Welcome Birders!
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 - August 11, 2013 - August 17, 2013 | ||
SUN |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Paton House: Violet-crowned Hummingbird; Rufous Hummingbird; Broad-billed Hummingbird; Black-chinned Hummingbird |
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WESTERN AZ |
Paloma Ranch: Ruff |
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MON |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Ash Canyon: Magnificent Hummingbird; Lucifer Hummingbird (5); Plain-capped Starthroat; Broad-billed Hummingbird |
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TUE |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Patagonia Roadside Rest: Thick-billed Kingbird Kino Springs: Painted Bunting Palominas, San Pedro River: Broad-billed Hummingbird; Painted Bunting |
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Lake Havasu: Brown Booby Vermilion Cliffs: California Condor (4) |
WED |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Portal: Lucifer Hummingbird; Black-chinned Hummingbird; Magnificent Hummingbird; Rufous Hummingbird; Broad-billed Hummingbird; Blue-throated Hummingbird |
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CENTRAL AZ |
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NORTHERN AZ |
Upper Sunset Trail: Red-faced Warbler; Virginia's Warbler | ||
WESTERN AZ |
Lake Havasu: Brown Booby; Pacific Loon (5) Yuma, along Salinity Canal: Burrowing Owl (14) |
THU |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Palominas: Varied Bunting; Gray Hawk; Botteri's Sparrow Patagonia Lake: Blue-footed Booby |
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NORTHERN AZ |
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WESTERN AZ |
Yuma, along Salinity Canal: Burrowing Owl (12) Lake Havasu: Brown Booby |
FRI |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Patagonia Lake: Blue-footed Booby Montosa Canyon: Gray Vireo; Black-capped Gnatcatcher; Varied Bunting Amando Pond: Black-bellied Whistling-duck Pena Blanca Canyon: Arizona Woodpecker Pena Blanca Lake: Gray Hawk; Neotropic Cormorant; Botteri's Sparrow; Rufous-winged Sparrow; Painted Bunting California Gulch: Five-striped Sparrow; Black-capped Gnatcatcher |
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WESTERN AZ |
Lake Havasu: Brown Booby |
SAT |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Patagonia Lake: Blue-footed Booby |
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NORTHERN AZ |
White Mts, Apache lands: Bridled Titmouse; Painted Redstart; Virginia's Warbler; Rufous Hummingbird Elden Spring: Virginia's Warbler |
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WESTERN AZ |
Lake Havasu: Brown Booby |
| CALIFORNIA Rare & Specialty Bird Sightings - August 11, 2013 - August 17, 2013 | ||
SUN |
SAN DIEGO CO. |
San Elijo Lagoon: Pacific Golden-plover |
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Jacumba: Hooded Oriole; Harris's Hawk |
IMPERIAL CO. |
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IMPERIAL CO. |
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IMPERIAL CO. |
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Pine Valley: American Redstart |
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Last update: August 17, 2013