Latest Rarities

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Notable Sightings in Arizona
Check = Sighting confirmed by an eBird reviewer
  Name Date Location
  Cassin's Finch 04 Oct
Check Wood Duck 04 Oct Daley Estates Ponds
  Hutton's Vireo 04 Oct Timber Mesa Trailhead
  Painted Bunting 04 Oct Paton Center for Hummingbirds (Patons' Yard)
Check Clark's Nutcracker 04 Oct
  American Bittern 04 Oct Canoa Ranch Conservation Park
  Williamson's Sapsucker 04 Oct
Check Red-breasted Nuthatch 04 Oct
  Common Black Hawk 04 Oct Ron Morriss Park
  Semipalmated Plover 04 Oct Glendale Recharge Ponds
  Mississippi Kite 04 Oct Paton Center for Hummingbirds (Patons' Yard)
Check Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 04 Oct Catalina SP
  Lucifer Hummingbird 04 Oct
  Dusky-capped Flycatcher (olivascens) 04 Oct
Check Inca Dove 04 Oct Tanque Verde Wash--Wentworth Rd.
  American Goshawk 04 Oct Crest Trail--Montezuma Pass to Wilderness Boundary
Check Lewis's Woodpecker 04 Oct
Check Golden-crowned Kinglet 04 Oct
Check Brown Pelican 04 Oct Ajo Sewage Ponds
Check Lawrence's Goldfinch 04 Oct Hassayampa River Preserve (closed Mon/Tue)
  Yellow-eyed Junco 04 Oct
Check Least Bittern 04 Oct Sweetwater Wetlands
Check Gray Hawk 04 Oct Sweetwater Wetlands
  Thick-billed Kingbird 04 Oct Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve
  Varied Bunting 04 Oct Canoa Ranch Conservation Park
Check American Goldfinch 04 Oct
Check Evening Grosbeak (Northwestern or type 1) 04 Oct Mt. Graham--Ash Creek/Columbine area
Check Red-eyed Vireo 04 Oct Hassayampa River Preserve (closed Mon/Tue)
Check Chestnut-collared Longspur 04 Oct Rousseau Sod Farm (restricted access)
  Belted Kingfisher 04 Oct
Check Northern Parula 04 Oct Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch
Check Olive-sided Flycatcher 04 Oct Rio de Flag--Picture Canyon
  Gray Catbird 04 Oct Hassayampa River Preserve (closed Mon/Tue)
  Ladder-backed Woodpecker 04 Oct Madera Canyon--Santa Rita Lodge
  Summer Tanager 04 Oct Madera Canyon--Santa Rita Lodge
Check Evening Grosbeak 04 Oct Mt. Lemmon--Incinerator Ridge
  Caspian Tern 04 Oct Green Valley Country Club Estates (private)
Check Red-shouldered Hawk 04 Oct Hassayampa River Preserve (closed Mon/Tue)
Check Grasshopper Sparrow 04 Oct Saguaro Lake--Butcher Jones Beach
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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.