From August 11-13, 12 birders from Palomar Audubon birded Southeast Arizona with expert guide Melody Kehl. Here is the bird list. For a more detailed report on the trip, please refer to this month’s Band Tales.

Hal Benham

SPECIES SEEN
From 8/11/2018 to 8/13/2018 ~ All Places ~ 103 seen

DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL
Mallard

NEW WORLD QUAIL
Gambel’s Quail

PHEASANTS, GROUSE, TURKEYS, ALLIES
Wild Turkey

NEW WORLD VULTURES
Turkey Vulture

HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES
Harris’s Hawk
Gray Hawk
Swainson’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk

PIGEONS AND DOVES
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Inca Dove

CUCKOOS
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner

OWLS
Whiskered Screech-Owl

NIGHTJARS AND ALLIES
Common Poorwill
Buff-collared Nightjar

HUMMINGBIRDS
Magnificent Hummingbird
Lucifer Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Violet-crowned Hummingbird

TROGONS
Elegant Trogon

WOODPECKERS
Acorn Woodpecker
Gila Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Arizona Woodpecker
Northern Flicker

TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Greater Pewee
Western Wood-Pewee
Dusky Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Cassin’s Kingbird
Thick-billed Kingbird
Western Kingbird

SHRIKES
Loggerhead Shrike

VIREOS
Plumbeous Vireo
Hutton’s Vireo
Warbling Vireo

CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES
Steller’s Jay
Mexican Jay
Common Raven

SWALLOWS
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow

CHICKADEES AND TITS
Mountain Chickadee
Bridled Titmouse

PENDULINE-TITS
Verdin

NUTHATCHES
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch

TREECREEPERS
Brown Creeper

WRENS
Canyon Wren
House Wren
Bewick’s Wren
Cactus Wren

THRUSHES AND ALLIES
Western Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin

MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS
Northern Mockingbird
Curve-billed Thrasher

SILKY-FLYCATCHERS
Phainopepla

OLIVE WARBLER
Olive Warbler

NEW WORLD WARBLERS
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Virginia’s Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Grace’s Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Red-faced Warbler
Painted Redstart

BUNTINGS AND NEW WORLD SPARROWS
Spotted Towhee
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Canyon Towhee
Abert’s Towhee
Rufous-winged Sparrow
Botteri’s Sparrow
Cassin’s Sparrow
Five-striped Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Yellow-eyed Junco

CARDINALS AND ALLIES
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Western Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak

SISKINS, CROSSBILLS, AND ALLIES
House Finch
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch

OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow