10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2019

For the past few weeks I have been touting all the different reasons that Southeast Arizona is such an amazing area for birding. If you look draw line straight up a northern biased line thru the Sea of Cortez, the normal path of a hurricane in the Sea of Cortez, it would run very nearly right thru Southeast Arizona.

Arizona 142

Arizona Tucson Seattle United States 142

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 27, 2019

As many of you might know, I have been concentrating my bird efforts primarily to just one county, Pima Country which surrounds the Tucson, Arizona area. The post SE Arizona 10 day birding blitz! The new Lifers are the Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Short-tailed Hawk, Mississippi Kites, Juniper Titmouse and Painted Buntings!

Arizona 119

Arizona Tucson Mississippi Nashville 119

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Now that we have “settled” in Tucson, Arizona, or at least this is where the 5th Wheel is for the time being, it has been nice to be able to spread out a bit. Now that we have been in sunny, dry Arizona, it has rained 5 of the last seven days. We even got our Mexico tans back while we were in Scotland, for goodness sakes.

Tucson 113

Tucson Costa Rica Arizona Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2019

After an extensive year of travel in 2018, I have mainly focused on Pima County and the Tucson area for my birding. The post Still chasing rarities in SE Arizona appeared first on 10,000 Birds. The early part of the year found me learning my way around, and meeting some incredible people.

Arizona 110

Arizona Tucson 2018 2019 110

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2019

They are located in the Santa Cruz Flats just north of Tucson, and are quite honestly, living right alongside the road. Sneaking down the slimy bank carefully… Umm cool water on a pretty hot Arizona day! The post Owls, Owls, and more Owls in SE Arizona appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

Owls 144

Owls Arizona Tucson South Africa 144

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 16, 2012

This is Arizona This is Arizona This is Arizona! I just returned from a phenomenal long weekend in Tucson, AZ where I participated in a really enjoyable event. Our friends at Swarovski Optik organized a Birding Social Media Summit to discuss the many ways in which birding and socal media intersect.

Arizona 164

Arizona Tucson North America Texas 164

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

It’s a well-known fact that southeast Arizona in summer is awesome. My first birding trip ever was to Arizona. It was time to drive south and up, to the Sky Islands of southeast Arizona. I met the group in Tucson and we spend the next week birding the hell out of the Sky Islands. At least for birders.

Arizona 102

Arizona Lovebirds Phoenix New Jersey 102

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Just a few miles northwest of downtown Tucson, the Sweetwater Wetlands is truly a birding gem. The city of Tucson sends treated water through sediments beneath the recharged basins which then replenishes the local aquifer. We are squeezing out one more road trip, leaving Arizona and heading towards Texas. US species – 289.

Tucson 122

Tucson Arizona Blackbirds Texas 122

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

One of the small cities south of Tucson Arizona, Amado, has a very small pond, right along highway 19, also known as the Nogales Highway. Most birders that have spent any amount of time chasing down our fine feathered friends have learned that most cities waste treatment facilities are incredible magnets for many species of birds.

Pelicans 157

Pelicans Tucson Arizona Groups 157

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

For most avian migrants heading south towards Mexico, Central and South America, crossing thru the Arizona desert areas can provide very few water, food and resting areas. If they are passing thru Pima County, and the Tucson area, Arivaca Lake is the last stop for water before crossing the US/Mexico border.

Mexico 131

Mexico Tucson Arizona Ducks 131

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2019

Now that Jeanne and I have finally settled on Tucson, Arizona at least for a while, I will pick up where I left off at the end of 2018. Arizona, specifically the South East portion of the state, will be my “beat” for the rest of this year. The post South East Arizona’s Madera Canyon appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

Arizona 132

Arizona Tucson Florida 2018 132

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2012

Tucson, AZ, August 2012 – When you get a bunch of bird bloggers together, which you do you imagine comes first: birds or blogs? Swarovski Optik confirmed the obvious answer rather quickly when the SONA group invited a bunch of us to Tucson for a Social Media Summit. Where else can you see something like that?!

Tucson 154

Tucson Arizona North America Sparrows 154

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2013

Much like how Everglades National Park flanks the western border of metropolitan Miami, Florida, Saguaro National Park flanks both the eastern and western outskirts of Tucson, making for easy access to residents and tourists alike who spend time in that city. Trips Arizona desert Saguaro National Park'

Arizona 163

Arizona Tucson Miami Shelters 163

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2012

You’ll find me in the area of Tucson, Arizona with a number of other people you probably know. So tell me… have you been traveling too much, too little, or just enough this summer? As you might have guessed, I’ll be birding somewhere new this weekend. Details will most definitely follow! How about you?

Tucson 158

Tucson North Carolina 2012 Arizona 158

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2018

We are now headed to Tucson, Arizona, where we will park the 5th wheel for an extended amount of time, possibly as long as March 1st. There are a few places left to check out locally before we leave, once we are settled in Tucson. And this is the Rock Wren that was quite vocal first thing in the morning.

New Mexico 113

New Mexico Mexico Tucson Costa Rica 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2019

When we returned to Tucson, from the Bahamas, I was approaching a milestone number, 1300 bird species, and drove myself hard, climbing, hiking, searching, and driving all over the state of Arizona looking for those last eight birds. Jean and Gary Siesener in Tucson, Az. Deborah Kaechele in Tucson, Az.

Costa Rica 128

Costa Rica Tucson South Africa Bahamas 128

Critter News

JANUARY 2, 2011

Grey2K is a greyhound advocacy group. Here is the link to the video showing kennel conditions. They had professional investigators there last summer.

Greyhounds 100

Greyhounds Tucson Kennels Advocacy 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

A widely published writer, popular speaker, and enthusiastic tour leader in North American and Europe, Rick lives in Tucson and in Vancouver, British Columbia, with his wife, Alison, and their chocolate Lab, Gellert. I saw it while visiting a small botanic garden somewhere in Tucson. I had no idea I should have been embarrassed.

2011 140

2011 Tucson Arizona Deer 140

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

One particular issue had a feature on the birds of Madera Canyon, Arizona. Up to 256 bird species, deer, black bears, foxes, big cats, Gila Monsters, and 16 species of bats call this area of southeastern Arizona home. ( The post Birding Arizona–style appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Madera Canyon. Peregrine Falcon.

Arizona 134

Arizona Tucson Birds North America 134

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 8, 2007

Someone entered the premises of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum , cut the lock on the bighorn sheep exhibit, and shot the male bighorn to death. Tucson, like other communities in the southwest, has satanistic, witch, and other occult groups. There was a senseless killing last night. It has not been found.

Sheep 40

Sheep Tucson Arizona Killing 40

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 28, 2007

Here is a blog by one of my fellow graduate students at the University of Arizona. (I Jean and I overlapped by one year: August 1987 (when she arrived in Tucson) to August 1988 (when I departed for College Station, Texas). I will add it to the blogroll.) Want to hear something weird?

Tucson 40

Tucson Arizona Texas Animal 40

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

12796 Tucson Avenue, Mount Lemmon, Arizona, US (32.442, -110.758) Private residence. 12796 Tucson Avenue, Mount Lemmon, Arizona, US (32.442, -110.758) Private residence. 12796 Tucson Avenue, Mount Lemmon, Arizona, US (32.442, -110.758) Private residence. Green-crowned Brilliant – Heliodoxa jacula.

2019 116

2019 Arizona Ghana Tucson 116

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 10, 2018

We have been feeling a push to get the 5th wheel down to Tucson, Arizona, which will be our home for the winter, and get prepped for another trip out of the US before the end of the year. It’s not Prairie Falcon , but it is a great little Rock Wren. We got to see several Bands of Wild Turkeys around the lake.

Colorado 113

Colorado Texas Trinidad Albuquerque 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 26, 2018

We have escaped the clutches of the Bahamas, and are finally back “home” in Tucson, Texas. Now, I have 8 days left, in order to find 9 new bird species, somewhere in the state of Arizona, to total an amazing 1300 birds for the year. Now, I am going to be hitting the road, in a week of Twitches, I really want that number!

Bahamas 123

Bahamas Costa Rica Abandon Abandoning 123

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2019

Arizona Woodpecker – Dryobates arizonae. Wildlife Corridor, Patigonia, Arizona. 14600 West Manville Road, Marana, Arizona, US (32.292, -111.279). Gene C Reid Park, Tucson US-AZ (32.2076,-110.9233). Bajada Washington Trail, Tucson, Arizona, US (32.278, -111.199). 10 Jan 2019. 10 Jan 2019.

2019 113

2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2019

Mexican Whip-poor-will – Antrostomus arizonae. Arizona road. 6900 South Jamie Avenue, Tucson, Arizona, US (32.19, -111.112). Mount Lemmon, Arizona, US (32.388, -110.711). 8272 San Joaquin rd, Tucson, Arizona, US (32.175, -111.142). 4729 North Trico Road, Marana, Arizona, US (32.29, -111.305).

2019 113

2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2019

Gene C Reid Park, Tucson US-AZ (32.2076,-110.9233). Arizona Woodpecker – Dryobates arizonae. Bajada Washington Trail, Tucson, Arizona, US (32.278, -111.199). West Treatment Plant Road, Marana, Arizona, US (32.466, -111.279). Gene C Reid Park, Tucson US-AZ (32.2076,-110.9233). 10 Jan 2019.

2019 113

2019 Ghana Australia Woodpeckers 113