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This page is a summary of "rare" and "specialty" birds seen recently in southern California and Arizona. Our aim is to update this summary daily. Please understand that not all of these records have been confirmed. The information on this page comes from the following sources:
Rare Birds
Rarities are those birds not expected to be at the indicated location, or not expected at that time of year. They could be vagrant, like a Black-throated Blue Warbler, or a wintering migrant, like a Cliff Swallow. Some birds may be listed because they are locally rare, like a Black Skimmer at Lake Havasu.
Specialty Birds
Specialty birds are those which might be of interest to visitors to our area. Examples might be Black Rail, Mountain Quail, Elegant Trogon, or Le Conte's Thrasher. Even though it's possible to see or hear many of these specialty birds year-round, it's always nice to know when someone reports them, and where they were seen.
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| ARIZONA Rare & Specialty Bird Sightings - October 6, 2013 - October 12, 2013 | ||
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SOUTHEAST AZ |
Ash Canyon B&B: Lucifer Hummingbird; Magnificent Hummingbird; Gray Hawk; Mexican Jay; Canyon Towhee; Pyrrhuloxia; Scott's Oriole |
CENTRAL AZ |
Gilbert Water Ranch: Ruddy Groud-dove | |
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Yuma, Hidden Shores RV Park: American Redstart |
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MON |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Paton House: Plain-capped Starthroat |
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Lake Havasu: Blue-footed Booby; Brown Booby; Sabine's Gull; Pacific Loon |
TUE |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Florida Canyon: Lucifer Hummingbird Amado Pond: Black-bellied Whistling-duck (16) Tubac, Santa Cruz River: Painted Bunting Paton House: Painted Bunting |
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| CALIFORNIA Rare & Specialty Bird Sightings - October 6, 2013 - October 12, 2013 | ||
SUN |
SAN DIEGO CO. |
Greenwood Cemetery: Grace's Warbler San Diego River, near Sea World: Eurasian Wigeon Imperial Beach: Blue-footed Booby Tijuana River Valley, Community Gardens: Tropical Kingbird Bird & Butterfly Garden: Chestnut-sided Warbler Laguna Mts, Big Laguna Trail: Lewis's Woodpecker (2) Nestor Park: American Redstart |
IMPERIAL CO. |
Salton City: Blue-footed Booby (2) Poe Rd: Blue-footed Booby Barth and Poe Rd: Blue-footed Booby Obsidian Butte: Blue-footed Booby (32) |
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RIVERSIDE CO. |
San Jacinto WA: Blackpoll Warbler |
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IMPERIAL CO. |
Ramer Lake: Sabine's Gull Salton Sea, seawall: Blue-footed Booby (20) |
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Tijuana River Valley: Clay-colored Sparrow |
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San Jacinto WA: Blackburnian Warbler Lake Havasu: Sabine's Gull; Blue-footed Booby; Brown Booby; Pacific Loon |
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Ft Rosecrans Natl Cemetery: Yellow-green Vireo |
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San Jacinto WA: Blackburnian Warber |
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Last update: October 9, 2013