This blog covers a few birds we saw in California Gulch and an evening at the Amado STP. (I thought STP meant State Park). I posted a mislabeled bird on my last bog and no one responded to the Hermit Thrush which was actually a Swainson's Thrush. I also called A Black-chinned Hummingbird a Black-throated Hummingbird but I didn't mean to do that. That was just oldziemers kicking in. Total list count for the trip now stands at 291.
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| Vermillion Flycatcher- California Gulch |
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| Western Tanager-California Gulch |
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| Olive-sided Flycatcher-Arivaca Lake |
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| Brewers Sparrow-part of a flock of 6 on the road to Montosa Canyon |
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| Cooper's Hawk-outside our condo in Green Valley. A pair have a nest here. |
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| Cooper's Hawk |
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| Verdin-Montosa |
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| Tropical Kingbird-Montosa The following pictures were taken at Amado STP at 7PM May 3. These are just record shots taken at a distance too far for my little camera. |
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| A flock of 14 White-faced Ibis flew over at the Amado STP in the morning. |
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| Neotropical Cormorant |
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| Wilson's Phalaropes were getting anxious to migrate. |
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| And off they go. Heading north. This was about half the total birds that were there. I searched through the flock but can't see any Red-necks. |
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| Cattle Egret |
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| Scaup-Greater or Lesser? |
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My totally uneducated guess is greater scaup. Head seems to be roundish and bill is somewhat thickish.
ReplyDeleteGood luck on hitting 300!
Quenton-your guess is far from uneducated. Thanks for the input.
ReplyDeleteHi Len, compare your shot to my comparison shot of both Greater and Lesser Scaup here: http://azfo.org/gallery/2014/html03/GRSC_AmadoWTP_Medina_04_May_2014_635350230720146002.html
ReplyDeleteIMO it looks good for GRSC.
Great comparison Jeremy. Thanks
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