Katy Penland
Well-known member
First, a couple of URLs which gives loads of info, including maps, on the areas below that we birded. Following is a list of birds seen at each site. It's a great area to bird, even in the dead of winter.
Good birding!
Katy
http://www.aztrogon.com/AZInfo/Location Details/SEAZ/locations-SE.htm#WWD
Great page for details on some of the areas we birded
http://www.aztrogon.com/AZInfo/litrefs.htm
AZ birding lit references, including comparison of the two most popular birding guides to southeast AZ. Especially helpful for the visiting birder.
Birding southeast AZ with Mary & Nick Freeman
February 14-17, 2003
Also joining us into the trip were Steve Barlow, Steve Sosensky, Becky Clark.
2/14/03
Sweetwater Wetlands
Lease grebe
Pied-billed grebe
Turkey vulture
American wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged teal
Northern shoveler
Northern pintail
Green-winged teal
Ruddy duck
Red-tailed hawk
Gambel's quail
Common moorhen
American coot
Killdeer
Rock dove
Mourning dove
Inca dove
Loggerhead shrike
Verdin
Marsh wren
Curve-billed thrasher
European starling
Abert's towhee
Song sparrow
Lincoln's sparrow
White-crowned sparrow
Red-winged blackbird
Yellow-headed blackbird
Great-tailed grackle
2/15/03
Patagonia Lake State Park, Paton's house, San Rafael Grasslands, the drive to Sierra Vista
Pied-billed grebe
Neotropic cormorant
Double-crested cormorant
Great blue heron
Gadwall
Mallard
Mexican duck (a variant of Mallard)
Bufflehead
Common merganser
Ruddy duck
White-tailed kite
Bald eagle
Northern harrier
Red-tailed hawk
Ferruginous hawk
Golden eagle
American kestrel
Prairie falcon
Sora
Common moorhen
American coot
Wilson's snipe
White-winged dove
Mourning dove
Greater roadrunner
Anna's hummingbird
Acorn woodpecker
Gila woodpecker
Ladder-back woodpecker
Gray flycatcher
Black phoebe
Eastern phoebe
Say's phoebe
Hutton's vireo
Mexican jay
Common raven
Horned lark
Bridled titmouse
Verdin
White-breasted nuthatch
Cactus wren
Bewick's wren
House wren
Ruby-crowned kinglet
Black-capped gnatcatcher
Hermit thrush
Northern mockingbird
Curve-billed thrasher
American pipit
Phainopepla
Yellow-rumped warbler (Audubon's race)
Green-tailed towhee
Abert's towhee
Chipping sparrow
Brewer's sparrow
Vesper sparrow
Lark sparrow
Lark bunting
Savannah sparrow
Grasshopper sparrow
Song sparrow
Lincoln's sparrow
White-crowned sparrow
Chestnut-collared longspur
Northern cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
Lazuli bunting
Red-winged blackbird
Eastern meadowlark
Brewer's blackbird
Great-tailed grackle
House finch
Lesser goldfinch
House sparrow
2/16/03
San Pedro House, Whitewater Draw, Essray Hay Co. fields
Snow goose
Northern harrier
Red-tailed hawk
Ferruginous hawk
Golden eagle
Prairie falcon
Scaled quail
Gambel's quail
Sandhill crane
Killdeer
Least sandpiper
Dowitcher (sp)
Rock dove
White-winged dove
Mourning dove
Greater roadrunner
Barn owl
Great horned owl
Gila woodpecker
Northern flicker (red-shafted)
Vermilion flycatcher
Loggerhead shrike
Mexican jay
Chihuahuan raven
Common raven
Cactus wren
Mountain bluebird
Bendire's thrasher
Crissal thrasher
Phainopepla
Canyon towhee
Abert's towhee
Brewer's sparrow
Vesper sparrow
Savannah sparrow
Red-winged blackbird
House finch
House sparrow
2/17/03
Sulphur Springs Valley, Willcox Ponds, Apache Stn. WA
Eared grebe
Great blue heron
American wigeon
Mexican duck (Mallard variant)
Northern shoveler
Green-winged teal
Lesser scaup
Bufflehead
Common merganser
Ruddy duck
Northern harrier
Sharp-shinned hawk
Harris's hawk
Red-tailed hawk
Ferruginous hawk (inc. 2 dark-morph individuals)
Scaled quail
American coot
Sandhill crane
Killdeer
Wilson's snipe
Rock dove
Eurasian Collared-dove
Mourning dove
Inca dove
Great horned owl
Ladder-back woodpecker
Northern flicker (red-shafted)
Black phoebe
Say's phoebe
Loggerhead shrike
Chihuahuan raven
Common raven
Verdin
Cactus wren
Marsh wren
Mountain bluebird
Northern mockingbird
Bendire's thrasher
Curve-billed thrasher
Crissal thrasher
European starling
Brewer's sparrow
Vesper sparrow
Lark bunting
Song sparrow
White-throated sparrow
White-crowned sparrow
Pyrrhuloxia
Red-winged blackbird
Eastern meadowlark
Western meadowlark
Great-tailed grackle
House finch
House sparrow
Good birding!
Katy
http://www.aztrogon.com/AZInfo/Location Details/SEAZ/locations-SE.htm#WWD
Great page for details on some of the areas we birded
http://www.aztrogon.com/AZInfo/litrefs.htm
AZ birding lit references, including comparison of the two most popular birding guides to southeast AZ. Especially helpful for the visiting birder.
Birding southeast AZ with Mary & Nick Freeman
February 14-17, 2003
Also joining us into the trip were Steve Barlow, Steve Sosensky, Becky Clark.
2/14/03
Sweetwater Wetlands
Lease grebe
Pied-billed grebe
Turkey vulture
American wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged teal
Northern shoveler
Northern pintail
Green-winged teal
Ruddy duck
Red-tailed hawk
Gambel's quail
Common moorhen
American coot
Killdeer
Rock dove
Mourning dove
Inca dove
Loggerhead shrike
Verdin
Marsh wren
Curve-billed thrasher
European starling
Abert's towhee
Song sparrow
Lincoln's sparrow
White-crowned sparrow
Red-winged blackbird
Yellow-headed blackbird
Great-tailed grackle
2/15/03
Patagonia Lake State Park, Paton's house, San Rafael Grasslands, the drive to Sierra Vista
Pied-billed grebe
Neotropic cormorant
Double-crested cormorant
Great blue heron
Gadwall
Mallard
Mexican duck (a variant of Mallard)
Bufflehead
Common merganser
Ruddy duck
White-tailed kite
Bald eagle
Northern harrier
Red-tailed hawk
Ferruginous hawk
Golden eagle
American kestrel
Prairie falcon
Sora
Common moorhen
American coot
Wilson's snipe
White-winged dove
Mourning dove
Greater roadrunner
Anna's hummingbird
Acorn woodpecker
Gila woodpecker
Ladder-back woodpecker
Gray flycatcher
Black phoebe
Eastern phoebe
Say's phoebe
Hutton's vireo
Mexican jay
Common raven
Horned lark
Bridled titmouse
Verdin
White-breasted nuthatch
Cactus wren
Bewick's wren
House wren
Ruby-crowned kinglet
Black-capped gnatcatcher
Hermit thrush
Northern mockingbird
Curve-billed thrasher
American pipit
Phainopepla
Yellow-rumped warbler (Audubon's race)
Green-tailed towhee
Abert's towhee
Chipping sparrow
Brewer's sparrow
Vesper sparrow
Lark sparrow
Lark bunting
Savannah sparrow
Grasshopper sparrow
Song sparrow
Lincoln's sparrow
White-crowned sparrow
Chestnut-collared longspur
Northern cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
Lazuli bunting
Red-winged blackbird
Eastern meadowlark
Brewer's blackbird
Great-tailed grackle
House finch
Lesser goldfinch
House sparrow
2/16/03
San Pedro House, Whitewater Draw, Essray Hay Co. fields
Snow goose
Northern harrier
Red-tailed hawk
Ferruginous hawk
Golden eagle
Prairie falcon
Scaled quail
Gambel's quail
Sandhill crane
Killdeer
Least sandpiper
Dowitcher (sp)
Rock dove
White-winged dove
Mourning dove
Greater roadrunner
Barn owl
Great horned owl
Gila woodpecker
Northern flicker (red-shafted)
Vermilion flycatcher
Loggerhead shrike
Mexican jay
Chihuahuan raven
Common raven
Cactus wren
Mountain bluebird
Bendire's thrasher
Crissal thrasher
Phainopepla
Canyon towhee
Abert's towhee
Brewer's sparrow
Vesper sparrow
Savannah sparrow
Red-winged blackbird
House finch
House sparrow
2/17/03
Sulphur Springs Valley, Willcox Ponds, Apache Stn. WA
Eared grebe
Great blue heron
American wigeon
Mexican duck (Mallard variant)
Northern shoveler
Green-winged teal
Lesser scaup
Bufflehead
Common merganser
Ruddy duck
Northern harrier
Sharp-shinned hawk
Harris's hawk
Red-tailed hawk
Ferruginous hawk (inc. 2 dark-morph individuals)
Scaled quail
American coot
Sandhill crane
Killdeer
Wilson's snipe
Rock dove
Eurasian Collared-dove
Mourning dove
Inca dove
Great horned owl
Ladder-back woodpecker
Northern flicker (red-shafted)
Black phoebe
Say's phoebe
Loggerhead shrike
Chihuahuan raven
Common raven
Verdin
Cactus wren
Marsh wren
Mountain bluebird
Northern mockingbird
Bendire's thrasher
Curve-billed thrasher
Crissal thrasher
European starling
Brewer's sparrow
Vesper sparrow
Lark bunting
Song sparrow
White-throated sparrow
White-crowned sparrow
Pyrrhuloxia
Red-winged blackbird
Eastern meadowlark
Western meadowlark
Great-tailed grackle
House finch
House sparrow
