Latest Rarities

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Notable Sightings in Arizona
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  Name Date Location
Check Mexican Duck 18 Mar Reid Park
  White-throated Sparrow 18 Mar Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch
  Fox Sparrow 18 Mar Portal--Bob Rodrigues yard (Dave Jasper's old yard)
  Streak-backed Oriole 18 Mar Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch
Check Black Vulture 18 Mar
Check Black-throated Blue Warbler 18 Mar Cave Creek Canyon--Southwestern Research Station
  Vermilion Flycatcher 18 Mar
Check Crested Caracara 18 Mar
Check Greater Pewee 18 Mar Reid Park
Check Inca Dove 18 Mar WOW Arizona B&B
  American Goldfinch 18 Mar Sweetwater Wetlands
  Greater White-fronted Goose 18 Mar Payson--Green Valley Park
  Pine Warbler 18 Mar Keiller Park
Check Cape May Warbler 18 Mar
Check Swamp Sparrow 18 Mar Sweetwater Wetlands
Check Northern Parula 18 Mar Sweetwater Wetlands
Check Great Egret 18 Mar Whitewater Draw WA
Check Violet-crowned Hummingbird 18 Mar Ramsey Canyon Preserve (formerly Mile Hi Ranch)
Check Neotropic Cormorant 18 Mar Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
Check Pectoral Sandpiper 18 Mar Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
  Herring Gull 18 Mar Roosevelt Lake--Visitor's Center
Check Chihuahuan Meadowlark 18 Mar Avra Valley--Reservation Road
Check Bendire's Thrasher 18 Mar Avra Valley--Reservation Road
Check Sage Thrasher 18 Mar Avra Valley--Reservation Road
  Dusky Flycatcher 18 Mar Salome--Centennial Park
Check Short-tailed Hawk 18 Mar
  Red-breasted Merganser 18 Mar Roosevelt Lake--Bermuda Flat
Check Brown Creeper (albescens/alticola) 18 Mar
  Snow Goose 18 Mar Prescott--Willow Lake
  Franklin's Gull 18 Mar Glendale Recharge Ponds
  Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 18 Mar
Check Eastern Phoebe 18 Mar Sam Lena Park and KERP
Check Double-crested Cormorant 18 Mar Sam Lena Park and KERP
Check Brown Thrasher 18 Mar
  Band-tailed Pigeon 18 Mar
Check Pine Siskin 18 Mar Anza Trail--north of Desert Meadows Park
  Horned Grebe 18 Mar Saguaro Lake--Butcher Jones Beach
  Gray Hawk 18 Mar
  Wilson's Phalarope 18 Mar Sedona Wetlands Preserve
  Black-and-white Warbler 18 Mar Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch
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