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. This was the weather that greeted us when we made the 60 mile trip from Tucson, down to Patagonia, AZ and the Tucson Audubon’s Paton Center for Hummingbirds.

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Tucson Costa Rica Arizona Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

A Ladder-backed Woodpecker and then Lesser Goldfinches flew onto the tree next to me as I observed the Roadrunner feeding in an empty lot and a Cactus Wren called from the other side of the lot. I met the group in Tucson and we spend the next week birding the hell out of the Sky Islands. A Roadrunner crossed in front of me.

Arizona 108

Arizona Lovebirds Phoenix New Jersey 108

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Things had just started to settle down a bit, now that we had parked the RV in Tucson. We left Tucson on Monday, and drove to Alpine, Texas for our first night. There better be at least 30” was that number she threw out at me, as we were driving away from Tucson. Golden-fronted Woodpecker. Now the pressure was on.

Texas 155

Texas Tucson San Antonio Owls 155

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Acorn Woodpecker. 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. ( For birding Arizona-style, memorize these three overlapping locations southeast of Tucson: Madera Canyon in the Santa Rita Mountains in the Coronado National Forest.

Arizona 176

Arizona Tucson Birds North America 176

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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. Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus. 11 Aug 2019.

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2019 Arizona Ghana Tucson 124

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APRIL 6, 2019

Gene C Reid Park, Tucson US-AZ (32.2076,-110.9233). Lewis’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes lewis. Red-headed Woodpecker – Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus. Golden-naped Woodpecker – Melanerpes chrysauchen. Gila Woodpecker – Melanerpes uropygialis.

2019 113

2019 Ghana Australia Woodpeckers 113

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MAY 4, 2019

Red-bellied Woodpecker – Melanerpes carolinus. Downy Woodpecker – Dryobates pubescens. Hairy Woodpecker – Dryobates villosus. Hoffmann’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes hoffmannii. Pale-billed Woodpecker – Campephilus guatemalensis. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis.

2019 113

2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers 113