES (1)
Loggerhead Shrike
VIREOS (5)
Bell's Vireo
Gray Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES (9)
Gray Jay
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
Mexican Jay
Pinyon Jay
Clark's Nutcracker
American Crow
Chihuahuan Raven
Common Raven
LARKS (1)
Horned Lark
SWALLOWS (7)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
CHICKADEES AND TITS (4)
Mountain Chickadee
Mexican Chickadee
Bridled Titmouse
Juniper Titmouse
PENDULINE TITS (1)
Verdin
LONG-TAILED TITS (1)
Bushtit
NUTHATCHES (3)
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
CREEPERS (1)
Brown Creeper
WRENS (5)
Cactus Wren
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
GNATCATCHERS (2)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
DIPPERS (1)
American Dipper
KINGLETS (2)
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
THRUSHES AND ALLIES (6)
Eastern Bluebird
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS (4)
Northern Mockingbird
Bendire's Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
Crissal Thrasher
STARLINGS (1)
European Starling
SILKY-FLYCATCHERS (1)
Phainopepla
OLIVE WARBLER (1)
Olive Warbler
NEW WORLD WARBLERS (14)
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 AND ALLIES (21)
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Canyon Towhee
Abert's Towhee
Rufous-winged Sparrow
Cassin's Sparrow
Botteri's Sparrow
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Five-striped Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Black-chinned Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Yellow-eyed Junco
CARDINALS AND ALLIES (10)
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Western Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Varied Bunting
TROUPIALS AND ALLIES (11)
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Hooded Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Scott's Oriole
SISKINS, CROSSBILLS, AND ALLIES (5)
Cassin's Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
OLD WORLD SPARROWS (1)
House Sparrow
249 species recorded
14 birding days

Itinerary Summary

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, Peņa 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

 

Trip Log
Species recorded on Birdfinders AZ Tour
SE AZ, White Mountains, Flagstaff, Grand Canyon, Phoenix
Stuart Healy with Birdfinders, UK tour participants, July 27-August 10, 2001

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