Latest Rarities

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Notable Sightings in Arizona
Check = Sighting confirmed by an eBird reviewer
  Name Date Location
  Rose-breasted Grosbeak 17 May
  Flame-colored Tanager 17 May Miller Canyon Trail
  Lucifer Hummingbird 17 May Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary (closed Thursday morning)
  Grace's Warbler 17 May Mt. Ord--FR 1688
  Hairy Woodpecker 17 May Mt. Ord--FR 1688
  Bushtit 17 May Mt. Ord--FR 1688
  Ruby-crowned Kinglet 17 May Pinery Canyon
  Ridgway's Rail (Yuma) 17 May Tres Rios Overbank Wetlands (permit required)
  Snowy Plover 17 May Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
  American Golden-Plover 17 May Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
  Black-and-white Warbler 17 May Mt. Ord--FR 1688
  Green-tailed Towhee 17 May Madera Canyon--Proctor Rd.
Check Inca Dove 17 May Green Valley--Desert Meadows Park
  Purple Finch 17 May Casa de San Pedro B&B--Visitors Welcome
  Berylline Hummingbird 17 May Ramsey Canyon Preserve (formerly Mile Hi Ranch)
  Flammulated Owl 17 May El Rio Open Space Preserve
  Red Phalarope 17 May Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
  Bendire's Thrasher 17 May Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
  Baird's Sandpiper 17 May Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
  Broad-tailed Hummingbird 17 May
  Rufous-winged Sparrow 17 May Portal--Jasper/Moisan feeders (opened 2015)
  Swainson's Thrush (Olive-backed) 17 May
  Swainson's Thrush (Russet-backed) 17 May
  Spotted Towhee (arcticus) 17 May
  Curve-billed Thrasher (curvirostre Group) 17 May
  Thick-billed Kingbird 17 May Portal--Cathedral Rock Rd at Creek Rd
  Bell's Vireo 17 May Cameron Trading Post
Check American Robin 17 May Reid Park
  Gray Hawk 17 May Hassayampa River Preserve
  Ring-necked Duck 17 May El Rio Open Space Preserve
Check Northern House Wren 17 May
Check Virginia's Warbler 17 May
  Rufous-capped Warbler 17 May Sycamore Canyon (Pajarito Mountains)
  Gray Flycatcher 17 May San Pedro RNCA--San Pedro House and trails
  Gilded Flicker 17 May San Pedro RNCA--San Pedro House and trails
  Gambel's Quail 17 May
Check Snow Goose 17 May Christopher Columbus Park (soon to be Danny Lopez Park)
  Willet 17 May Glendale Recharge Ponds
  American Redstart 17 May Harshaw Rd--Corral Canyon
  Northern Waterthrush 17 May Portal--Cave Creek Ranch
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