Latest Rarities

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Notable Sightings in Arizona
Check = Sighting confirmed by an eBird reviewer
  Name Date Location
  Double-crested Cormorant 24 Oct Agua Caliente Park
Check Cassin's Finch 24 Oct Mt. Lemmon--Butterfly Trail
Check Clark's Nutcracker 24 Oct Mt. Lemmon--Butterfly Trail
Check Evening Grosbeak (Northwestern or type 1) 24 Oct Mt. Lemmon--Butterfly Trail
  Costa's Hummingbird 24 Oct Bob Rodrigues yard (Dave Jasper's old yard)
Check Lawrence's Goldfinch 24 Oct Isabella Lee Natural Preserve
Check Hepatic Tanager 24 Oct stakeout Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, Bear Canyon pullout
Check Red Crossbill 24 Oct Anza Trail--Tubac
Check Horned Grebe 24 Oct Telephone Lake and Polishing Ponds
  White-throated Sparrow 24 Oct Hassayampa River Preserve (closed Mon/Tue)
  Fox Sparrow (Red) 24 Oct
Check Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 24 Oct Catalina Regional Park--pond
  Brown Creeper 24 Oct 7B Ranch Nature Trail
Check Violet-crowned Hummingbird 24 Oct
Check Zone-tailed Hawk 24 Oct Vista del Camino Park--McKellips Lake
Check Brown Thrasher 24 Oct East Whitetail Canyon
Check Gray Catbird 24 Oct East Whitetail Canyon
Check Turkey Vulture 24 Oct Pinetop--Woodland Lake Park
Check Downy Woodpecker 24 Oct Higley and Ocotillo Rds. ponds
Check Purple Finch 24 Oct Aspen Springs--Dispersed Camping (head of Aspen Creek Spring)
Check Lewis's Woodpecker 24 Oct Sun City Grand--Desert Springs Golf Course
Check Painted Bunting 24 Oct Paton Center for Hummingbirds (Patons' Yard)
Check Surf Scoter 24 Oct Sedona Wetlands Preserve
Check Pine Siskin 24 Oct Tucson Mountain Park--David Yetman Trail-Camino de Oeste Trailhead
Check Red-shouldered Hawk 24 Oct Hassayampa River Preserve (closed Mon/Tue)
Check Song Sparrow (montana/merrilli) 24 Oct
  Indigo Bunting 24 Oct San Pedro RNCA--Hwy 92 Bridge
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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.