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Flighty Location
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Arizona birder, ex-patriot Canadian. I maintain my sightings on Thayer's Birding Software, but this site is useful, informative, and fun. Birding since 1988. Career total: 851 (world)
| Joined Geobirds | August 1, 2007 |
| Clubs | none yet |
Sightings by Flighty
| 232 sightings |
174 species |
43 pictures |
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Mexican Jay
Habituated flock surveying the picnic areas in Madera Canyon. Photo taken by my husband.
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Perched in pine tree, Madera Canyon.
In flight, Proctor area, Madera Canyon.
In flight, Proctor area, Madera Canyon.
In flight, Proctor area, Madera Canyon.
Perched in pine tree, Madera Canyon.
Perched in pine tree, Madera Canyon.
Perched in sycamore tree, Madera Canyon.
Mourning Doves
Constant presence in our yard.
Gambel's Quails
Daily visitors to our yard.
Gila Woodpecker
Daily visitor to yard.
Northern Cardinal
Daily visitor to yard.
In flight at dusk, Madera Canyon.
Emerged at dusk from old woodpecker holes in telephone pole, Santa Rita Lodge, Madera Canyon.
Pair coming to seed feeder, Kubo, Madera Canyon.
Gambel's Quails
Several families of varying development are visiting our yard currently. The smallest chicks are roughly the size of walnuts.
Curve-Billed Thrasher
Daily visitor to our yard.
A pair flitting through shrubbery near Whipple Observatory Visitors Center.
In flight above STP, Amado.
Black Vultures
Flock of about 20 with like number of turkey vultures gathered adjacent to a flood-irrigated horse pasture.
Flew out of mesquite tree mid-morning, alarmed by our presence.
In cottonwood along Anza Trail, Tubac.
Red-winged Blackbird
Lots of epaulets flashing at Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson. Photo taken by my husband.
Great-tailed Grackle
Frenzied vocalizations, Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson. Photo taken by my husband.
Vault Mine Trail, Madera Canyon.
Eastern Meadowlarks
In grassy field, Sonoita.
At feeder, Ash Canyon Bed & Breakfast.
In pine-oak forest, Sawmill Canyon, Fort Huachuca.
In pine-oak forest, Sawmill Canyon, Fort Huachuca.
In pines, Sawmill Canyon, Fort Huachuca.
Sawmill Canyon, Fort Huachuca.
At feeder, Ash Canyon Bed & Breakfast.
At feeders, Ash Canyon Bed & Breakfast.
At feeders, Ash Canyon Bed & Breakfast. The male a standout, with its intense colour pattern.
At feeders, Ash Canyon Bed & Breakfast.
Local STP.
Local STP.
Elegant Trogon
Calling to female perched nearby, Madera Canyon. Photo taken by my husband.
Foraging high in a sycamore tree, Madera Canyon.
Foraging high in a sycamore tree, Madera Canyon.
Montezuma Quail
My husband took this photo while we were up in Madera Canyon this morning. Strangely, the bird was alone - and seemingly unafraid - altho' the rest of the covey may well have been hunkered down nearby.
Flitting through mesquite, Patagonia Lake.
Perched in mesquite, Patagonia Lake.
Heard calling in cattails, Patagonia Lake.
Perched in ocotillo near our back yard, Green Valley.
Perched in tree along shore, Patagonia Lake. Flicking wings and entire body.
Perched in dead snag, roadside rest, Patagonia.
Perched in mesquite, Patagonia Lake.
Male and female at feeders, Patons', Patagonia.
Poised on shoreline at opposite side of Patagonia Lake.
Perched low in tree, calling repeatedly, Vault Mine Trail, Madera Canyon.
At feeder, Santa Rita Lodge, Madera Canyon.
In tall sycamore, Madera Kubo, Madera Canyon.
At feeder with acorn woodpeckers, Mexican jays and Cassin's finch.
In tall sycamore, Madera Kubo, Madera Canyon.
At feeders, Santa Rita Lodge, Madera Canyon.
Flew in to sycamore tree, Madera Kubo, Madera Canyon.
At feeder at Madera Kubo, Madera Canyon.
Heard calling on the Vault Mine Trail, Madera Canyon.
At feeders at Santa Rita Lodge, Madera Canyon.
At feeders at Santa Rita Lodge, Madera Canyon.
Poised in flooded field, Exit 17, Rio Rico.
Singing while well-camouflaged, Santa Gertrudis Lane.
Male and female perched and in flight at Tubac bridge.
Large numbers in flooded field, north of Rio Rico.
Skulking at edge of golf course pond, Green Valley.
Santa Gertrudis Lane, Carmen.
Approximately 25 birds in flooded field, Rio Rio, Exit 17.
In flight, Rio Rico, Exit 17 pond.
First of season. Perched on power line, Tubac bridge.
Calling along the Santa Cruz River, Anza Trail, Tubac.
White-eyed Vireo
Anza Trail, Tubac.
With great-tailed grackles, cemetery road, Tubac.
Mourning Dove
A prickly situation.
White-winged Dove
Daily visitor to yard in season.
Perched in mesquite, Anza Trail, Tumacacori.
Perched in mesquite, Anza Trail, Tumacacori.
In flight over Anza Trail, Tumacacori.
Perched in mesquite, Santa Gertrudis Lane, Carmen.
Harris's Hawks
Two birds, alternately perched and in flight. Calling frequently.
Gambel's Quails
Daily visitors to back yard.
In cottonwood, Anza Trail, Tubac.
flighty added Patagonia as a favourite
flighty added Madera Canyon as a favourite
Flock foraging in weedy field near Amado. Winter plumage.
Killdeers
Two birds foraging and vocalizing along the Anza Trail, Tubac.
Foraging on the ground in horse pasture, Tubac.
Cooper's Hawk
Perched in tall cottonwood, Anza Trail, Tubac.
Foraging on ground, Patagonia Lake.
At feeder, Patons' back yard, Patagonia.
Foraging along shore, Patagonia Lake.
Swimming and perched on snags, Patagonia Lake.
Females on Patagonia Lake.
Elegant Trogon
It's unusual for trogons to winter in Arizona, but this stunning male has done so for several years at Patagonia Lake.
In flight at first pond, Kino Springs Golf Course.
Old Baldy Trail, Madera Canyon.
In flight, Pena Blanca Lake.
First of the year. In flight above Ruby Road.