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 24, 2013 - Mar 2, 2013 | ||
SUN |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
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CENTRAL AZ |
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NORTHERN AZ |
Prescott: White-winged Scoter (Watson Lake Park) Seligman: Ferruginous Hawk (5) |
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MON |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Sabino Canyon: Louisiana Waterthrush; White-throated Sparrow Roger Road WRF: Yellow-throated Warbler Patagonia Lake SP: Elegant Trogan; Black-capped Gnatcatcher |
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WESTERN AZ |
Betty's Kitchen: Thick-billed Kingbird Parker Valley: Sandhill Cranes (3); Mountain Plover (25) |
TUE |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Roger Road WRF: Yellow-throated Warbler Whitewater Draw: Sandhill Crane (1000s) |
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WED |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Sweetwater Wetlands: Black-and-white Warbler Sierra Vista, San Pedro House: Gray Hawk Roger Road WRF: Yellow-throated Warbler Sabino Canyon: Pacific Wren Miller Canyon: Spotted Owl (2); Arizona Woodpecker (2) |
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THU |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve: Hepatic Tanager; Eastern Bluebird Florida Canyon: Rufous-capped Warbler Roger Road WRF: Yellow-throated Warbler |
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CENTRAL AZ |
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NORTHERN AZ |
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WESTERN AZ |
Bill Williams NWR: White-winged Scoter; Long-tailed Duck; Red-throated Loon (3) |
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SOUTHEAST AZ |
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CENTRAL AZ |
Buckeye and Salome Rds: Sage Thrasher (24+); Bendire'sThrasher (2); Le Conte's Thrasher Palo Verde: Tundra Swan (6) Avra Valley: Bendire's Thrasher (4) |
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SAT |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Douglas: Harris's Sparrow (Slaughter Ranch); Swamp Sparrow (San Bernardino NWR) |
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CENTRAL AZ |
Palo Verde: Sandhill Crane (15); Tundra Swan (8) Sun City, Desert Springs Golf Course: Golden-crowned Sparrow Buckeye and Salome Rds: Le Conte's Thrasher; Bendire's Thrasher |
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WESTERN AZ |
Lake Havasu: Red-throated Loon (2); Pacific Loon (8); Long-tailed Duck (south end) |
| CALIFORNIA Rare & Specialty Bird Sightings - Feb 24, 2013 - Mar 2, 2013 | ||
SUN |
SAN DIEGO CO. |
Coronado: Yellow-throated Vireo; Pine Warbler Nestor Park: American Redstart; Black-and-white Warbler Sweetwater River: Eurasian Wigeon Lower Otay Lake: Bay-breasted Warbler; Prairie Warbler |
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Finney Lake: White-winged Dove Dogwood and Carey: Sandhill Crane (100s) Unit 1: Sandhill Crane (45); Eurasian Wigeon Sinclair and Blair: Spargue's Pipit |
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RIVERSIDE CO. |
Lakeview: Iceland Gull and Glaucous Gull (Bootsma Dairy); Lesser Black-backed Gull; Thayer's Gull (3) |
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| MON | SAN DIEGO CO. |
Famosa Slough: Summer Tanager Point Loma: Black-and-white Warbler |
IMPERIAL CO. |
Dogwood and Carey: Sandhill Crane (100s) | |
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| TUE | SAN DIEGO CO. |
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Salton Sea, Salt Creek: Brandt Salton Sea, Whitewater River: Black-throated Blue Warbler (near 9th no trespassing sign); Winter Wren (near 10th no trespassing sign) San Jacinto, dairy pond off of Ramona Pwy: Lesser Black-backed Gull (2); Mew Gull; Thayer's Gull (~10); Glaucous Gull |
| WED | SAN DIEGO CO. |
Rosecrans Natl Cemetery: Pacific Wren Point Loma Nazarene University: Hooded Oriole Lower Otay Lake: Bay-breasted Warbler; Prairie Warbler Del Mar, San Dieguito River: Thick-billed Kingbird Cabrillo Natl Monument: Golden-crowned Sparrow |
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| THU | SAN DIEGO CO. |
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RIVERSIDE CO. |
Lakeview: Lesser Black-backed Gull; Thayer's Gull; Glaucous Gull (Bootsma Dairy) |
| FRI | SAN DIEGO CO. |
San Diego, pelagic: Short-tailed Shearwater; Scripp's Murrelet (60) Dairy Mart Pond: Eastern Phoebe Imperial Beach: Hepatic Tanager (sw corner of Sports Park in Coral tree) |
IMPERIAL CO. |
Brawley: Sandhill Crane (100s) Salton Sea NWR, Unit 1: Sandhill Crane (20) Garst Road: Burrowing Owl (6) |
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RIVERSIDE CO. |
Blythe: Neotropic Cormorant (fish farm n of town) Riverside: Soctt's Oriole (e base of Mt Rubidoux) |
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Pelagic: Manx Shearwater (2) Otay: Thick-billed Kingbird Dairy Mart Pond: Eastern Phoebe Chula Vista: American Redstart |
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Last update: March 3, 2013