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Notable Sightings in Arizona
Check = Sighting confirmed by an eBird reviewer
  Name Date Location
  Common Black Hawk 14 Jul Portal--Cave Creek Ranch
  Wood Duck 14 Jul Benson STP
Check Eared Grebe 14 Jul Benson STP
  Lazuli Bunting 14 Jul
  Ring-necked Duck 14 Jul Amado WTP
  Gray Flycatcher 14 Jul
  Crested Caracara 14 Jul Sweetwater Wetlands
Check Tricolored Heron 14 Jul Canoa Ranch Conservation Park
  Gray Vireo 14 Jul
  Osprey 14 Jul
Check Snowy Egret 14 Jul Avra Valley WTP
  Western Warbling Vireo 14 Jul Sweetwater Wetlands
  Least Bittern 14 Jul Sweetwater Wetlands
  Lucifer Hummingbird 14 Jul Guindani Canyon
  Sora 14 Jul Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
  Bendire's Thrasher 14 Jul Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
  Forster's Tern 14 Jul Glendale Recharge Ponds
  Cassin's Sparrow 13 Jul Box Canyon--lower bridge
Check American Wigeon 13 Jul Reid Park
  Long-billed Dowitcher 13 Jul Prescott--Willow Lake
  Hooded Warbler 13 Jul Mt. Lemmon--Sunset Trailhead (lower Bear Wallow)
  Common Tern (longipennis) 13 Jul Glendale Recharge Ponds
Check Lazuli Bunting 13 Jul Amado WTP
Check Ring-necked Duck 13 Jul Amado WTP
Check Black Vulture 13 Jul Danny Lopez Park (formerly Columbus Park)
Check Turkey Vulture (Northern) 13 Jul Montosa Canyon--km 1 (culvert area)
Check Northern Flicker 13 Jul Madera Canyon--Madera Picnic Area
  Mexican Duck 13 Jul Rio de Flag--Picture Canyon
Check Tricolored Heron 13 Jul Canoa Ranch Conservation Park
Check Broad-billed Hummingbird 13 Jul Mt. Lemmon--Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground)
Check Black-chinned x Anna's Hummingbird (hybrid) 13 Jul Arizona Birding Guides feeders--Visitors Welcome
Check Solitary Sandpiper 13 Jul Luna Lake
Check Lucifer Hummingbird 13 Jul
Check Flame-colored Tanager 13 Jul Miller Canyon Trail
Check Western Flycatcher 13 Jul Phoenix Zoo
Check Western Bluebird 13 Jul Mt. Ord--FR 1688
Check Chipping Sparrow 13 Jul Mt. Ord--FR 1688
Check Red Crossbill 13 Jul Mt. Ord--FR 1688
Check Grace's Warbler 13 Jul Mt. Ord--FR 1688
Check Bushtit (Interior) 13 Jul Mt. Ord--FR 1688
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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.