10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2019

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. With the formation of last week’s hurricane, it delivered a Magnificent Frigatebird , a Wood Stork , and a Herring Gull to the Tucson area.

Arizona 142

Arizona Tucson Seattle United States 142

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. With four days to go in 2018, why not try for a few more, right? Jean and Gary Siesener in Tucson, Az.

Costa Rica 128

Costa Rica Tucson South Africa Bahamas 128

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 10, 2018

One morning, I woke up to see a White-breasted Nuthatch in the tree right behind our 5th wheel, but before I could get out there with my camera, it was gone, never to see seen in the next three days. Guess I was just not holding my mouth right? Here is the gray toned female Mountain Bluebirds.

Colorado 113

Colorado Texas Trinidad Albuquerque 113