December 2020 - Arizona
We spent a week in Phoenix and saw some fun birds while we were there. The primary objective was to see a roadrunner, which was not successful, but we got a great look at some other Arizona mostly-endemics!
We spent a week in Phoenix and saw some fun birds while we were there. The primary objective was to see a roadrunner, which was not successful, but we got a great look at some other Arizona mostly-endemics!
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| A whole pod of Ring-necked Ducks | A male Ring-necked Duck | The one female in the area |
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| The most unique duck on the lake was this crested duck, a domestic breed | What a hairdo! | They look like a barge when they swim fast - full steam ahead! |
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| An American Coot | A Red-winged Blackbird. Female, so neither red-winged nor a black bird. | An Anna's Hummingbird |
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| He was dive-bombing some other bird | There were a lot of Northern Mockingbirds at the preserve | A Curve-billed Thrasher |
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| A Black-necked Stilt | Really going for it! | |
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| A pond at the preserve with some stilts | Showing a little birder how it's done | |
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| A Northern Pintail | A killdeer | |
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| Mystery bird: A _huge_ bird sleeping in the trees that we couldn't quite get a good look at | Our efforts to try to get a view of mystery bird | The classic Canada Goose |
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| A Ruby-crowned Kinglet | A Verdin | On the same bush, an Orange-crowned Warbler |
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| An Abert's Towhee foraging around on the ground | A Black Phoebe | A Eurasian Collared-Dove enjoying some dirt |
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| Mourning Dove | A Yellow-rumped Warbler | |
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| A tiny Black-tailed Gnatcatcher | So cute! | A Gila Woodpecker |
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| A Great-tailed Grackle, for some reason taking a bite on a rock... | A Cactus Wren | |
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| A Cactus Wren on a cactus. Perfect combination! | A Canyon Towhee | A super bright House Finch |
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| A Gilded Flicker | A Phainopepla | The view of the entire Phoenix valley from Usery Mountain |
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| A nice treat after seeing some great birds |