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Notable Sightings in Arizona
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  Name Date Location
  Calliope Hummingbird 05 Jul Battiste's Bird Garden
  Lucifer Hummingbird 05 Jul Battiste's Bird Garden
  Lesser Scaup 05 Jul Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
  Common Loon 05 Jul Alamo Lake SP (La Paz Co.)
  Allen's Hummingbird 05 Jul
  Flame-colored Tanager 05 Jul Miller Canyon--Beatty's Guest Ranch
  Harris's Hawk 05 Jul
Check Bald Eagle 05 Jul Mt. Graham--Riggs Lake
Check Yellow Warbler 05 Jul Mt. Lemmon--Summerhaven
Check Thick-billed Kingbird 05 Jul Box Canyon
  Rivoli's Hummingbird 05 Jul
Check Berylline Hummingbird 05 Jul Ramsey Canyon Cabins & Bird Sanctuary (opened 2022)
  Tree Swallow 05 Jul Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
Check Common Black Hawk 05 Jul San Pedro RNCA--Charleston Bridge
Check Wood Duck 05 Jul Benson STP
Check Rose-throated Becard 05 Jul stakeout Rose-throated Becard, Harshaw Creek Rd (2025)
Check Redhead 05 Jul Scottsdale--Chaparral Park
Check Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher 05 Jul stakeout Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, Bear Canyon pullout
Check Varied Bunting 05 Jul Canoa Ranch Conservation Park
  Costa's Hummingbird 05 Jul Madera Canyon--Santa Rita Lodge
Check Sora 05 Jul El Rio Open Space Preserve
  Great Blue Heron 05 Jul Mt. Lemmon--Rose Canyon and Lake
  Townsend's Warbler 05 Jul Mt. Lemmon--Rose Canyon and Lake
Check Rufous-winged Sparrow 05 Jul Cochise College (Sierra Vista Campus)
Check Curve-billed Thrasher (curvirostre Group) 05 Jul Portal--Big Thicket
Check Violet-green Swallow 05 Jul Boyce Thompson Arboretum
  American Wigeon 05 Jul Imperial NWR--Mesquite Point
  Gadwall 05 Jul Imperial NWR--Mesquite Point
  Northern Pintail 05 Jul Imperial NWR--Mesquite Point
  Common Goldeneye 05 Jul Imperial NWR--Mesquite Point
  Green-tailed Towhee 05 Jul
  Western Tanager 05 Jul Santa Gertrudis Lane (foot access only)
Check Bendire's Thrasher 05 Jul Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
  Indigo Bunting 05 Jul Sweetwater Wetlands
Check Mexican Duck 05 Jul Christopher Columbus Park (soon to be Danny Lopez Park)
Check Black-throated Sparrow 05 Jul Christopher Columbus Park (soon to be Danny Lopez Park)
Check Snow Goose 05 Jul Christopher Columbus Park (soon to be Danny Lopez Park)
Check Northern Cardinal 05 Jul Christopher Columbus Park (soon to be Danny Lopez Park)
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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.