Southwest Birders RBA - Rare and Specialty birds in southern California and Arizona

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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:

AZ/NM Listserv
Arizona Bird Network (AZBird.net)
SDBIRDS: San Diego County Listserv (YAHOO Group)
Inland County Birds Listserve (YAHOO Group)
eBird
Bird observations e-mailed to me
Personal observations

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 18, 2013 - August 24, 2013
SUN	SOUTHEAST AZ	Patagonia Lake: Blue-footed Booby Willcox Twin Lakes: Semipalmated Sandpiper (2) Huachuca Mts, Carr Canyon Rd: Buff-breasted Flycatcher; Yellow-eyed Junco; Grace's Warbler; Virginia's Warbler; Short-tailed Hawk Tubac, Santa Gertrudis Ln: Thick-billed Kingbird; Tropical Kingbird; Gray Hawk Walker Canyon: Varied Bunting Pena Blanca Lake: Botteri's Sparrow; Zone-tailed Hawk Florida Canyon: Rufous-capped Warbler Mt Lemmon: Common Black-hawk
	CENTRAL AZ
	NORTHERN AZ
	WESTERN AZ	Lake Havasu: Brown Booby Wellton, Solar Ponds: Semipalmated Sandpiper Paloma Ranch: Burrowing Owl

MON	SOUTHEAST AZ	Patagonia Lake: Blue-footed Booby Las Cienagas NCA, Cottonwood Pond: Dickcissel; Black-bellied Whistling-duck (5); Cassin's Sparrow; Botteri's Sparrow Sonoita, Empire Gulch: Gray Hawk Patagonia Roadside Rest: American Redstart Santa Rita Lodge: Baltimore Oriole Ash Canyon B&B: Lucifer Hummingbird; Broad-billed Hummingbird; Magnificent Hummingbird
	CENTRAL AZ
	NORTHERN AZ
	WESTERN AZ	Lake Havasu: Red-necked Grebe; Pacific Loon (4); Brown Booby

TUE	SOUTHEAST AZ	California Gulch: Five-striped Sparrow Patagonia Lake: Blue-footed Booby Madera Canyon: Lucifer Hummingbird; Hooded Oriole; Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
	CENTRAL AZ
	NORTHERN AZ
	WESTERN AZ	Yuma, along Salinity Canal: Burrowing Owl (9)

WED	SOUTHEAST AZ	Patagonia Lake: Blue-footed Booby Florida Canyon: Rufous-capped Warbler Kino Springs: Painted Bunting Montosa Canyon: Yellow-green Vireo; Black-capped Gnatcatcher (2); Five-striped Sparrow; Varied Bunting Huachuca Canyon: Elegant Trogon (3) Florida Canyon: Rufous-capped Warbler; Broad-billed Hummingbird; Gray Hawk; Northern Beardless-tyrannulet; Varied Bunting Madera Canyon: Lucifer Hummingbird; Arizona Woodpecker; Hooded Oriole; Hepatic Tanager; Red-faced Warbler; Painted Redstart; Yellow-eyed Junco Willcox Lake: Semipalmated Sandpiper (3) Santa Rita Mts, Chino Canyon: Montezuma Quail (Madera Wash); Five-striped Sparrow; Black-capped Gnatcatcher; Varied Bunting; Botteri's Sparrow; Rufous-winged Sparrow; Crissal Thrasher
	CENTRAL AZ
	NORTHERN AZ
	WESTERN AZ	Yuma, along Salinity Canal: Burrowing Owl (12)

THU	SOUTHEAST AZ	Upper Miller Canyon: Rufous Hummingbird; Violet-crowned Hummingbird Montosa Canyon: Yellow-green Vireo; Buff-collared Nightjar; Montezuma Quail Kino Springs: Painted Bunting; Tropical Kingbird Sonoita Creek NA: Blue-footed Booby Patagonia Roadside Rest: Thick-billed Kingbird (2) Empire Gulch: Painted Redstart Sawmill Canyon: Elegant Trogon; Mexican Jay Hereford, San Pedro House: Dickcissel Tubac: Tropical Kingbird; Thick-billed Kingbird; Painted Bunting
	CENTRAL AZ
	NORTHERN AZ
	WESTERN AZ	Lake Havasu: Brown Booby

FRI	SOUTHEAST AZ	Patagonia Lake: Blue-footed Booby Portal: Lucifer Hummingbird Montosa Canyon: Yellow-green Vireo Peppersauce Canyon: Zone-tailed Hawk Sawmill Canyon: Elegant Trogon; Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher St David Monastery: Painted Bunting; Tropical Kingbird; Gray Hawk; Mississippi Kite Willcox Lake: Semipalmated Sandpiper; Short-billed Dowitcher Florida Canyon: Rufous-capped Warbler (2) Kino Springs: Painted Bunting Paton House: Rufous Hummingbird; Violet-crowned Hummingbird
	CENTRAL AZ
	NORTHERN AZ
	WESTERN AZ

SAT	SOUTHEAST AZ	Patagonia Lake: Blue-footed Booby Safford, Dankworth Ponds SP: Chestnut-sided Warbler Montosa Canyon: Black-capped Gnatcatcher (3+) Paton House: Painted Bunting
	CENTRAL AZ
	NORTHERN AZ	Picture Canyon: Hepatic Tanager
	WESTERN AZ	Coyote Wash Lake: Least Tern Mittry Lake: Black Rail Yuma, along Salinity Canal: Burrowing Owl (4) Lake Havasu: Yellow-billed Loon Imperial NWR: Crissal Thrasher

CALIFORNIA Rare & Specialty Bird Sightings - August 18, 2013 - August 24, 2013
SUN	SAN DIEGO CO.	San Diego, Pelagic: Craveri's Murrelet (2); Red-billed Tropicbird
	IMPERIAL CO.
	RIVERSIDE CO.

MON	SAN DIEGO CO.
	IMPERIAL CO.
	RIVERSIDE CO.

TUE	SAN DIEGO CO.
	IMPERIAL CO.
	RIVERSIDE CO.

WED	SAN DIEGO CO.
	IMPERIAL CO.
	RIVERSIDE CO.	Northeastern Salton Sea: Little Gull; Yellow-footed Gull

THU	SAN DIEGO CO.	La Jolla Cove: Black-vented Shearwater (400+)
	IMPERIAL CO.
	RIVERSIDE CO.

FRI	SAN DIEGO CO.
	IMPERIAL CO.
	RIVERSIDE CO.

SAT	SAN DIEGO CO.
	IMPERIAL CO.
	RIVERSIDE CO.

Last update: August 25, 2013

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