SE Arizona Birding Adventure

From August 22nd to the 29th several member of the Quittaphahilla Audubon Society traveled to SE Arizona on a guided birding trip. Here are the hilighights of that trip...I will also be adding a entry for each day of the trip in the near future.

Our guide for the week long trip was Richard Fray and I cannot say enough about Richard's commitment to having everyone in the group view the birds and his overall birding expertise. He led us to all the the hot spots and was willing to stay with us from sun up to sun down (which we did a few days). I would highly recommend Richard for any of your SE Arizona birding trips..here is a link to his website

Richard Fray Birding Guide

For the week we ended up with 159 total species. I am only listin the 'rare' species in this posting and a more detailed daily listing will follow over the next few weeks. The group had several target birds (and I myself had five - Elegant Trogan, Red faced Warbler, Grace's Warbler, Five Stripped Sparrow and Blue Throated Hummingbird.).

Here a few photo of some of the rarer birds was saw taken by Richard Fray

The #1 target species was the Elegant Trogan and we ended seeing both the male and female...more to come on that adventure in a future posting

A pair of Elegant Trogan's - #1 target bird for the trip

Tufted Flycatcher - Carr Canyon is the only place and this is the only bird for the this species in the entire USA - a mega rare species in the USA

Olive Warbler - only p;lace in the USA where you see this species is Carr Canyon - we where lucky to see it

Violet Crowned Hummingbird - only seen in SE Az

Rufous Capped Warbler - only place in USA this species can been observed - mega rare

Grace's Warbler

Swainson's Hawk flying overhead

As you can see we had a very good week...more to follow in the coming weeks. Below is the complete trip list. 

 

Until next time - good birding.

Here's the 159 species list:

Species	Name
Black-bellied	Whistling-Duck
Cinnamon	Teal
Mallard	--
Green-winged	Teal
Ruddy	Duck
Scaled	Quail
Gambel's	Quail
Montezuma	Quail
Wild	Turkey
Brown	Pelican
Great	Blue
Green	Heron
Black	Vulture
Turkey	Vulture
Golden	Eagle
Cooper's	Hawk
Harris's	Hawk
Gray	Hawk
Swainson's	Hawk
Zone-tailed	Hawk
Red-tailed	Hawk
Sora	--
Common	Gallinule
American	Coot
Killdeer	--
Spotted	Sandpiper
Eurasian	Collared-Dove
Inca	Dove
Common	Ground-Dove
White-winged	Dove
Mourning	Dove
Greater	Roadrunner
Barn	Owl
Lesser	Nighthawk
White-throated	Swift
Rivoli's	Hummingbird
Blue-throated	Hummingbird
Lucifer	Hummingbird
Black-chinned	Hummingbird
Anna's	Hummingbird
Costa's	Hummingbird
Broad-tailed	Hummingbird
Rufous	Hummingbird
Broad-billed	Hummingbird
Violet-crowned	Hummingbird
Elegant	Trogon
Acorn	Woodpecker
Gila	Woodpecker
Ladder-backed	Woodpecker
Hairy	Woodpecker
Arizona	Woodpecker
Northern	Flicker
Gilded	Flicker
American	Kestrel
Northern	Beardless-Tyrannulet
Tufted	Flycatcher
Greater	Pewee
Western	Wood-Pewee
Gray	Flycatcher
Pacific-slope	Flycatcher
Pacific-slope/Cordilleran	Flycatcher
Buff-breasted	Flycatcher
Black	Phoebe
Say's	Phoebe
Vermilion	Flycatcher
Dusky-capped	Flycatcher
Ash-throated	Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied	Flycatcher
Tropical	Kingbird
Cassin's	Kingbird
Thick-billed	Kingbird
Western	Kingbird
Loggerhead	Shrike
Bell's	Vireo
Hutton's	Vireo
Plumbeous	Vireo
Warbling	Vireo
Steller's	Jay
Woodhouse's	Scrub-Jay
Mexican	Jay
Common	Raven
Northern	Rough-winged
Purple	Martin
Barn	Swallow
Cliff	Swallow
Mountain	Chickadee
Bridled	Titmouse
Verdin	--
Bushtit	--
Red-breasted	Nuthatch
White-breasted	Nuthatch
Pygmy	Nuthatch
Brown	Creeper
Rock	Wren
Canyon	Wren
House	Wren
Bewick's	Wren
Cactus	Wren
Blue-gray	Gnatcatcher
Black-tailed	Gnatcatcher
Eastern	Bluebird
Hermit	Thrush
American	Robin
Curve-billed	Thrasher
Bendire's	Thrasher
Crissal	Thrasher
Northern	Mockingbird
European	Starling
Phainopepla	--
Olive	Warbler
Orange-crowned	Warbler
Nashville	Warbler
Virginia's	Warbler
MacGillivray's	Warbler
Common	Yellowthroat
Yellow	Warbler
Yellow-rumped	Warbler
Grace's	Warbler
Black-throated	Gray
Townsend's	Warbler
Hermit	Warbler
Rufous-capped	Warbler
Wilson's	Warbler
Red-faced	Warbler
Painted	Redstart
Rufous-winged	Sparrow
Botteri's	Sparrow
Cassin's	Sparrow
Black-chinned	Sparrow
Brewer's	Sparrow
Black-throated	Sparrow
Five-striped	Sparrow
Lark	Sparrow
Yellow-eyed	Junco
Song	Sparrow
Canyon	Towhee
Abert's	Towhee
Rufous-crowned	Sparrow
Spotted	Towhee
Yellow-breasted	Chat
Hepatic	Tanager
Summer	Tanager
Western	Tanager
Northern	Cardinal
Black-headed	Grosbeak
Blue	Grosbeak
Lazuli	Bunting
Varied	Bunting
Yellow-headed	Blackbird
Eastern	Meadowlark
Hooded	Oriole
Bullock's	Oriole
Red-winged	Blackbird
Brown-headed	Cowbird
Great-tailed	Grackle
House	Finch
Pine	Siskin
Lesser	Goldfinch
House	Sparrow