I know AZ isn't very spectacular in the winter, but that might be the only time I can go there this year unfortunately. It's the first time I'm going to AZ so all the more common birds will be lifers.
The trip isn't set so anything mentioned here wil be used directly to make trip plans. Anywhere in SE Arizona is fine, there's no particular cities or anything. The trip will be in early Jan.
1. Which spots are the best to go in winter?
2. According to my guides, there are little spots where birds that normally come only in summer are found year-round. For example, Elegant Trogon, Painted Redstart, Beonzed Cowbird, Magnificent Hummingbird. It would be great if I could get some info on where to go/my chances on getting those birds there
Here are birds that my guides (NatGeo and Kaufmann) show to be in range in winter and would enjoy seeing:
Gambel's Quail
Montezuma Quail (seen in AZ before I was a birder)
Scaled Quail
Black Vulture
Harris's Hawk
Crested CaraCara
Ruddy Ground-dove
Inca Dove
White-winged Dove
Whiskered Screech-owl
Ferruginous Pygmy owl
Violet-crowned Hummingbird
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Magnificent Hummingbird
Elegant Trogon
Green Kingfisher
Gila Woodpecker
Gilded Flicker
Arizona Woodpecker
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Mexican Jay
Chihuahuas RVen
Juniper Titmouse
Mexican Chickadee
Bridled Titmouse
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Le Conte's Thrasher
Crissal Thrasher
Bendire's Thrasher
Sage Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
Sprague's Pipit
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Painted Redstart
Olive Warbler
Hepatic Tanager
Canyon Towhee
Abert's Towhee
Cassin's Sparrow
Rufous-winged Sparrow
Baird's Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Yellow-eyed Junvo
McCown's Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Pyrrhuloxia
Bronzed Cowbird
Scott's Oriole
Rufous-capped Warbler
Just off the top of my head.
I know my chances for getting a lot of these birds are relatively low, for example Baird's Sparrow, but I'd like to give it a shot anyway so please no one say something like, "HA! You're never going to get Baird's Sparrow during winter!"
I'll be doing plenty of my own research as well! Advice from birders on this forum is usually much more helpful though.
Thanks a ton!!!!
Chiccadee
The trip isn't set so anything mentioned here wil be used directly to make trip plans. Anywhere in SE Arizona is fine, there's no particular cities or anything. The trip will be in early Jan.
1. Which spots are the best to go in winter?
2. According to my guides, there are little spots where birds that normally come only in summer are found year-round. For example, Elegant Trogon, Painted Redstart, Beonzed Cowbird, Magnificent Hummingbird. It would be great if I could get some info on where to go/my chances on getting those birds there
Here are birds that my guides (NatGeo and Kaufmann) show to be in range in winter and would enjoy seeing:
Gambel's Quail
Montezuma Quail (seen in AZ before I was a birder)
Scaled Quail
Black Vulture
Harris's Hawk
Crested CaraCara
Ruddy Ground-dove
Inca Dove
White-winged Dove
Whiskered Screech-owl
Ferruginous Pygmy owl
Violet-crowned Hummingbird
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Magnificent Hummingbird
Elegant Trogon
Green Kingfisher
Gila Woodpecker
Gilded Flicker
Arizona Woodpecker
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Mexican Jay
Chihuahuas RVen
Juniper Titmouse
Mexican Chickadee
Bridled Titmouse
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Le Conte's Thrasher
Crissal Thrasher
Bendire's Thrasher
Sage Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
Sprague's Pipit
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Painted Redstart
Olive Warbler
Hepatic Tanager
Canyon Towhee
Abert's Towhee
Cassin's Sparrow
Rufous-winged Sparrow
Baird's Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Yellow-eyed Junvo
McCown's Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Pyrrhuloxia
Bronzed Cowbird
Scott's Oriole
Rufous-capped Warbler
Just off the top of my head.
I know my chances for getting a lot of these birds are relatively low, for example Baird's Sparrow, but I'd like to give it a shot anyway so please no one say something like, "HA! You're never going to get Baird's Sparrow during winter!"
I'll be doing plenty of my own research as well! Advice from birders on this forum is usually much more helpful though.
Thanks a ton!!!!
Chiccadee
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