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SPECIES SEEN
From 4/28/2008 to 5/4/2008 ~ 74 seen The bird count on the trail as seen by the Tuesday morning walk group or by me on other days in the week reached 74. If you add 6 additional species seen by another birder (Michael Marsden), the grand total came to 80 species. The six include, Sora (borrow pit), Hammonds Flycatcher, Plumbeous Vireo, Cedar Waxwing, Townsend's Warbler, and Swainson's Thrush. The star for the week was a Thick-billed Kingbird  seen Wednesday about 200 yards north of the short grass area of the golf course. It is one of those birds not on the Anza Trail bird checklist. Western Wood-pewees returned this week and at least 4 were seen along the trail. The chorus of songsters on the trail is sometimes numbing as you try to put a name to each sound. The dominant voices now belong to the Brown-crested Flycatcher, Summer Tanager, Yellow-breasted Chat, Gray Hawk, Lark Sparrow, and Bell's Vireo. There are, however, many others in the chorus. Among them are 4 species of doves. The plaintive cooing of the Inca Dove, no hope,no hope,no hope, always makes me smile. 
My days on the trail for this season are coming to a close, and this will be my final report until the Fall. Here are some interesting numbers for the season.
A total of 145 species were seen along the trail since mid-November. This does not include a few species seen by other birders, such as the Painted Redstart and the Sora. Last year the number seen was 140. An average of 45 species were seen per week through mid-December.  At that juncture I discovered the trail section going north from Rio Rico Rd. The weekly average jumped to 59 through the end of January. February's average was 64. From the beginning of March until now, the average was 72. The number of species seen within each of these periods was very consistent from week to week. Very little deviation from the mean, as the statistics people might say. Enjoy! ~Jim Karp | HERONS, EGRETS, BITTERNS
Great Blue Heron
DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Mallard
NEW WORLD VULTURES
Black Vulture Turkey Vulture HAWKS, EAGLES, KITES
Cooper’s Hawk Gray Hawk Swainson's Hawk NEW WORLD QUAIL PLOVERS, LAPWINGS Killdeer PIGEONS, DOVES
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
White-winged Dove Common Ground Dove Inca Dove CUCKOOS
Greater Roadrunner
HUMMINGBIRDS
Broad-billed Hummingbird Black-chinned Hummingbird Anna's Hummingbird WOODPECKERS
Gila Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Northern Beardless--Tyrannulet Western Wood-Pewee Pacific-slope Flycatcher Say’s Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher Dusky-capped Flycatcher Ash-throated Flycatcher Brown-crested Flycatcher Cassin's Kingird Thick-billed Kingbird Western Kingbird SWALLOWS
Norther Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow SILKY-FLYCATCHERS
Phainopepla | MOKINGBIRDS, THRASHERS Northern Mockingbird Curve-billed Thrasher CHICKADEES, TITS Bridled Titmouse NUTHATCHES White-breasted Nuthatch PENDULINE TITS
Verdin CROWS, JAYS Common Raven STARLINGS
European Starling VIREOS, ALLIES
Bell's Vireo Warbling Vireo FINCHES, SISKINS, CROSSBILLS
House Finch Pine Siskin Lesser Goldfinch
WOOD WARBLERS
Orange-crowned Warbler Lycy's Warbler Yellow Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Gray Warbler Common Yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat TANNAGERS, ALLIES Summer Tanager Western Tanager SPARROWS, TOWHEES, JUNCOS
Green-tailed Towhee Abert’s Towhee Rufous-winged Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow Lark Sparrow Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow SALTATORS, CARDINALS, ALLIES
Northern Cardinal Black-headed Grosbeak BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, GRACKLES, ETC.
Red-winged Blackbird Yellow-headed Blackbird Brewer's Blackbird Great-tailed Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird |
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