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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 - September 22, 2013 - September 28, 2013 | ||
SUN |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Tubac: Louisiana Waterthrush; Northern Waterthrush; Sinaloa Wren; Thick-billed Kingbird; Lucy's Warbler; Varied Bunting |
CENTRAL AZ |
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NORTHERN AZ |
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WESTERN AZ |
Lake Havasu: Short-billed Dowitcher; Brown Booby; Pacific Loon; Red-necked Grebe |
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MON |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Ash Canyon B&B: Violet-crowned Hummingbird; Magnificent Hummingibrd; Broad-billed Humingbird |
CENTRAL AZ |
Lowere Salt River RA: Crissal Thasher (2) | |
NORTHERN AZ |
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WESTERN AZ |
TUE |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Paton House: Plain-capped Starthroat; Magnificent Hummingbird Tubac: Sinaloa Wren; Norther Waterthrush; Thick-billed Kingbird |
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CENTRAL AZ |
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NORTHERN AZ |
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WESTERN AZ |
Lake Havasu: Brown Booby |
WED |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Patagonia Lake: Red Phalarope; Painted Bunting |
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CENTRAL AZ |
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NORTHERN AZ |
Mingus Mt: Calliope Hummingbird; Olive Warbler; Lucy's Warbler; Grace's Warbler; Painted Redstart; Hepatic Tanager | ||
WESTERN AZ |
THU |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Paton House: Plain-capped Starthroat | |
CENTRAL AZ |
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NORTHERN AZ |
Chino Valley: Mississippi Kite | ||
WESTERN AZ |
Lake Havasu: Brown Booby; Blue-footed Booby |
FRI |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Montosa Canyon: Yellow-green Vireo Huachuca Canyon: Sinaloa Wren Mt Lemmon, Ski Valley parking: American Redstart; Olive Warbler; Painted Redstart; Yellow-eyed Junco |
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CENTRAL AZ |
New River Nature Reserve: American Redstart | ||
NORTHERN AZ |
Flagstaff, Ashurst Lake: Short-billed Dowitcher | ||
WESTERN AZ |
Lake Havasu: Brown Booby; Blue-footed Booby |
SAT |
SOUTHEAST AZ |
Paton House: Plain-capped Starthroat; Violet-crowned Hummingbird; Magnificent Hummingbird |
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CENTRAL AZ |
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NORTHERN AZ |
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WESTERN AZ |
Lake Havasu: Brown Booby; Blue-footed Booby (3) |
| CALIFORNIA Rare & Specialty Bird Sightings - September 22, 2013 - September 28, 2013 | ||
SUN |
SAN DIEGO CO. |
Tijuana River: Blue-footed Booby Ft Rosecrans Natl Cemetery: Yellow-green Vireo; American Redstart; Chestnut-sided Warbler; Tropical Kingbird Jacamba: Northern Parula; American Redstart |
IMPERIAL CO. |
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RIVERSIDE CO. |
San Jacinto WA: Ruff |
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| MON | SAN DIEGO CO. |
Ft Rosecrans Natl Cemetery: Clay-colored Sparrow; Tropical Kingbird Lake O'Neill: Tennessee Warbler Jacumba: American Redstart |
IMPERIAL CO. |
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RIVERSIDE CO. |
San Jacinto WA: Ruff |
| TUE | SAN DIEGO CO. |
Ft Rosecrans Natl Cemetery: Yellow-green Vireo La Jolla: Red-necked Grebe |
IMPERIAL CO. |
South Salton Sea: Blue-footed Booby (26) | |
RIVERSIDE CO. |
San Jacinto WA: Ruff Desert Center: Chestnut-sided Warbler Palm Springs, Whitewater Preserve: Nuttall's Woodpecker |
| WED | SAN DIEGO CO. |
Ft Rosecrans Natl Cemetery: American Redstart; Gray Flycatcher |
IMPERIAL CO. |
Salton Sea, Obsidian Butte: Blue-footed Booby | |
RIVERSIDE CO. |
San Jacinto WA: Ruff Salton Sea, Whitewater River: Blue-footed Booby (47) Riverside, Fairmount Park: Painted Bunting; Hooded Oriole |
| THU | SAN DIEGO CO. |
San Diego River: Eurasian Wigeon; Little Blue Heron Dairy Mary Rd Sod Farm: Red-throated Pipit (2) |
IMPERIAL CO. |
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RIVERSIDE CO. |
| FRI | SAN DIEGO CO. |
Ft Rosecrans Natl Cemetery: Yellow-green Vireo |
IMPERIAL CO. |
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RIVERSIDE CO. |
San Jacinto WA: Blackburnian Warbler |
| SAT | SAN DIEGO CO. |
Bird & Butterfly Garden: Magnolia Warbler Dairy Mary Rd Sod Farm: Red-throated Pipit (3) Ft Rosecrans Natl Cemetery: Yellow-green Vireo; Tennessee Warbler Famosa Slough: Yellow-crowned Night-heron Los Penasquitos Canyon: Golden-crowned Sparrow |
IMPERIAL CO. |
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RIVERSIDE CO. |
San Jacinto WA: Blackburnian Warbler |
Last update: September 29, 2013