Mr G.Finch
Well-known member
Hi,
My wife and I will be visiting Arizona for 12 days from 27th March-7 April 2015. The holiday will be a mixture of sightseeing and birding with 6 days in Flagstaff and 5 days in Tucson.
The majority of the time in Flagstaff will be taken up with trips to Monument Valley and the Grand Canyon although there will be 1 or 2 days free to try and get some birding done.
In Tucson I am hoping to get the most birding done as this part of our holiday will be at leisure.
A few points to note:-
To keep costs down and lack of experience driving abroad I won't have a car for this trip, I realize that a lot of the best birding spots will be inaccessible due to this.
This will be our first birding trip in USA, so all birds we see will be life ticks
Would pay for a guided tour for a day or a few hours if possible.
A few target species would include Greater Roadrunner, Gambel's Quail, Oriole spp, Tanager spp, Hummingbird spp, Mountain Chickadee
Any help or advice on what birds I can expect to see at this time of year and any birding spots that are central to Flagstaff and Tucson would be most helpful
Thanks in advance
My wife and I will be visiting Arizona for 12 days from 27th March-7 April 2015. The holiday will be a mixture of sightseeing and birding with 6 days in Flagstaff and 5 days in Tucson.
The majority of the time in Flagstaff will be taken up with trips to Monument Valley and the Grand Canyon although there will be 1 or 2 days free to try and get some birding done.
In Tucson I am hoping to get the most birding done as this part of our holiday will be at leisure.
A few points to note:-
To keep costs down and lack of experience driving abroad I won't have a car for this trip, I realize that a lot of the best birding spots will be inaccessible due to this.
This will be our first birding trip in USA, so all birds we see will be life ticks
Would pay for a guided tour for a day or a few hours if possible.
A few target species would include Greater Roadrunner, Gambel's Quail, Oriole spp, Tanager spp, Hummingbird spp, Mountain Chickadee
Any help or advice on what birds I can expect to see at this time of year and any birding spots that are central to Flagstaff and Tucson would be most helpful
Thanks in advance