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Notable Sightings in Arizona
Check = Sighting confirmed by an eBird reviewer
  Name Date Location
  Whimbrel 29 Jul CAP Recharge Basin--Mile Wide Rd
Check Painted Bunting 29 Jul
  Lucifer Hummingbird 29 Jul Ash Canyon B&B
  Ring-necked Duck 29 Jul Amado WTP
  White-eared Hummingbird 29 Jul Miller Canyon--Beatty's Guest Ranch
  Allen's Hummingbird 29 Jul Miller Canyon--Beatty's Guest Ranch
  Allen's Hummingbird 29 Jul Miller Canyon--Beatty's Guest Ranch
  White-eared Hummingbird 29 Jul Miller Canyon--Beatty's Guest Ranch
  Gilded Flicker 29 Jul
  Western Meadowlark 29 Jul Las Cienegas NCA (Pima Co.)
  Whimbrel 28 Jul CAP Recharge Basin--Mile Wide Rd
  Wood Duck 28 Jul Randolph GC/Hardesty Building
  Wood Duck 28 Jul Randolph GC/Hardesty Building
  Wood Duck 28 Jul Randolph GC/Hardesty Building
  Wood Duck 28 Jul Randolph GC/Hardesty Building
  Whimbrel 28 Jul CAP Recharge Basin--Mile Wide Rd
  Ring-necked Duck 28 Jul Amado WTP
  Ring-necked Duck 28 Jul Amado WTP
  Whimbrel 28 Jul CAP Recharge Basin--Mile Wide Rd
Check Lucifer Hummingbird 28 Jul Ash Canyon B&B
Explore more Arizona birding data at eBird.

Featured Rarity

Plain-capped Starthroat, Patagonia: August 12, 2009. Courtesy Chris West.Thank you to Chris West for this fine photograph of the Plain-capped Starthroat at the Spirit Tree Inn in Patagonia.