March Journal
 
 		Stuart Healy
Species recorded - March, 2006 		bottom of page
 

DO NOT USE THIS LIST TO GENERATE A LIST OF TARGET BIRDS.
Please use the appropriate SE AZ monthly checklists for that purpose.

272 species recorded from March 1 to March 31, 2006 (22 birding days in 2 states)

Location Species Seen Birding Days
Arizona 192 14
California 188 8

272 species recorded
22 birding days in 2 states		 A
Z		 C
A		 29 species photographed, 33 total images
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LOONS (2)      
Pacific Loon   x  
Common Loon   x  
GREBES (4)      
Pied-billed Grebe x x  
Horned Grebe   x  
Eared Grebe x x  
Western Grebe   x  
PELICANS (2)      
American White Pelican   x  
Brown Pelican   x  
CORMORANTS (4)      
Double-crested Cormorant x x  
Neotropic Cormorant x    
Brandt's Cormorant   x  
Pelagic Cormorant   x  
HERONS, EGRETS AND BITTERNS (6)      
Great Blue Heron x x  
Great Egret x x  
Snowy Egret   x  
Cattle Egret   x  
Green Heron x x  
Black-crowned Night-Heron   x  
IBIS (1)      
White-faced Ibis x x  
DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS (24)      
Snow Goose x    
Ross's Goose x    
Canada Goose   x  
Cackling Goose   x CACG20060322CA  
Brant   x BRAN20060323CA  
American Wigeon x x  
Gadwall x x  
Green-winged Teal x x  
Mallard x x  
Northern Pintail x x  
Blue-winged Teal   x  
Cinnamon Teal x x  
Northern Shoveler x x  
Canvasback x    
Redhead x    
Ring-necked Duck x x  
Greater Scaup x    
Lesser Scaup x x  
Surf Scoter   x  
Bufflehead   x  
Hooded Merganser x    
Red-breasted Merganser   x  
Common Merganser x x COME20060323CA  
Ruddy Duck x x  
NEW WORLD VULTURES (2)      
Black Vulture x    
Turkey Vulture x x  
OSPREY (1)      
Osprey x x  
HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES (10)      
White-tailed Kite   x WTKI20060320CA-IMM  
Northern Harrier x x  
Sharp-shinned Hawk x x  
Cooper's Hawk x x  
Gray Hawk x    
Red-shouldered Hawk   x  
Swainson's Hawk x    
Red-tailed Hawk x x  
Ferruginous Hawk x    
Golden Eagle x x  
FALCONS (3)      
American Kestrel x x  
Merlin x x  
Peregrine Falcon x x  
NEW WORLD QUAIL (4)      
Mountain Quail   x  
Scaled Quail x    
California Quail   x  
Gambel's Quail x    
CRANES (1)      
Sandhill Crane x    
RAILS AND COOTS (4)      
Clapper Rail   x  
Sora x    
Common Moorhen x x  
American Coot x x  
OYSTERCATCHERS (1)      
Black Oystercatcher   x BLOY20060318CA  
AVOCETS AND STILTS (2)      
Black-necked Stilt   x  
American Avocet x x  
PLOVERS (5)      
Pacific Golden-Plover   x  
Black-bellied Plover   x BBPL20060318CA  
Semipalmated Plover   x  
Killdeer x x  
Mountain Plover x    
SANDPIPERS (15)      
Wilson's Snipe x    
Long-billed Dowitcher x x  
Marbled Godwit   x  
Whimbrel   x  
Long-billed Curlew x x  
Greater Yellowlegs x x  
Spotted Sandpiper x x  
Willet   x WILL20060318CA  
Ruddy Turnstone   x RUTU20060318CA  
Black Turnstone   x BLTU20060318CA  
Surfbird   x SURF20060318CA  
Red Knot   x  
Sanderling   x  
Western Sandpiper   x  
Least Sandpiper x x  
GULLS (6)      
Heermann's Gull   x  
Ring-billed Gull x x  
California Gull   x  
Western Gull   x WEGU20060318CA-1W  
Yellow-footed Gull   x  
American Herring Gull   x  
TERNS (5)      
Gull-billed Tern   x  
Caspian Tern   x  
Elegant Tern   x  
Royal Tern   x  
Forster's Tern   x  
SKIMMERS (1)      
Black Skimmer   x  
AUKS, MURRES AND PUFFINS (1)      
Pigeon Guillemot   x  
PIGEONS AND DOVES (8)      
Rock Pigeon x x  
Band-tailed Pigeon   x  
Eurasian Collared-Dove x x  
Spotted Dove   x SPDO20060324CA  
Mourning Dove x x  
White-winged Dove x    
Ruddy Ground-Dove x    
Inca Dove x x  
CUCKOOS (1)      
Greater Roadrunner x x  
BARN-OWLS (1)      
Barn Owl x    
OWLS (5)      
Great Horned Owl x    
Spotted Owl x    
Northern Pygmy-Owl x    
Burrowing Owl   x BUOW20060317CA  
Northern Long-eared Owl x   NLEO20060309AZ  
SWIFTS (1)      
White-throated Swift x x  
HUMMINGBIRDS (10)      
Broad-billed Hummingbird x    
Violet-crowned Hummingbird x    
Magnificent Hummingbird x    
Black-chinned Hummingbird x x  
Anna's Hummingbird x x  
Costa's Hummingbird x    
Calliope Hummingbird x    
Broad-tailed Hummingbird x    
Rufous Hummingbird x x  
Allen's Hummingbird   x ALHU20060318CA   ALHU20060320CA  
TROGONS (1)      
Elegant Trogon x   ELTR20060313AZ  
KINGFISHERS (1)      
Belted Kingfisher x x  
WOODPECKERS (12)      
Acorn Woodpecker x x  
Gila Woodpecker x    
Red-naped Sapsucker x x  
Red-breasted Sapsucker   x RBSA20060324CA  
Ladder-backed Woodpecker x x  
Nuttall's Woodpecker   x NUWO20060322CA  
Downy Woodpecker   x  
Hairy Woodpecker x x  
Arizona Woodpecker x    
White-headed Woodpecker   x  
Northern Flicker x x  
Gilded Flicker x    
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS (11)      
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet x    
Hammond's Flycatcher x    
Gray Flycatcher x    
Dusky Flycatcher x    
Pacific-slope Flycatcher   x  
Black Phoebe x x BLPH20060318CA-F  
Say's Phoebe x x  
Vermilion Flycatcher x   VEFL20060313AZ-F  
Ash-throated Flycatcher x    
Cassin's Kingbird x x  
Western Kingbird x x  
LARKS (1)      
Horned Lark x x  
SWALLOWS (5)      
Tree Swallow x x  
Violet-green Swallow x x  
Northern Rough-winged Swallow x x NRWS20060313AZ  
Cliff Swallow x x  
Barn Swallow x x  
WAGTAILS AND PIPITS (1)      
American Pipit x x  
KINGLETS (2)      
Golden-crowned Kinglet x    
Ruby-crowned Kinglet x x  
SILKY-FLYCATCHERS (1)      
Phainopepla x x  
WAXWINGS (1)      
Cedar Waxwing x x  
WRENS (6)      
Cactus Wren x    
Rock Wren x x  
Canyon Wren x x  
Bewick's Wren x x  
House Wren x x  
Marsh Wren x x  
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS (6)      
Northern Mockingbird x x  
Sage Thrasher x    
Bendire's Thrasher x    
Curve-billed Thrasher x    
California Thrasher   x CATH20060320CA  
Crissal Thrasher x    
THRUSHES (4)      
Western Bluebird   x  
Townsend's Solitaire x    
Hermit Thrush x x  
American Robin x x  
OLD WORLD WARBLERS (1)      
Wrentit   x WREN20060323CA  
GNATCATCHERS (4)      
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher x    
California Gnatcatcher   x CAGN20060318CA   CAGN20060318CA-2   CAGN20060318CA-3  
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher x x  
Black-capped Gnatcatcher x    
LONG-TAILED TITS (1)      
Bushtit x x  
CHICKADEES AND TITS (6)      
Mountain Chickadee   x  
Mexican Chickadee x    
Chestnut-backed Chickadee   x  
Bridled Titmouse x    
Oak Titmouse   x  
Juniper Titmouse x    
NUTHATCHES (3)      
Pygmy Nuthatch x x  
Red-breasted Nuthatch x    
White-breasted Nuthatch x x  
CREEPERS (1)      
Brown Creeper x    
PENDULINE TITS (1)      
Verdin x x  
SHRIKES (1)      
Loggerhead Shrike x    
CROWS AND JAYS (8)      
Steller's Jay x x  
Island Scrub-Jay   x ISSJ20060319CA  
Western Scrub-Jay x x  
Mexican Jay x    
Yellow-billed Magpie   x YBMA20060322CA  
American Crow   x  
Chihuahuan Raven x    
Common Raven x x  
STARLINGS (1)      
European Starling x x  
OLD WORLD SPARROWS (1)      
House Sparrow x x  
VIREOS (2)      
Cassin's Vireo x    
Hutton's Vireo x x  
FINCHES, SISKINS, CROSSBILLS (7)      
Cassin's Finch   x  
Purple Finch   x  
House Finch x x  
Red Crossbill   x  
Pine Siskin x    
Lesser Goldfinch x x  
American Goldfinch   x  
OLIVE WARBLER (1)      
Olive Warbler x    
WOOD WARBLERS (13)      
Orange-crowned Warbler x x  
Nashville Warbler   x  
Lucy's Warbler x x  
Yellow Warbler x    
Yellow-rumped Warbler x x  
Black-throated Gray Warbler x    
Townsend's Warbler   x  
American Redstart   x  
Louisiana Waterthrush x    
Common Yellowthroat x x  
Wilson's Warbler x x  
Painted Redstart x    
Rufous-capped Warbler x    
TANAGERS (1)      
Western Tanager   x  
SPARROWS, TOWHEES, JUNCOS (24)      
Green-tailed Towhee x    
Spotted Towhee x x  
California Towhee   x CALT20060318CA  
Canyon Towhee x    
Abert's Towhee x x  
Rufous-crowned Sparrow x    
Rufous-winged Sparrow x    
Chipping Sparrow x x  
Brewer's Sparrow x    
Black-chinned Sparrow x    
Vesper Sparrow x    
Lark Sparrow x    
Black-throated Sparrow x    
Lark Bunting x    
Savannah Sparrow x x  
Fox Sparrow x x  
Song Sparrow x x SOSP20060318CA  
Lincoln's Sparrow x x  
Swamp Sparrow x    
White-crowned Sparrow x x  
Golden-crowned Sparrow   x  
Dark-eyed Junco x x  
Yellow-eyed Junco x    
Chestnut-collared Longspur x    
CARDINALS AND ALLIES (3)      
Northern Cardinal x    
Pyrrhuloxia x    
Lazuli Bunting x    
BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, GRACKLES, ETC. (11)      
Red-winged Blackbird x x  
Tricolored Blackbird   x TRBL20060320CA   TRBL20060320CA-2  
Eastern Meadowlark x    
Western Meadowlark x x  
Yellow-headed Blackbird x    
Brewer's Blackbird x x  
Great-tailed Grackle x x  
Brown-headed Cowbird x x  
Hooded Oriole   x  
Bullock's Oriole x x  
Scott's Oriole x    
272 species recorded
22 birding days in 2 states		 A
Z		 C
A		 29 species photographed, 33 total images
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March Journal
 Stuart Healy
Species recorded - March, 2006
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