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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    Spring migration is winding down, but surprises can turn up at almost any time. Back on the 16th, a cormorant flew very low overhead, going SE into the heart of the desert:unsure: I got a couple quick photos, but unfortunately they're not conclusive for IDing Double-crested vs Neotropic. Either...
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    Back on 10 May, I had time to get out early in the morning to see what was happening. The end result included 5 new year additions and a big splash of color in the yard. 79. Western Tanager 80. Barn Swallow 81. Brown-crested Flycatcher 82. Black-headed Grosbeak 83. Blue Grosbeak (2nd yard...
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    Last night under heavy migration and a nearly full moon, I enjoyed watching birds drift past the moon. Off in the distance, the first 74. Lesser Nighthawk of the year sounded off. Today was a great day, with multiple additions, good variety and numbers, and some unusual happenings. The...
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    Finally as promised, Abert's Towhee pair and one more Townsend's Warbler shot.
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    That Abert's Towhee photo will have to wait a bit, as I'm having some trouble uploading photos recently... Today brought three additions to the year list, two of which I'm surprised I didn't have already. 71. Green-tailed Towhee (first spring record for the yard, heard-only) 72. Northern...
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    Not a bad day today after decent overnight migration. A flock of 12 White-winged Doves was the largest yet this year, and the 2nd Yellow Warbler of the year flitted through. The undoubted star of the show was a male 70. Townsend's Warbler that ended up visiting the water feature for a few...
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    After two amazing days, today cooled off in terms of year additions. As I stepped out this morning, I hoped for at least 2 new species. Sure enough, by the end of the morning 2 new species had appeared! 68. Wilson's Warbler 69. Osprey A couple of migrating White-winged Dove photos below, plus...
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    It was hard to top yesterday's new yard bird, but today was excellent. After heavy overnight migration, 48 species showed up. A further 8 year additions have brought the list up in a hurry. The day's total of 402 migrants included the following: White-winged Dove - 22 hummingbird sp. - 2...
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    Apparently all it took was for me to hit 50 with Tuesday's Zone-tailed Hawk, and the floodgates opened. With 42 species yesterday, I picked up 9 year additions and one new all-time tick! Yesterday was not outstanding for numbers (maybe 30 migrants), but the variety was so good. New year birds...
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    On Tuesday I was pleasantly surprised to catch a 50. Zone-tailed Hawk hiding among the Turkey Vultures. My previous yard records have been in autumn, but it was nice to get it out of the way early this year.
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    One addition as I left this morning, with heard-only 49. Brewer's Sparrow I'm way behind on last year's total, having gotten up to 73 species by 7 April last spring!
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    I'll take your word for it, Richard! Between that and Great Corm, you're striking it rich up there. On the way home yesterday, I marveled at a flock of 200-odd White-faced Ibis migrating past a rainbow through the desert. Multiple flocks were seen dodging rain cells, but by the time I got home...
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    I had another near miss last night, when an unearthly screech after dark was most likely a Barn Owl. This would be a new yard bird, but it didn't sound quite right to me and I couldn't place whether it was coming from above or not. I'd like a more classic example for an "official" addition, but...
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    Nothing new for me today as I was out and about, but I was told that a waterbird flew north in the afternoon. Oof! So far my grand total for large "waterbirds" all-time is Common Merganser, Sandhill Crane, American White Pelican, Great Egret, and Great Blue Heron. Near misses have included goose...
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    Richard, your next challenge I guess is to photograph a Grey Heron against one of those striking mountains? That would be so neat!
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    Good migration last night meant that I just had to be out in the yard this morning. It paid off, even though there weren't huge numbers of new migrants. Today's three additions were all clearly arriving species that have been absent since last September. 46. Ash-throated Flycatcher 47. Hooded...
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    A cloudy morning here didn't prevent a couple of new visitors from showing up after good overnight migration. I also had some really nice looks at Ladder-backed Woodpeckers, which tend to be more shy than the Gila Woodpeckers and Gilded Flickers. 43. Ladder-backed Woodpecker 44. Rufous-winged...
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    A song outside my window this afternoon drifted through my ears unnoticed for several minutes before it registered that this wasn't the local Curve-billed Thrashers (which are feeding young now). It was my first 42. Northern Mockingbird of the year here, a brief and sudden performance just...
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    Despite being in what's considered "lower" Sonoran Desert, I'm still at least 600m (2,000ft) above sea level. Compared with much of Arizona, that's low. One addition to the year list gave excellent scope views as it surveyed a field for its next victim. Gotta love shrikes... 41. Loggerhead...
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    Black hawk photos were tough with cloud cover (and my ineptitude!), but these beasts have such a unique shape I had to share a few anyway.
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    Yesterday I cleaned up a few more species, including nailing down some more swallows as they zipped overhead. A finely sculpted Raven perched closer than most towards the end of the day. 33. Anna's Hummingbird (seen this year, but not recorded in eBird) 34. Phainopepla 35. Lincoln's Sparrow...
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    A mix of cleaning up some winter residents and enjoying some spring migrants was the story for me today. Hawkwatching was very difficult with clear blue skies and excellent thermal lift, but a few birds could be picked out. Several flocks of very high swallows were likely Violet-green, but too...
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    Nothing much is new here the past couple of days, but I finally got around to some photos from the new camera last month. The wintering Anna's Hummingbirds have been very confiding.
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    Well, this morning the beautiful gurgled whistles of a 19. Western Meadowlark woke me up, clearly trying to remind me that it's 2024 :D Unfortunately, as soon as I went to record it, the singing stopped. Meadowlarks are all over the farmland here in October through April, but only the spring...
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    Finally checking in from the Sonoran Desert here. It's been a busy start to the year, but not in terms of birding. I haven't been officially tracking additions since the year began, although nothing really exciting stopped by during January. I just got out for a bit a few days ago, starting my...
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