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Notable Sightings in Arizona
Check = Sighting confirmed by an eBird reviewer
  Name Date Location
  Acorn Woodpecker 24 Aug University of Arizona
  American Goshawk 24 Aug Mt. Lemmon--Mt Bigelow Rd
Check Pacific Golden-Plover 24 Aug
  Lucifer Hummingbird 24 Aug Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary (closed Thursday morning)
Check Ring-necked Duck 24 Aug Amado WTP
Check Franklin's Gull 24 Aug Gila Bend Sewage Ponds
  American Wigeon 24 Aug Reid Park
  Berylline Hummingbird 24 Aug Madera Canyon--Santa Rita Lodge
  Broad-billed x Berylline Hummingbird (hybrid) 24 Aug Madera Canyon--Santa Rita Lodge
  Lucifer x Costa's Hummingbird (hybrid) 24 Aug Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary (closed Thursday morning)
Check Purple Gallinule 24 Aug Green Valley WRF (park outside fence, walk in only)
Check Tufted Flycatcher 24 Aug Barfoot Park
Check Rufous-capped Warbler 24 Aug Sycamore Canyon (Pajarito Mountains)
Check Rufous-winged Sparrow 24 Aug
  Black-and-white Warbler 24 Aug Huachuca Canyon--1.7 mile picnic area
Check Tufted Flycatcher (Mexican) 24 Aug Barfoot Park
  Eurasian Collared-Dove 24 Aug
  Eastern Bluebird 24 Aug Anza Trail--Tubac
Check American Golden-Plover 24 Aug
  Northern Waterthrush 24 Aug Cave Creek Canyon--Southwestern Research Station
  White-eared Hummingbird 24 Aug Cave Creek Canyon--Southwestern Research Station
Check Inca Dove 24 Aug Tanque Verde Wash--Wentworth Rd.
Check Cedar Waxwing 24 Aug
  Juniper Titmouse 24 Aug Mt. Lemmon--Bear Canyon (Cypress, Middle Bear, Chihuahua Pine Picnic Areas)
  American Robin 24 Aug Lake Havasu City--Rotary Park
Check Mexican Duck 24 Aug Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch
Check Common Ground Dove 24 Aug El Rio Preserve
  American Barn Owl 23 Aug Madera Canyon--Mt. Wrightson Picnic Area & Upper Canyon Trails
Check Buff-collared Nightjar 23 Aug Box Canyon--lower bridge
  Semipalmated Sandpiper 23 Aug Sahuarita--North Santa Cruz Park
Check Ring-necked Duck 23 Aug Amado WTP
Check American Golden-Plover 23 Aug
Check Lincoln's Sparrow 23 Aug Sun City Grand--Desert Springs Golf Course
Check Pacific Golden-Plover 23 Aug
Check Lucifer Hummingbird 23 Aug Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary (closed Thursday morning)
Check Anna's x Costa's Hummingbird (hybrid) 23 Aug
Check American Goshawk 23 Aug Mt. Lemmon--Mt Bigelow Rd
Check Short-tailed Hawk 23 Aug Mt. Lemmon--Mt Bigelow Rd
Check White-eared Hummingbird 23 Aug Cave Creek Canyon--Southwestern Research Station
Check Berylline Hummingbird 23 Aug Ramsey Canyon Inn (opened 1988)
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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.