Latest Rarities

AZ-Birding compiles the most exciting recent sightings in the state, cutting through the thicket of news, rumors, and reports for you. Check in often to find out what we’re seeing—and what we can show you on your next trip to Arizona.

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Notable Sightings in Arizona
Check = Sighting confirmed by an eBird reviewer
  Name Date Location
  Green-winged Teal 03 Jun Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
  Bendire's Thrasher 03 Jun Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
Check Short-tailed Hawk 03 Jun Mt. Lemmon--Mt Bigelow Rd
Check Prothonotary Warbler 03 Jun Agua Nueva Park (was Roger Road WRF)
  Crested Caracara 03 Jun
Check Least Bittern 03 Jun Agua Nueva Park (was Roger Road WRF)
  Long-billed Curlew 03 Jun Rousseau Sod Farm (restricted access)
Check Forster's Tern 03 Jun Gila Bend Sewage Ponds
  Lawrence's Goldfinch 03 Jun Mt. Lemmon--Palisades Visitor Center
  Acorn Woodpecker (Acorn) 03 Jun
  Townsend's Warbler 03 Jun Mt. Lemmon--Incinerator Ridge
  Dusky-capped Flycatcher 03 Jun
Check Chestnut-sided Warbler 03 Jun Danny Lopez Park (formerly Columbus Park)
Check Least Grebe 03 Jun Green Valley WRF (park outside fence, walk in only)
Check Northern Pintail 03 Jun Green Valley WRF (park outside fence, walk in only)
  Willow Flycatcher (Southwestern) 03 Jun
Check Flame-colored Tanager 03 Jun Miller Canyon Trail
Check Hairy Woodpecker 03 Jun Mt. Ord--FR 1688
Check Grace's Warbler 03 Jun Mt. Ord--FR 1688
Check American Wigeon 03 Jun CDO Wash--along Tucson National Golf Course
  Broad-billed Hummingbird 03 Jun Mt. Lemmon--Rose Canyon and Lake
Check American Robin 03 Jun Reid Park
  Indigo Bunting 03 Jun Harshaw Creek Road
  Curve-billed Thrasher (curvirostre Group) 03 Jun
  Lucifer Hummingbird 03 Jun
Check Broad-winged Hawk 03 Jun
Check Brown Creeper 03 Jun Anza Trail--Tubac
Check Bushtit 03 Jun Sycamore Creek--upper Beeline Hwy
Check Tropical Kingbird 03 Jun Hassayampa River Preserve (closed Mon/Tue)
Check Gray Hawk 03 Jun Isabella Lee Natural Preserve
Check Tricolored Heron 03 Jun Arthur Pack Regional Park
  American Goshawk 03 Jun Sunnyside Canyon
Check Yellow-headed Blackbird 03 Jun Sweetwater Wetlands
Check Black-capped Gnatcatcher 03 Jun Patagonia Lake dam/spillway area
Check Western Warbling Vireo 03 Jun Sweetwater Wetlands
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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.