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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 - July 28, 2013 - August 3, 2013 | ||
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SOUTHEAST AZ |
Ft Huachuca, Huachuca Canyon: Slate-throated Redstart; Red-faced Warbler; Elegant Trogon; Painted Redstart |
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MON |
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Madera Canyon: Berylline Hummingbird; Violet-crowned Hummingbird; Lucifer Hummingbird |
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Butter Canyon: Three-toed Woodpecker Show Low: Hooded Oriole; Virginia's Warbler Blue Ridge: Zone-tailed Hawk; Red-faced Warbler |
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TUE |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Benson STP: Roseate Spoonbill Madera Kubo: Berylline Hummingbird Lake Patagonia Ranch Estates: Botteri's Sparrow (70); Cassin's Sparrow; Zone-tailed Hawk Madera Canyon: Lucifer Hummingbird Scheelite Canyon: Spotted Owl |
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Dead Horse Ranch SP: Yellow-billed Cuckoo | ||
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SOUTHEAST AZ |
Madera Canyon: Bell's Vireo; Scott's Oriole; Hooded Oriole; Varied Bunting; Rufous-crowned Sparrow; Canyon Towhee; Northern Beardless-tyrannulet; Brown-crested Flycatcher; Zone-tailed Hawk; Arizona Woodpecker (near White House); Whiskered Screech-owl; Gray Hawk; Dusky-capped Flycatcher; Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher; Painted Redstart; Broad-billed Hummingbird; Magnificent Hummingbird; Lucifer Hummingbird (Santa Rita Lodge); Berylline Hummingbird (Madera Kubo) |
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Yuma: Burrowing Owl (13) |
FRI |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Patagonia, Paton House: Violet-crowned Hummingbird; Broad-billed Hummingbird; Costa's Hummingbird; Calliope Hummingbird; Yellow-billed Cuckoo Las Cienegas: Black-bellied Whistling-duck (3); Yellow-billed Cuckoo; Scaled Quail; Botteri's Sparrow; Cassin's Sparrow Huachuca Mts, Upper Miller Canyon: Spotted Owl (3); White-eared Hummingbird; Violet-crowned Hummingbird; Calliope Hummingbird Madera Canyon, Chuparosa B&B: Berylline Hummingbird |
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Havasu NWR: Tropical Kingbird (2) |
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| CALIFORNIA Rare & Specialty Bird Sightings - July 28, 2013 - August 3, 2013 | ||
SUN |
SAN DIEGO CO. |
La Jolla: Fork-tailed Storm-petrel |
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Palomar SP: Allen's Hummingbird (6) |
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South Scripps Ranch: Allen's Hummingbird; Hooded Oriole |
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Jacumba: Harris's Hawk (3); Hooded Oriole; Tricolored Blackbird (2) Tijuana River (mouth): Reddish Egret (4) |
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Mt San Jacinto SP: White-headed Woodpecker; California Towhee |
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Tijuana River (mouth): Reddish Egret Jacuma: Hooded Oriole; Tricolored Blackbird; Harris's Hawk |
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Northeast Salton Sea: Yellow-footed Gull |
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Last update: August 4, 2013