"Hummerfest" in SE AZ August, 2007
This trip was run at the height of
the hummingbird migration. Sites visited included: Mt. Lemmon, Saguaro
National Park, California Gulch, Madera Canyon, Patagonia-Sonoita Creek
Preserve, Patagonia State Park, Ramsey and Miller Canyons, San Pedro River, the Chiricahua
Mountains/Rustler Park area, and the Cave Creek/Portal area.
SE Arizona is known for
its resident, migrants, and Mexican vagrant birds; awesome butterflies;
magnificent “sky islands”; and its eight biomes: desert scrub (Sonoran and
Chihuahuan Deserts), grassland, interior chaparral, evergreen woodland (Juniper/Pinyon
Pine-Oak), conifer forest (Engelmann Spruce/Douglas Fir), riparian woodland,
wetlands and tundra. The sites we visited represent the best SE Arizona has to
offer. For example, Cave Creek Canyon is possibly the most bio-diverse area in
North American.
The trip proved to be so popular that it was run in two back-to-back groups, one
from 6–12 August and one from 13–19 August.
Photo galleries of the trip:
Combined Bird list:
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Mallard (Mexican Duck)
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Common Goldeneye
Lesser Scaup
Ruddy Duck
Wild Turkey
Scaled Quail
Gambel's Quail
Montezuma Quail
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
White-faced Ibis
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Mississippi Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Common Black-Hawk
Harris's Hawk
Gray Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Black-bellied Plover
Snowy Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Black Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
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Greater Roadrunner
Barn Owl
Fammulated Owl
Western Screech-Owl
Whiskered Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Elf Owl
Burrowing Owl
Spotted Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Buff-collared Nightjar
Whip-poor-will
White-throated Swift
Broad-billed Hummingbird
White-eared Hummingbird
Berylline Hummingbird
Violet-crowned Hummingbird
Blue-throated Hummingbird
Magnificent Hummingbird
Lucifer Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Elegant Trogon
Belted Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Acorn Woodpecker
Gila Woodpecker
Williamson's Sapsucker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Arizona Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Gilded Flicker
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Greater Pewee
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Buff-breasted Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Thick-billed Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Rose-throated Becard
Loggerhead Shrike
Bell's Vireo
Gray Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
Mexican Jay
Chihuahuan Raven
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Mountain Chickadee
Mexican Chickadee
Bridled Titmouse
Juniper Titmouse
Verdin
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Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Cactus Wren
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Black-capped Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Western Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Bendire's Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
Crissal Thrasher
European Starling
Phainopepla
Olive Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Virginia's Warbler
Lucy's Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Grace's Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Red-faced Warbler
Painted Redstart
Rufous-capped Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Western Tanager
Flame-colored Tanager
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Canyon Towhee
Abert's Towhee
Rufous-winged Sparrow
Cassin's Sparrow
Botteri's Sparrow
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Five-striped Sparrow (Heard Only)
Chipping Sparrow
Black-chinned Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Yellow-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Varied Bunting
Painted Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Hooded Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Scott's Oriole
House Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
Lawrence's Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow
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