Latest Rarities

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Notable Sightings in Arizona
Check = Sighting confirmed by an eBird reviewer
  Name Date Location
  Tricolored Heron 20 Sep Amado WTP
  Caspian Tern 20 Sep Glendale Recharge Ponds
  Louisiana Waterthrush 20 Sep San Pedro RNCA--San Pedro House and trails
  Black-bellied Plover 20 Sep Glendale Recharge Ponds
  Caspian Tern 20 Sep Glendale Recharge Ponds
  California Gull 20 Sep Glendale Recharge Ponds
  Black-bellied Plover 20 Sep Glendale Recharge Ponds
  Caspian Tern 20 Sep Glendale Recharge Ponds
  California Gull 20 Sep Glendale Recharge Ponds
  Black-capped Gnatcatcher 20 Sep Madera Canyon--Proctor Rd.
  Snow Goose 20 Sep Payson--Green Valley Park
Check Tricolored Heron 20 Sep Amado WTP
  Crissal Thrasher 20 Sep
Check Tricolored Heron 20 Sep Amado WTP
  Rose-throated Becard 20 Sep De Anza Trail--Tumacacori
  Gray Hawk 20 Sep Sweetwater Wetlands
  Painted Bunting 20 Sep Santa Gertrudis Lane (foot access only)
  Wood Duck 20 Sep Reid Park
  Rufous-capped Warbler 20 Sep
Check Tricolored Heron 20 Sep Amado WTP
Explore more Arizona birding data at eBird.

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.