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| SPECIES SEEN From 3/1/2010 to 3/7/2010 ~ in Anza Trail ~ 69 seen The first week of March brought 69 species to this 7 day list, and that compares with 58 in 2009, 73 in 2008, and 62 in 2007. If you like round numbers, another birder found the Rufous-backed Robin 200 yards north of Santa Gertrudis Lane, bringing the list to 70 for the week. None of the birds identified in last week's report as possibly arriving put in an appearance, though a Common Black-hawk was seen in Tucson on Thursday and may well have traveled up along the Anza Trail. For this week the potential early arrivals include Gray Hawk, Zone-tailed Hawk, Black-chinned Hummingbird, Barn Swallow, and Lucy's Warbler. If none of these arrive this week, I may have to take the average first arrival, rather than the earliest day. Oh well, it's only meant for fun anyway. Among the noteables seen this past week were Belted Kingfisher (FOS), 3 different vireos, Turkey Vultures every day, and FOS Wilson's Warbler. Jim Karp | |
| DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS American Wigeon Green-winged Teal Mallard Cinnamon Teal Northern Shoveler Ring-necked Duck NEW WORLD VULTURES Turkey Vulture HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper’s Hawk Red-tailed Hawk FALCONS AND CARACARAS American Kestrel RAILS, GALLINULES AND COOTS Sora PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS Killdeer SANDPIPERS Long-billed Dowitcher PIGEONS AND DOVES Rock Pigeon Eurasian Collared-Dove Mourning Dove White-winged Dove CUCKOOS Greater Roadrunner HUMMINGBIRDS Anna’s Hummingbird KINGFISHERS Belted Kingfisher WOODPECKERS Gila Woodpecker Ladder-backed Woodpecker Northern Flicker TYRANT FLYCATCHERS Gray Flycatcher Black Phoebe Say’s Phoebe Vermilion Flycatcher SWALLOWS Violet-green Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow KINGLETS Ruby-crowned Kinglet SILKY-FLYCATCHERS Phainopepla WRENS Bewick’s Wren | | MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS Northern Mockingbird THRUSHES Mountain Bluebird American Robin LONG-TAILED TITS Bushtit CHICKADEES AND TITS Bridled Titmouse NUTHATCHES White-breasted Nuthatch PENDULINE TITS Verdin CROWS AND JAYS Common Raven STARLINGS European Starling OLD WORLD SPARROWS House Sparrow VIREOS AND ALLIES Plumbeous Vireo Cassin’s Vireo Hutton’s Vireo FINCHES, SISKINS, CROSSBILLS House Finch Lesser Goldfinch Lawrence’s Goldfinch WOOD WARBLERS Yellow-rumped Warbler Wilson’s Warbler SPARROWS, TOWHEES, JUNCOS Green-tailed Towhee Canyon Towhee Abert’s Towhee Rufous-winged Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Brewer’s Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Lark Sparrow Song Sparrow Lincoln’s Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco SALTATORS, CARDINALS AND ALLIES Northern Cardinal Pyrrhuloxia BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, GRACKLES, ETC. Red-winged Blackbird Western Meadowlark Brewer’s Blackbird | |
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