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SPECIES SEEN
From 3/17/2008 to 3/23/2008 ~ 74 seen It was a good week on the trail with 74 species in this report, and 7 others reported by other birders and listed below . On Tuesday, a group of 40 Tucson Audubon birders, half going north from Tubac and half going south, reported seeing 9  Common Black-hawks. That surprisingly high number was followed on Wednesday by a group of 3 birders standing at the intersection of Frontage Rd. and Bridge Rd. in Tubac reporting 42 Common Black-hawks in little over an hour. My numbers were much more modest, but they were seen almost daily. The hawks were probably backed up by the north winds from the cold front passing through last weekend when the winds shifted to the south, they came pouring through. There were also several Zone-tailed Hawks migrating through, and numerous Gray Hawks have taken up residence all along the trail. The first Bell's Vireos were seen and heard on Monday, and the first Cassin's Vireo on Tuesday. A few Cassin's Kingbirds have returned, and a lone Hooded Oriole was seen just off the trail in Tubac on the Tuesday morning bird walk.  In addition to the birds listed here, other birders reported seeing a Peregrine Falcon, Hutton's and Warbling Vireos, Black-chinned Hummingbird, and Nashville, Yellow and Lucy's Warblers. Rufous-winged Sparrows have begun singing, with a few introductory notes and then trilling like a Chipping Sparrow.
~ Jim Karp | GREBES
Pied-billed Grebe HERONS, EGRETS, BITTERNS
Great Egret DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS
American Wigeon Mallard
Northern Shoveler Ring-necked Duck NEW WORLD VULTURES
Black Vulture Turkey Vulture HAWKS, EAGLES, KITES
Cooper’s Hawk Common Black Hawk Gray Hawk Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk FALCONS, CARACARAS
American Kestrel RAILS, GALLINULES, COOTS
American Coot PLOVERS, LAPWINGS
Killdeer PIGEONS, DOVES
Rock Pigeon Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
White-winged Dove Inca Dove CUCKOOS
Greater Roadrunner
HUMMINGBIRDS
Broad-billed Hummingbird Anna's Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird
WOODPECKERS
Gila Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Gray Flycatcher Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher Cassin's Kingird SWALLOWS
Norther Rough-winged Swallow KINGLETS
Ruby-crowned Kinglet SILKY-FLYCATCHERS
Phainopepla | WRENS
Bewick’s Wren THRUSHES Hermit Thrush 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
Bell's Vireo Plumbeous Vireo Cassin's Vireo FINCHES, SISKINS, CROSSBILLS
House Finch Pine Siskin Lesser Goldfinch
Lawrence’s Goldfinch WOOD WARBLERS
Orange-crowned Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Gray Warbler Common Yellowthroat Wilson's 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 Dark-eyed Junco SALTATORS, CARDINALS, ALLIES
Northern Cardinal Pyrrhuloxia BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, GRACKLES, ETC.
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Great-tailed Grackle Hooded Oriole |
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