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SE Arizona 10 day birding blitz!

10,000 Birds

We saw a total of 7 Mississippi Kites, and these three birds were hunting on the Pima County side of the line. Lots of warblers were found, including Grace’s, Nashville, Virginia, Red-faced, Hermit, Lucy’s and Wilson’s. Here is that Red-necked Phalarope.

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The Little Big Year – Week 43: Last minute trip to Texas

10,000 Birds

Once we were checked in, we headed straight out to begin our hunt. At the same water spot, there were severa l Nashville Warblers coming and going. Alamo is, for what we could ascertain, just about dead center of a huge number of high quality birding hotspots. And this White-tailed Hawk was hanging around a field, along Brushline Road.

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Little Big Year – Week 35: Route 66, Tucumcari and The Albuquerque area

10,000 Birds

American Kestrels, Cooper Hawks , and Northern Harriers also found the hunting here to their liking. Nashville Warblers, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Orange-crowned Warblers, Mac Gillivray’s Warblers, Say’s Phoebes, Black Phoebes, Spotted Towhees, as well as Vesper, White-crowned, Chipping, Song, and Lincolns Sparrows.