AZ Big Bird - Week Sixteen

16 April 2014 Wednesday: With Jacque, Cindy, & Molly

Patagonia Lake State Park – twelve Black-necked Stilts, second year male Elegant Trogon, Vermilion Flycatchers, Northern Beardless Tyrannulet, Brown-crested Flycatcher, Northern Cardinal

Paton’s Yard – baby Quail, Violet-crowned Hummingbird, Black-headed Grosbeaks, Lazuli Buntings

17 April 2014 Thursday: With Jacque, Cindy, & Molly

Tubac De Anza Trail – Gray Hawks, Sinaloa Wren

Green Valley – Harris’s Hawk

Proctor Road (alone) – Elf Owl, Common Poorwill

Mt Wrightson Picnic Area (alone) – Mexican Whip-poor-will

18 April 2014 Friday: with Paul & Mary Hayes

Tubac De Anza Trail - missed Sinaloa Wren, flock of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks, flock of White-faced Ibis

Carrie Nation Trail – no Trogons

Super Trail – adult male Elegant Trogon heard cackling & seen about ¾ mile up trail from parking area

19 April 2014 Saturday:  with Paul & Mary again, up the Catalina Highway

Molino Basin - Blue-gray Gnatcatcher on nest, Hooded Oriole pair

Incinerator Ridge - Red-faced Warbler singing, Olive Warbler

Rose Canyon Lake - Buff-breasted Flycatcher, Magnificent Hummingbird gather nesting material

20 April 2014 Sunday: First of three days with Malcolm & Eleanor, mostly a travel day to the Chiricahuas.

Lake Cochise – Bank Swallow, Scaled Quail, continuing Baird’s Sandpiper, breeding plumaged Eared Grebe, Cattle Egret, Osprey, departing Franklin’s Gulls

Pinery Canyon – Western Wood-Pewee

Barfoot Park – Zone-tailed Hawk, pair of Mexican Chickadee, Olive Warblers singing

Barfoot Junction – many Ruby-crowned Kinglets, one each Townsend’s & Hermit Warblers, another Mexican Chickadee, and a Greater Pewee

Owling from Portal to Cave Creek Canyon – calling Elf Owls, multiple Common Poorwills on the road, in the canyon were Whiskered Screech-Owls, Mexican Whip-poor-wills, and one Spotted Owl vocalizing.

21 April 2014 Monday: Second day out with Malcolm & Eleanor, early part of the day around Portal & the Chiricahuas and then the drive back to Green Valley.

Portal – Band-tailed Pigeons, Blue-throated Hummingbird

Jasper’s – Western Scrub-Jay, more Band-tailed Pigeons, Lazul Buntings, Bullock’s Orioles

South Fork Cave Creek Canyon – No. Pygmy-Owl calling in daytime, Buff-breasted Flycatcher, Grace’s Warbler, nest building Painted Redstarts, Scott’s Oriole

Barfoot Junction – Olive & Grace’s Warblers heard singing

22 April 2014 Tuesday: Out with Malcolm & Eleanor for our final day together.  They stayed at Madera Kubo and our plans included a hike up the Carrie Nation Trail to search for Elegant Trogon and then down to Tubac to search for the Sinaloa Wren.

Madera Kubo - Calliope Hummingbird male feeding at flowers, Greater Pewee & Grace’s Warbler singing

Carrie Nation Trail – flyover Northern Goshawk, Elegant Trogon 3 males heard together way up the trail, various warblers

Madera Kubo – Inca Dove still singing (for a few weeks now), Greater Pewee still singing from this morning

De Anza Trail near Tubac - No Sinaloa Wren, Yellow-breasted Chat, Gray Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk, flycatchers

Summary: Year list at the end of the week 327.