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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 17, 2013 - Feb 23, 2013 | ||
SUN |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
San Pedro River: Eastern Phoebe (2) Patagonia Lake SP: Rufous-backed Robin Superstition Mtns: Olive Warbler Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve: Rusty Blackbird; White-throated Sparrow; Eastern Bluebird Patagonia, Paton's House: White-throated Sparrow |
CENTRAL AZ |
West of Phoenix: Greater White-fronted Goose (5) Arlington Valley: Le Conte's Thrasher (2); Bendire's Thrasher (2); Sage Thrasher (3); Crissal Thrasher; Ferruginous Hawk; Sandhill Crane (7); Burrowing Owl (4) |
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NORTHERN AZ |
Garland Prairie: Ferruginous Hawk; Rough-legged Hawk; Northern Saw-whet Owl | |
WESTERN AZ |
Bill Wiliams River NWR: Long-tailed Duck; White-winged Scoter; Surf Scoter (2); Neotropic Cormorant; Red-throated Loon (3); Pacific Loon (2) Parker Valley: Sandhill Crane (several flocks); McCown's Longspur (2) 'Ahakhav Tribal Preserve: Black-and-white Warbler |
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MON |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Chiricahua Mts: Mexican Jay (20, Rucker Canyon); Sandhill Crane (1000s, Rucker Canyon Rd) Catalina SP: Golden-crowned Sparrow; Pyrrhuloxia |
CENTRAL AZ |
Palo Verde: Tundra Swan (6) Tres Rios Overflow Wetlands: Northern Parula; Swamp Sparrow (2); Red-shouldered Hawk |
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NORTHERN AZ |
Payson, Green Valley Park: Neotropic Cormorant | |
WESTERN AZ |
Tacna: Le Conte's Thrasher (2) Yuma: Burrowing Owl (6) Mittry Lake: Black Rail (2) |
TUE |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Tucson, Reid Park: Neotropic Cormorant; Harris's Hawk Roger Road WRF: Yellow-throated Warbler |
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CENTRAL AZ |
Tres Rios Overflow Wetlands: Swamp Sparrow; Red-shouldered Hawk | ||
NORTHERN AZ |
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WESTERN AZ |
Lake Havasu, Site Six: Pacific Loon (5) |
WED |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Catalina SP: Golden-crowned Sparrow | |
CENTRAL AZ |
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NORTHERN AZ |
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WESTERN AZ |
THU |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
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CENTRAL AZ |
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NORTHERN AZ |
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WESTERN AZ |
Lake Havasu, Site Six: Pacific Loon (6) |
FRI |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
San Pedro House: Fox Sparrow; Gray Hawk Whitewater Draw: Ruddy Ground-dove Saddlebrooke Golf Course: Northern Beardless-tyrannulet |
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CENTRAL AZ |
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NORTHERN AZ |
Camp Verde: Lawrence's Goldfinch (12, Clear Creek Campground) | ||
WESTERN AZ |
SAT |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Tubac: Crissal Thrasher; Hepatic Tanager |
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CENTRAL AZ |
Surprise: Golden-crowned Sparrow (Desert Springs Golf Course) Encanto Park: Greater White-fronted Goose Santa Cruz Flats: Mountain Plover (35, Evergreen Turf Sod Farm) |
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NORTHERN AZ |
Camp Verde: Lawrence's Goldfinch (Clear Creek Campground) | ||
WESTERN AZ |
| CALIFORNIA Rare & Specialty Bird Sightings - Feb 17, 2013 - Feb 23, 2013 | ||
SUN |
SAN DIEGO CO. |
Point Loma/Silver Strand: Manx Shearwater (~3.5 miles offshore) |
IMPERIAL CO. |
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RIVERSIDE CO. |
Lakeview: Iceland Gull; Glaucous Gull; Lesser Black-backed Gull; Thayer's Gull |
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| MON | SAN DIEGO CO. |
Spring Valley: Grace's Warbler (Cliffside and Fieldcrest) Lower Otay Lake: Bay-breasted Warbler; Prairie Warbler; Thayer's Gull Rohr Park: Bullock's Oriole Jacumba: Evening Grosbeak |
IMPERIAL CO. |
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RIVERSIDE CO. |
| TUE | SAN DIEGO CO. |
Lower Otay Lake: Thayer's Gull (3); Mew Gull Pantoja Park: Chestnut-sided Warbler; Black-and-white Warbler; White-throated Sparrow Collier Park: Summer Tanager |
IMPERIAL CO. |
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RIVERSIDE CO. |
| WED | SAN DIEGO CO. |
La Jolla: Short-tailed Shearwater |
IMPERIAL CO. |
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RIVERSIDE CO. |
| THU | SAN DIEGO CO. |
Glorietta Bay: White-winged Scoter Tesoro Grove: American Redstart San Diego Bay, 13th St: Long-tailed Duck |
IMPERIAL CO. |
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RIVERSIDE CO. |
| FRI | SAN DIEGO CO. |
Famosa Slough: Swamp Sparrow Lindo Lake: Tricolored Blackbird (2) |
IMPERIAL CO. |
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RIVERSIDE CO. |
San Jacinto WA: Ferruginous Hawk Lakeview: Iceland Gull; Lesser Black-backed Gull; Thayer's Gull; Glaucous Gull (Bootsma Dairy) |
| SAT | SAN DIEGO CO. |
Balboa Park: Hepatic Tanager; Bullock's Oriole Nestor Neighborhood Park: Clay-colored Sparrow Tesoro Grove: American Redstart Lower Otay Lake: Bay-breasted Warbler; Prairie Warbler Bonsall Preserve: Summer Tanager |
IMPERIAL CO. |
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RIVERSIDE CO. |
San Jacinto WA: Eastern Phoebe |
Last update: February 24, 2013