Birding at Sweetwater Wetlands & Coachline Gravel Pit in northwest Tucson with Leona Mukai (Julie's friend). We saw 40+ species within a few hours. Here is Leona's bird list for Sweetwater Wetlands: 1 American Wigeon, 5 Mallard, 2 Cinnamon Teal, 10 Northern Shoveler, 2 Ring-necked Duck, 1 Bufflehead, 5 Ruddy Duck, 5 Pied-billed Grebe, 1 Great Egret, 2 Snowy Egret, 2 Green Heron, 1 Black-crowned Night-Heron, 1 Cooper's Hawk, 1 Virginia Rail, 1 Sora, 1 Common Gallinule, 15 American Coot, 1 Killdeer, 1 Mourning Dove, 1 Hummingbird sp., 1 Belted Kingfisher, 2 Gila Woodpecker, 1 Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 1 Black Phoebe, 1 Say's Phoebe, 1 Vermillion Flycatcher, 1 Ash-throated Flycatcher, 5 Verdin, 1 Marsh Wren, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 1 Curve-billed Thrasher, 3 Orange-crowned Warbler, 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 5 White-crowned Sparrow, 1 Song Sparrow, 3 Abert's Towhee, 3 Red-winged Blackbird, 3 Yellow-headed Blackbird, 2 Great-tailed Grackle, 5 House Finch, 2 Lesser Goldfinch. At Coachline Gravel Pit we saw a Rock Wren, some Western Sandpipers, several House Finch, and a couple more Vermillion Flycatchers. Many of these birds I don't get to see in the Pacific Northwest, so it was a real treat. I also saw my first Bobcat.
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. | 1. Vermillion Flycatcher. 2. Abert's Towhee. 3. Abert's Towhee. 4. Orange-crowned Warbler. 5. Orange-crowned Warbler. 6. Orange-crowned Warbler. 7. Orange-crowned Warbler. 8. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 9. Verdin. 10. Rock Wren. 11. American Coot. 12. American Coot. 13. Pied-billed Grebe. 14. Pied-billed Grebe. 15. Ring-necked Duck. 16. Ring-necked Duck. 17. Green Heron. 18. Green Heron. 19. Green Heron. 20. Green Heron. 21. Green Heron. 22. Green Heron. 22. Bobcat. 23. Bobcat. |