3/10 to 3/16

SPECIES SEEN
From 3/10/2008 to 3/16/2008 ~ 66 seen

There were 66 species found along the trail this week. This was the week of the returning hawks. A Gray Hawk was seen south of Bridge Rd. on Wednesday (another birder reported hearing it on Tuesday), and another was seen perching about 45 minutes north of the Rio Rico entrance to the Anza Trail.

Five more Common Black-hawks were seen during the week where the trail parallels Barrio de Tubac, including 4 of them encountered on the Tuesday morning Tubac walk. Two Zone-tailed Hawks were seen between Tubac and the Barrio.

Hummingbirds are returning as well. Rufous and Costa's Hummingbirds were were seen at feeders near the trail south of Tubac. The White-eyed Vireo continued south of Bridge Rd.

A couple of Cinnamon Teal were seen flying over the "borrow pit" on Tuesday.

The Western Bluebirds were missing from the golf course section of the trail for the first time this winter.

Pine Siskins can be heard singing at various places along the trail.

During the week, other birders found species not listed here, including Cassin's and Plumbeous Vireos, Black-throated Gray Warblers, and Northern Beardless-tyrannulet.

~ Jim Karp

HERONS, EGRETS, BITTERNS
Great Blue Heron

DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS
American Wigeon

Mallard
Cinnamon Teal

Northern Shoveler

NEW WORLD VULTURES
Turkey Vulture

HAWKS, EAGLES, KITES

Shar-shinned Hawk

Cooper’s Hawk

Common Black Hawk

Gray Hawk

Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk

FALCONS, CARACARAS

American Kestrel

NEW WORLD QUAIL
Gambel’s Quail

RAILS, GALLINULES, COOTS

American Coot

PLOVERS, LAPWINGS
Killdeer

PIGEONS, DOVES

Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
White-winged Dove

CUCKOOS
Greater Roadrunner

HUMMINGBIRDS
Broad-billed Hummingbird

Costa's Humminbird

Rufous Hummingbird

WOODPECKERS
Gila Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker

Gilded Flicker

TYRANT FLYCATCHERS

Gray Flycatcher

Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher

SWALLOS
Northern Rough-winged Swallow

KINGLETS
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

SILKY-FLYCATCHERS
Phainopepla

WRENS
Bewick’s Wren

MOCKINGBIRDS, THRASHERS

Northern Mockingbird

THRUSHES

American Robin

GNATCATCHERS

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

CHICKADEES, TITS

Bridled Titmouse

NUTHATCHES

White-breasted Nuthatch

PENDULINE TITS
Verdin

CROWS, JAYS

Common Raven

STARLINGS
European Starling

OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow

VIREOS, ALLIES
White-eyed Vireo

FINCHES, SISKINS, CROSSBILLS
House Finch

Pine Siskin

Lesser Goldfinch
Lawrence’s Goldfinch

WOOD WARBLERS

Yellow-rumped Warbler

SPARROWS, TOWHEES, JUNCOS
Green-tailed Towhee

Abert’s Towhee

Rufous-winged Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow

Brewer's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow

Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow

SALTATORS, CARDINALS, ALLIES
Northern Cardinal

Pyrrhuloxia

BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, GRACKLES, ETC.
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer’s Blackbird

Great-tailed Grackle

Anza Trail Coalition of Arizona

Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail