10,000 Birds
AUGUST 18, 2021
But even I have heard of how exciting southeast Arizona is for American birders. Southeastern Arizona is unusual, precisely because its species mix is as much Mexican as it is American. But it can only be found as a vagrant in Arizona. These are all summer-only in Arizona.) Consider the striking Berylline Hummingbird.
10,000 Birds
JULY 9, 2019
Last week, a good friend, Dan Weisz gave me a tip on the location of a family of Burrowing Owls that were extremely easy to access. I can’t begin to tell you how much fun I had sitting and watching the antics of this family of Burrowing Owls. Sneaking down the slimy bank carefully… Umm cool water on a pretty hot Arizona day!
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 16, 2012
Many of us in North America are facing the imminent departure of “our” hummingbirds for the next few months, though across the Gulf Coastal Plain, a few western hummingbirds are staking out winter homes, and hardy Anna’s Hummingbirds will do just fine along the Pacific Coast and in Arizona all winter long.
10,000 Birds
MAY 24, 2020
Trogons and quetzals are an ancient, colorful bird family that occurs in forests and other wooded habitats from the American tropics to Africa to Southeast Asia. Southeast Arizona Sky Island Spring Sampler. Want to see Painted Bunting on a Naturalist Journeys tour?: South Florida: Everglades & More. Elegant Trogon by Homer Gardin.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
It’s a well-known fact that southeast Arizona in summer is awesome. My first birding trip ever was to Arizona. I managed to get some video of this greedy thrasher before a family walked down the path, and you can view it here. It was time to drive south and up, to the Sky Islands of southeast Arizona.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 14, 2014
Many Neotropical families and genera have some of their northernmost members here, such as the spinetails ( Rufous-breasted Spinetail ), Tangara tanagers ( Azure-rumped Tanager ), and guans ( Horned Guan ). Along the highway journey, the habitat shifted radically from wet evergreen forest to dry pinelands reminiscent of parts of Arizona.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
It is worth pointing out that titmice belong to the family Paridae , an expansive international clan made up primarily of what we call “chickadees” in the states but are known as “t**s” in the Old World. This bird ranges from southeastern Arizona down through interior Mexico.
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