Dear PAS Birding Friends,
TRIP ANNOUNCEMENT: We are putting together a trip to Southeast Arizona in August, which is the monsoon season, and sure to produce many “Arizona Specialties” for us! The date will be August 10-13, with an option to add one extra day if there is enough interest. This would be driving/flying to Tucson on the 10th, birding the 11th and 12th (plus option for the 13th for those that want to stay an extra day) and traveling home on either the 13th or 14th.
Our guide will be Melody Kehl, (Melody’s Birding), whom we have used in the past. She has provided us with an extensive list of birds we are likely to see, and it is quite impressive! We need a minimum of 6 participants to make this trip go, and we are capping it at 12, as Melody prefers working with smaller groups. (She actually prefers groups of 8-10, but has agreed to let us bring 12, as we did last time.)
The cost will be $50/day/person, and includes a picnic lunch. The hotel in Tucson will be the Country Inn, which will be available to us at a group rate of $65/night, and includes breakfast. You will be responsible for your own evening meal, your own transportation to Tucson, and for tipping the guide at the end, (which we recommend the standard $10/person/day).
If you are interested in participating in this trip, please email diannebenham@me.com. Let us know how many in your party. You may send the email as soon as you get this posting, and the first 12 emails I receive will be those who make up the trip. We will also have a waiting list for those that wish to go but are not among the first twelve to respond. I will contact you as soon as we fill the trip to let you know.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Dianne & Hal Benham
AUGUST BIRDS
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA
GREBES
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
PELICANS
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
CORMORANTS
Double-crested Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
BITTERNS AND HERONS
Least Bittern
Great-blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
IBIS
White-faced Ibis
SWANS, GEESE AND DUCKS
Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Ruddy Duck
AMERICAN VULTURES
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
RAPTORS
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Mississippi Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Common Black Hawk
Harris’ Hawk
Gray Hawk
Swainson’s Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle
Crested Caracara
American Kestral
Prairie Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
TURKEYS AND QUAIL
Wild Turkey
Montezuma Quail
Scaled Quail
Gambel’s Quail
RAILS
Sora
Virginia Rail
American Coot
Common Moorhen
PLOVERS
Black-bellied Plover
Snowy Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
STILTS AND AVOCETS
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
SANDPIPERS
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Lond-billed Dowitcher
Common Snipe
Wilson’s Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
GULLS AND TERNS
Bonaparte’s Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Common Tern
Forster’s Tern
Black Tern
PIGEONS AND DOVES
Rock Dove
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasion Collared Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground Dove
CUCKOOS
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner
Groove-billed Ani
OWLS
Barn Owl
Flammulaated Owl
Western Screech-Owl
Whiskered Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Elf Owl
Burrowing Owl
Spotted Owl
Long-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
NIGHTJARS
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Buff-collared Nightjar
Whip-poor-will
SWIFTS
White-throated Swift
HUMMERS
Broad-billed Hummingbird
White-eared Hummingbird
Berylline Hummingbird
Violet-crowned Hummingbird
Blue-throated Hummingbird
Magnificent Hummingbird
Plain-capped Starthroat
Lucifer Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Costa’s Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Allen’s Hummingbird
TROGONS
Elegant Trogon
KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
WOODPECKERS
Acorn Woodpecker
Gila Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Arizona Woodpecker
Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker
Gilded Flicker
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Northern Beardless Tyrannulet
Olive-sided
Greater Pewee
Western Wood Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Hammond’s Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Buff-breasted Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Vermillion Flycatcher
Dusky-capped
Ash-throated
Brown-crested
Sulphur-bellied
Tropical Kingbird
Cassin’s Kingbird
Thick-billed Kingbird
Western Kingbird
LARKS
Horned Lark
SWALLOWS
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
JAYS
Steller’s Jay
Western Scrub Jay
Mexican Jay
Chihuahuan Raven
Common Raven
CHICKADEES AND TITMICE
Mexicn Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Bridled Titmouse
Juniper Titmouse
VERDINS
Verdin
BUSHTITS
Bushtit
NUTHATCHES
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
WRENS
Cactus Wren
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Bewick’s Wren
House Wren
KINGLETS
Golden-crowned Kinglet
GNATCATCHERS
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Black-capped Gnatcatcher
THRUSHES
Eastern Bluebird
Western Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS
Northern Mockingbird
Bendire’s Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
Crissal Thrasher
LeConte’s Thrasher
SILKY FLYCATCHERS
Phainopepla
SHRIKES
Loggerhead Shrike
STARLINGS
European Starling
VIREOS
Bell’s Vireo
Gray Vireo
Plumbeus Vireo
Cassin’s Vireo
Hutton’s Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
EMBERIZINES
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Virginia’s Warbler
Lucy’s Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Audubon’s Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Grace’s Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Red-faced Warbler
Painted Redstart
Rufous-capped Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Olive Warbler
TANAGERS
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Western Tanager
Flame-colored Tanager
CARDINALS, GROSBEAKS AND BUNTINGS
Northern Cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Varied Bunting
SPARROWS
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Canyon Towhee
Abert’s Towhee
Botteri’s Sparrow
Cassin’s Sparrow
Rufous-winged Sparrow
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer’s Sparrow
Black-chinned Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Five-striped Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Yellow-eyed Junco
ICTERIDS
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Hooded Oriole
Bullock’s Oriole
Scott’s Oriole
FINCHES AND GOLDFINCHES
House Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow
