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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 - Feb 10, 2013 - Feb 16, 2013 | ||
SUN |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve: Rusty Blackbird San Raphael Valley: Rough-legged Hawk |
CENTRAL AZ |
Mesa, Salt River: Red-breasted Sapsucker (Pebble Beach); Swamp Sparrow Avondale: Ross's Goose (3); White-fronted Goose; Cackling Goose (2) Rio Salado: Pacific Wren Boyce Thompson Arboretum: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker; Broad-billed Hummingbird; Pyrrhuloxia |
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NORTHERN AZ |
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WESTERN AZ |
Bill Williams River NWR: Nutting's Flycatcher; Red-throated Loon (3); Pacific Loon; Long-tailed Duck; White-winged Scoter (2) Lake Havasu: Pacific Loon (2); Neotropic Cormorant; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
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MON |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Hereford Bridge: Eastern Phoebe |
CENTRAL AZ |
Santa Cruz Flats: Mountain Plover (90, Evergreen Sod Farm); Crested Caracara (32); Sandhill Crane (4); Ferruginous Hawk Avondale: Ross's Goose (5); Cackling Goose (2); Greater White-fronted Goose Phoenix West Valley: Ferruginous Hawk; Tundra Swan (6, sw of Palo Verde) Phoenix, Greenwood Memorial Cemetery: White-throated Sparrow (2); Harris's Hawk |
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NORTHERN AZ |
V Bar V Ranch: Golden-crowned Sparrow; White-throated Sparrow; Pyrrhuloxia | |
WESTERN AZ |
TUE |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Tubac, Anza Trail: Fox Sparrow; Eastern Phoebe | |
CENTRAL AZ |
Arlington/Buckeye: LeConte's Thrasher (2); Crissal Thrasher; Ferruginous Hawk; Sandhill Crane | ||
NORTHERN AZ |
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WESTERN AZ |
WED |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Patagonia, Paton House: Lazuli Bunting; White-throated Sparrow; Pyrrhuloxia Patagonia Lake: Botteri's Sparrow; White-throated Sparrow; Ruddy Ground-dove (2); Swamp Sparrow (2); Elegant Trogon Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve: Rusty Blackbird; Eastern Phoebe |
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CENTRAL AZ |
Rio Salado: Eastern Phoebe (west of Central Ave bridge) | ||
NORTHERN AZ |
Sedona/Camp Verde: Grasshopper Sparrow (grasslands along FR618) | ||
WESTERN AZ |
Lake Havasu, Site 6: Pacific Loon (6); Neotropic Cormorant Yuma West Wetlands: Broad-billed Hummingbird |
THU |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve: Rusty Blackbird Sierra Vista, San Pedro House: Fox Sparrow Sulphur Springs Valley: Sandhill Crane (10,000+); Greater White-fronted Goose (26) Lake Cochise: Chestnut-collared Longspur (small flock) |
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CENTRAL AZ |
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NORTHERN AZ |
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WESTERN AZ |
FRI |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Sierra Vista, San Pedro House: Fox Sparrow; Eastern Phoebe Tubac: Winter Wren; Ferruginous Hawk Roger Road WRF: Yellow-throated Warbler San Rafael Grasslands: Rough-legged Hawk Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve: Rusty Blackbird; Eastern Phoebe Santa Cruz Flats: Mountain Plover (15); Burrowing Owl; Bendire's Thrasher (2); Sandhill Crane (4) |
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CENTRAL AZ |
Rio Salado: Pacific Wren; Eastern Phoebe | ||
NORTHERN AZ |
Camp Verde: Golden-crowned Sparrow | ||
WESTERN AZ |
SAT |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Hereford Bridge: Eastern Phoebe |
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CENTRAL AZ |
Rio Salado: Pacific Wren; Eastern Phoebe Ahwatukee: Tundra Swan Salt River: Red-breasted Sapsucker (Pebble Beach) Chandler: Zone-tailed Hawk; Ross's Goose Santa Cruz Flats: Burrowing Owl (2) |
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NORTHERN AZ |
Juniper Tank: Crissal Thrasher (3) Dead Horse Ranch SP: White-throated Sparrow Oak Creek Canyon: Pacific Wren (12) |
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WESTERN AZ |
Yuma West Wetlands: Broad-billed Hummingbird Yuma, south of town: Ferruginous Hawk (20) Yuma, west of town: Burrowing Owl Betty's Kitchen: Crissal Thrasher (2) Tacna: Le Conte's Thrasher (2) Bill Williams River NWR: Golden-crowned Sparrow; Barrow's Goldeneye (7); Long-tailed Duck; White-winged Scoter; Surf Scoter (2); Red-throated Loon (2); Neotropic Cormorant |
| CALIFORNIA Rare & Specialty Bird Sightings -Feb 10, 2013 - Feb 16, 2013 | ||
SUN |
SAN DIEGO CO. |
Chula Vista: White Wagtail (Bay Blvd and Ada St) Clairemont: Harris's Sparrow (4691 Pocahontas Ave) |
IMPERIAL CO. |
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RIVERSIDE CO. |
Lake Perris: Palm Warbler |
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| MON | SAN DIEGO CO. |
El Cajon: Zone-tailed Hawk (Dehesa Rd and Springtime Way) Kit Carson Park: Allen's Hummingbird; Zone-tailed Hawk Pantoja Park: White-throated Sparrow |
IMPERIAL CO. |
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RIVERSIDE CO. |
| TUE | SAN DIEGO CO. |
Balboa Park: Baltimore Oriole; Western Tanager; Bullock's Oriole San Clemente Canyon: Harris's Sparrow Kate Sessions Park: Golden-crowned Sparrow (5) |
IMPERIAL CO. |
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RIVERSIDE CO. |
| WED | SAN DIEGO CO. |
Pantoja Park: Chestnut-sided Warbler; White-throated Sparrow Balboa Park: Western Tanager; Baltimore Oriole Point Loma, Collier Park: Eastern Phoebe |
IMPERIAL CO. |
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RIVERSIDE CO. |
| THU | SAN DIEGO CO. |
Point Loma/Silver Strand: Manx Shearwater (~3 miles offshore) Dairy Mart Pond: Eastern Phoebe |
IMPERIAL CO. |
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RIVERSIDE CO. |
| FRI | SAN DIEGO CO. |
Oceanside: Lawrence's Goldfinch (2) Dairy Mart Pond: Eastern Phoebe; Northern Waterthrush |
IMPERIAL CO. |
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RIVERSIDE CO. |
| SAT | SAN DIEGO CO. |
Rancho Sante Fe: Summer Tanager Solano Beach: Bullock's Oriole |
IMPERIAL CO. |
Lack and Lindsey Rds: Neotropic Cormorant (3) Vendel Rd: Trumpeter Swan |
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RIVERSIDE CO. |
Lakeview: Glaucous Gull; Lesser Black-backed Gull; Thayer's Gull (2) |
Last update: February 17, 2013