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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 - August 4, 2013 - August 10, 2013 | ||
SUN |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Chuparosa B&B: Berylline Hummingbird |
CENTRAL AZ |
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NORTHERN AZ |
Holbrook, Golf Course Rd Ponds: Lucy's Warbler; Virginia's Warbler (3) | |
WESTERN AZ |
Laguna Division Conservation Area: Snowy Plover (11); Sanderling |
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MON |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Florida Canyon: Rufous-capped Warbler; Bell's Vireo; Canyon Towhee; Varied Bunting; Hooded Oriole; Gray Hawk |
CENTRAL AZ |
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NORTHERN AZ |
Flagstaff, Sinclair Wash: Virginia's Warbler; Rufous Hummingbird | |
WESTERN AZ |
Mittry Lake: Sooty Shearwater; Brown Booby (west of lake) Yuma (west side along Salinity Canal): Burrowing Owl (13) |
TUE |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
California Gulch: Five-striped Sparrow Pena Blanca Lake: Painted Bunting Portal: Lucifer Hummingbird Barfoot Park: Short-tailed Hawk; Greater Pewee; Mexican Chickadee Rio Rico Ponds: Tropical Kingbird; Gray Hawk; Black-bellied Whistling-duck Kino Springs: Yellow-billed Cuckoo; Bronzed Cowbird; Tropical Kingbird Patagonia Lake: Cassin's Sparrow; Botteri's Sparrow; Varied Bunting; Yellow-billed Cuckoo Patagonia: Thick-billed Kingbird; Zone-tailed Hawk; Gray Hawk; Varied Bunting; Northern Beardless-tyrannulet; Yellow-billed Cuckoo Paton House: Violet-crowned Hummingbird; Yellow-billed Cuckoo Patagonia Roadside Rest: Thick-billed Kingbird; Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
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WESTERN AZ |
Aztec Ponds: Burrowing Owl (2) Lake Havasu: Least Tern |
WED |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Las Cienagas: Botteri's Sparrow; Cassin's Sparrow |
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CENTRAL AZ |
Santa Cruz Flats: Tropical Kingbird (28) | ||
NORTHERN AZ |
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WESTERN AZ |
Lake Havasu, Rotary Park: Least Tern Yuma (west side along Salinity Canal): Burrowing Owl (12) |
THU |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
California Gulch: Five-striped Sparrow; Varied Bunting; Lucy's Warbler; Yellow-billed Cuckoo Huachuca Mts, Brown Canyon: Rufous Hummingbird; Montezuma Quail; Virginia's Warbler; Botteri's Sparrow Chiricahua Mts: Elegant Trogon (2); Buff-breasted Flycatcher; Blue-throated Hummingbird; Mexican Chickadee; Olive Warbler; Grace's Warbler |
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WESTERN AZ |
FRI |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Chiricahua Mts: Buff-breasted Flycatcher (3, West Turkey Creek Canyon); Mexican Chickadee; Painted Redstart; Red-faced Warbler; Olive Warbler; Grace's Warbler (Morse Canyon) Montosa Canyon & Mt Hodges Rd: Rufous-winged Sparrow (dozens); Black-capped Gnatcatcher (female); Varied Bunting (4); Scott's Oriole (3); Hooded Oriole (2) Box Canyon: Montezuma Quail (2); Varied Bunting (4) Patagonia-Sonoita Preserve & Roadside Rest: Zone-tailed Hawk; Thick-billed Kingbird (1) Miller Canyon: White-eared Hummingbird |
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CENTRAL AZ |
Buckeye, Salome Hwy & Baseline Rd: Crissal Thrasher Phoenix, Encanto Park: Rosy-faced Lovebird |
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NORTHERN AZ |
Eldon Spring: Red-faced Warbler; Virginia's Warbler | ||
WESTERN AZ |
SAT |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Ash Canyon B&B: Lucifer Hummingbird |
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CENTRAL AZ |
Tonto Creek: Painted Redstart; Mexican Jay | ||
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WESTERN AZ |
| CALIFORNIA Rare & Specialty Bird Sightings - August 4, 2013 - August 10, 2013 | ||
SUN |
SAN DIEGO CO. |
Jacumba: Hooded Oriole (8) |
IMPERIAL CO. |
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RIVERSIDE CO. |
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| THU | SAN DIEGO CO. |
San Diego River: Bell's Vireo (2) |
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| FRI | SAN DIEGO CO. |
La Jolla: Brown Booby Laguna Mts, Sunrise Hwy: Nuttall's Woodpecker |
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Last update: August 10, 2013