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 - September 15, 2013 - September 21, 2013 | ||
SUN |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
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CENTRAL AZ |
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NORTHERN AZ |
Bird Springs Playa: Semipalmated Sandpiper; Virginia's Warbler | |
WESTERN AZ |
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MON |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Tubac: Sinaloa Wren |
CENTRAL AZ |
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NORTHERN AZ |
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WESTERN AZ |
Lake Havasu: Pacific Loon (3); Red-necked Grebe; Brown Booby; Short-billed Dowitcher |
TUE |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Tubac: Hooded Warbler (2); Sinaloa Wren; Northern Waterthrush |
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CENTRAL AZ |
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NORTHERN AZ |
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WESTERN AZ |
WED |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Tubac: Sinaloa Wren; Varied Bunting; Canyon Towhee |
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CENTRAL AZ |
Coolidge: Reddish Egret | ||
NORTHERN AZ |
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WESTERN AZ |
THU |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
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CENTRAL AZ |
Coolidge: Reddish Egret (2) Tubac: Lucy's Warbler; Hooded Oriole; Varied Bunting; Gray Hawk; Louisiana Waterthrush |
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NORTHERN AZ |
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WESTERN AZ |
FRI |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Tubac: Northern Waterthrush; Louisiana Waterthrush | |
CENTRAL AZ |
Santa Cruz Flats: Crested Caracara (2); Burrowing Owl (Sod Farm, 2) | ||
NORTHERN AZ |
White Mts: Gray Jay (Gabaldon Campground); Sabine's Gull (Big Lake) | ||
WESTERN AZ |
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SAT |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Ash Canyon B&B: Violet-crowned Hummingbird; Scott's Oriole |
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CENTRAL AZ |
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NORTHERN AZ |
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WESTERN AZ |
Bill Williams NWR: Tropical Kingbird; Black Rail Ahakhav Tribal Preserve: Lawrence's Goldfinch Lake Havasu: Brown Booby; Arctic Tern |
| CALIFORNIA Rare & Specialty Bird Sightings - September 15, 2013 - September 21, 2013 | ||
SUN |
SAN DIEGO CO. |
Tijuana River Valley: Northern Waterthrush Point Loma Nazarene University: Ovenbird Cabrillo NM: Black Oystercatcher La Jolla Cove: Blue-footed Booby |
IMPERIAL CO. |
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RIVERSIDE CO. |
Northeast Salton Sea: Clay-colored Sparrow |
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| MON | SAN DIEGO CO. |
La Jolla Cove: Blue-footed Booby |
IMPERIAL CO. |
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RIVERSIDE CO. |
| TUE | SAN DIEGO CO. |
La Jolla: Blue-footed Booby |
IMPERIAL CO. |
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RIVERSIDE CO. |
Blythe: Swainson's Hawk (123) San Jacinto WA: Ruff Salton Sea, 84th Ave: Blue-footed Booby (immature) |
| WED | SAN DIEGO CO. |
Ft Rosecrans Natl Cemetery: American Redstart Dairy Mart Ponds: Northern Waterthrush |
IMPERIAL CO. |
Salton Sea, Obsidian Butte: Blue-footed Booby (18) | |
RIVERSIDE CO. |
| THU | SAN DIEGO CO. |
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IMPERIAL CO. |
Salton Sea: Blue-footed Booby (15, Obsidian Butte); Burrowing Owl (3); Yellow-footed Gull (25); Heerman's Gull | |
RIVERSIDE CO. |
Idyllwild: Nuttall's Woodpecker (4) |
| FRI | SAN DIEGO CO. |
Tijuana Estuary: Yellow-crowned Night-heron (3) |
IMPERIAL CO. |
Salton Sea, Obsidian Butte: Blue-footed Booby | |
RIVERSIDE CO. |
| SAT | SAN DIEGO CO. |
Ft Rosecrans Natl Cemetery: Yellow-green Vireo; American Redstart; Chestnut-sided Warbler; Tennessee Warbler |
IMPERIAL CO. |
Salton Sea: Blue-footed Booby | |
RIVERSIDE CO. |
Last update: September 21, 2013