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MAY 8, 2019

In my continuing tour of the many sites for birding here in the Tucson, Arizona area, I have run across the Sam Lena Park, and athletic complex. The post Sam Lena Park, Tucson, Arizona appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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DECEMBER 12, 2018

Things had just started to settle down a bit, now that we had parked the RV in Tucson. We left Tucson on Monday, and drove to Alpine, Texas for our first night. We made several stops along the way, hoping our eBird research would give us local hotspots that might turn up a few gems. Now the pressure was on.

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Texas Tucson San Antonio Owls 185

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AUGUST 18, 2021

You fly to Phoenix, or Tucson, rent a car (or ride a bike cross-country, if you are Noah Strycker), drive to the tiny towns of Patagonia and Sierra Vista, and voila! A quick study as I researched this post revealed that fully 37 Arizonan “specialties” are common birds right here where I live.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

We have escaped the clutches of the Bahamas, and are finally back “home” in Tucson, Texas. When I was doing some very quick, last minute research on the area, a photo of the beautiful Pied-imperial Pigeon popped up on one of the eBird.org pages. The Little Big Year species – 1291. eBird Submissions – 429. Bahamas Species – 58.

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Bahamas Costa Rica Abandon Abandoning 176

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OCTOBER 24, 2018

Most of the time, I know enough about an area, or have done some research into what is found there, that I am pleasantly surprised at best. We are now headed to Tucson, Arizona, where we will park the 5th wheel for an extended amount of time, possibly as long as March 1st.

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New Mexico Mexico Tucson Costa Rica 113

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

My goal was Lucifer Hummingbird , but I didn’t do enough research to know that the best time to see the hummingbird is in the early evening. I met the group in Tucson and we spend the next week birding the hell out of the Sky Islands. I had two days in the Ramsey Canyon area, and I focused on life birds.

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Arizona Lovebirds Phoenix New Jersey 124