SE Arizona Trip Report
(08/28 - 09/02)

I really enjoyed my visit to Southeastern Arizona, August 28th to September 2nd. I met some very nice and helpful birders who I welcome to contact me if ever planning a birding trip to North Carolina. My trip included visits to Madera Canyon (8/28-8/29), Patagonia (8/29-8/30), Tucson Sweetwater Wetlands (8/30, 9/02), Sonora Desert Museum and Saguaro National Park (8/31), and the Santa Catalina Mountains (9/01).

The bird list is: (* = Lifelist bird)

Gadwall (SW - Sweetwater Wetlands)
Mallard (SW)
Cinnamon Teal (SW) (video)
Ruddy Duck (SW) (video)
Wild Turkey (MC - Madera Canyon) (video)
Gambel's Quail (SW, PAT - Patagonia, SON - Sonora Desert Museum & Saguaro NP) (video)
Great Blue Heron (SW)
Green Heron (SW)
White-faced Ibis (SW)
Black Vulture (PAT Roadside Reststop)
Turkey Vulture (everywhere) (video)
Northern Harrier (MPG - Marana Pecan Grove) (video)
*Gray Hawk (PAT)
*Harris's Hawk (SW) (video)
*Zone-tailed Hawk (SCMtns - Santa Catalina Mountains)
Red-tailed Hawk (MC, PAT, SON)
American Kestrel (MPG)
Common Moorhen (SW) (video)
American Coot (SW)
Killdeer (SW)
Black-necked Stilt (SW) (video)
Solitary Sandpiper (SW)
Rock Pigeon (SON)
Eurasian Collared-Dove (PAT)
White-winged Dove (everywhere but SCMtns) (video)
Morning Dove (everywhere but SCMtns)
Common Ground-Dove (MC, PAT) (video)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (PAT)
*Barn Owl (SW) (video)
Burrowing Owl (MPG) (video)
Broad-billed Hummingbird (MC, PAT) (video)
*Violet-crowned Hummingbird (PAT) (video)
Magnificent Hummingbird (MC Madera Kubo feeders) (video of female)
Black-chinned Hummingbird (MC, PAT, SW, SON)
Anna's Hummingbird (PAT)
*Costa's Hummingbird (SON) (video)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (MC, PAT, SCMtns)
Rufous Hummingbird (MC, PAT, SCMtns)
Belted Kingfisher (SW)
Acorn Woodpecker (MC, PAT)
Gila Woodpecker (PAT, SON)
*Ladder-backed Woodpecker (MC)
Hairy Woodpecker (SCMtns)
*Arizona Woodpecker (MC) (video)
Northern Flicker (PAT)
Gilded Flicker (SON)
*Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet (PAT Roadside Reststop)
Greater Pewee (MC)
Western Wood-Pewee (PAT)
Empidonax Species (MC)
Black Phoebe (PAT, SW)
Say's Phoebe (MC)
Vermillion Flycatcher (PAT)
*Dusky-capped Flycatcher (PAT)
Ash-throated Flycatcher (PAT, SW)
Brown-crested Flycatcher (PAT Roadside Reststop)
Tropical Kingbird (SW)
*Cassin's Kingbird (MC, PAT, SW) (video)
*Thick-billed Kingbird (PAT)
Western Kingbird (MC, PAT)
Loggerhead Shrike (MC)
Bell's Vireo (MC, SCMtns)
Yellow-throated Vireo (PAT)
Hutton's Vireo (PAT) (video)
Warbling Vireo (MC, PAT)
Stellar's Jay (SCMtns)
Mexican Jay (MC) (video)
Common Raven (everywhere)
Purple Martin (SON)
Barn Swallow (PAT, SW)
Mountain Chickadee (SCMtns)
Bridled Titmouse (MC, PAT, SCMtns)
Verdin (MC, PAT, SON, SW)
Bushtit (SON)
White-breasted Nuthatch (MC, PAT)
Pygmy Nuthatch (SCMtns)
Brown Creeper (SCMtns Spencer Canyon)
Cactus Wren (SON, SW)
*Rock Wren (SCMtns)
Canyon Wren (PAT)
Bewick's Wren (PAT)
House Wren (PAT)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (MC)
*Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (SON)
Western Bluebird (SCMtns)
Hermit Thrush (SCMtns)
Northern Mockingbird (SW)
*Bendire's Thrasher (SON) (video)
Curve-billed Thrasher (PAT)
Phainopepla (MC, SON) (video)
Orange-crowned Warbler (PAT, SW, SCMtns)
*Nashville Warbler (MC, PAT, SON, SW, SCMtns) (video)
Virginia's Warbler (PAT)
Yellow Warbler (PAT, SW)
Black-throated Gray Warbler (MC, SCMtns)
*Townsend's Warbler (SCMtns) (video)
*Hermit Warbler (PAT, SCMtns) (video)
Grace's Warbler (SCMtns)
*MacGilivary's Warbler (MC, PAT, SCMtns) (video)
Common Yellowthroat (PAT, SW)
Wilson's Warbler (MC, PAT, SON, SW, SCMtns) (video)
*Red-faced Warbler (SCMtns Spencer Canyon) (video)
Painted Redstart (MC)
Yellow-breasted Chat (PAT) (video)
Summer Tanager (PAT)
Western Tanager (MC, PAT, SON, SW, SCMtns)
Spotted Towhee (MC, PAT, SCMtns)
Canyon Towhee (MC, PAT)
*Abert's Towhee (PAT, SW) (video)
*Rufous-winged Sparrow (MC)
Cassin's Sparrow (MC)
*Botteri's Sparrow (MC)
*Rufous-crowned Sparrow (PAT, SW)
Lark Sparrow (MC)
Black-throated Sparrow (MC)
Song Sparrow (SW)
*Yellow-eyed Junco (SCMtns) (video)
Northern Cardinal (MC, PAT, SON, SCMtns)
*Pyrrhuloxia (PAT, SON) (video)
Black-headed Grosbeak (MC, PAT)
Blue Grosbeak (MC, PAT, SON)
Lazuli Bunting (PAT)
*Varied Bunting (MC Proctor Road)
Red-winged Blackbird (SW)
Great-tailed Grackle (SW)
Hooded Oriole (MC)
Scott's Oriole (SON)
House Finch (MC, PAT, SON)
Lesser Goldfinch (MC, PAT, SON, SW, SCMtns) (video)
House Sparrow (PAT, SON)