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 - Feb 3, 2013 - Feb 9, 2013 | ||
SUN |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve: Rusty Blackbird |
CENTRAL AZ |
Sun Lakes: Least Grebe Arlington Valley: Ferruginous Hawk (2); Sandhill Crane (27) |
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MON |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Roger Road WRF: Yellow-throated Warbler Pena Blanca Lake: Least Grebe; Neotropic Cormorant |
CENTRAL AZ |
Tres Rios Overflow Wetlands: Northern Parula Rio Salado: Pacific Wren; Eastern Phoebe ASU, Tempe: Summer Tanager Santa Cruz Flats: Mountain Plover (45); Burrowing Owl |
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TUE |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Corona de Tucson WTP: Greater White-fronted Goose Patagonia Lake Road: Botteri's Sparrow (7) Roger Road WRF: Yellow-throated Warbler Sweetwater: Summer Tanager; Solitary Sandpiper Green Valley: Hooded Oriole Florida Canyon: Rufous-capped Warbler; Black-capped Gnatcatcher |
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CENTRAL AZ |
Tres Rios Overflow Wetlands: Northern Parula; Chestnut-sided Warbler Rio Salado: Pacific Wren Santa Cruz Flats: Mountain Plover (107); Crested Caracara (3) |
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NORTHERN AZ |
Mormon Lake: Rough-legged Hawk | ||
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WED |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve: Rusty Blackbird; Eastern Phoebe; Eastern Bluebird | |
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WESTERN AZ |
Bill Williams NWR: Golden-crowned Sparrow (Mesquito Flats); Red-throated Loon (3) |
THU |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Roger Road WRF: Yellow-throated Warbler Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve: Rusty Blackbird Sierra Vista: Crissal Thrasher (San Pedro House); Pacific Wren, Montezuma Quail (large covey), and Arizona Woodpecker (Huachuca Canyon) |
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CENTRAL AZ |
Arlington: Tundra Swan (6) | ||
NORTHERN AZ |
Picture Canyon: White-throated Sparrow Presott Valley: Ferruginous Hawk (Hwy 89a) |
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WESTERN AZ |
Bill Williams NWR: Cassin's Vireo and Bell's Vireo (Mesquito Flats) Yuma West Wetlands: Summer Tanager; Crissal Thrasher (4) |
FRI |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Dragoon Mts: Mexican Jay Whitewater Draw: Sandhill Crane |
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SAT |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Patagonia: White-throated Sparrow (2, Paton's) |
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CENTRAL AZ |
Gilbert Water Ranch: Winter Wren Gilbert: Cliff Swallow, Rosy-faced Lovebird (6) Glendale: American Wigeon (62nd Ave and Arrowhead Loop Rd) Arlington Valley: Tundra Swan (6, Narramore and Brunner) |
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WESTERN AZ |
Yuma West Wetlands: Summer Tanager; Crissal Thrasher |
| CALIFORNIA Rare & Specialty Bird Sightings - Feb 3, 2013 - Feb 9, 2013 | ||
SUN |
SAN DIEGO CO. |
Sweetwater River: Eurasian Wigeon La Jolla: Rhinoceros Auklet (12); Wandering Tattler Imperial Beach: Hepatic Tanager; Long-tailed Duck Imperial Beach Sports Park: Hepatic Tanager; Yellow-crowned Night-heron Nestor: Western Tanager Otay Lakes County Park: Bay-breasted Warbler; Prairie Warbler Evergreen Cemetery: Plumbeous Vireo; Grace's Warbler Coronado: Pine Warbler Chula Vista, Poggi Canyon: Thick-billed Kingbird |
IMPERIAL CO. |
El Centro: Eastern Phoebe (Evergreen Cemetery) | |
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| MON | SAN DIEGO CO. |
Ocean Beach: Eastern Phoebe (Collier Park) Famosa Slough: Summer Tanager San Diego: Palm Warbler (Four Points Sheraton, Aero Dr) Del Mar, San Diegito River: Thick-billed Kingbird Imperial Beach: Long-tailed Duck |
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| TUE | SAN DIEGO CO. |
Balboa Park: Hooded Oriole; Bullock's Oriole (2); Summer Tanager (2); Western Tanager (4); Downy Woodpecker; Baltimore Oriole; Black-and-white Warbler Pantoja Park: White-thorated Sparrow; Chestnut-sided Warbler |
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| WED | SAN DIEGO CO. |
Imperial Beach: Long-tailed Duck (1st bridge on 13th St); Yellow-crowned Night-heron and Hepatic Tanager (IB Sports Park) |
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| THU | SAN DIEGO CO. |
Fallbrook: Scott's Oriole (Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve) Imperial Beach Sports Park: Hepatic Tanager South San Diego Bay: Reddish Egret; Eurasian Wigeon Glorietta Bay: White-winged Scoter Otay River Channel: Long-tailed Duck |
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| FRI | SAN DIEGO CO. |
La Jolla Cove: Harlequin Duck; Brown Booby |
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| SAT | SAN DIEGO CO. |
Clairemont: Harris's Sparrow (from Lakehurst and Pocahontas Aves, head west on trail) Kendall-Frost Marsh: Nelson's Sparrow Jacumba: Evening Grosbeak; Tricolored Blackbird, Harris's Hawk |
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Last update: February 10, 2013