Latest Rarities

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Notable Sightings in Arizona
Check = Sighting confirmed by an eBird reviewer
  Name Date Location
  Lesser Nighthawk 29 Mar
Check Violet-crowned Hummingbird 29 Mar
  Lesser Nighthawk 29 Mar
  Lesser Nighthawk 29 Mar
  Lesser Nighthawk 29 Mar
  White-throated Sparrow 29 Mar Portal--Quailway Cottage (only)
Check Townsend's Solitaire 29 Mar
  Lucifer Hummingbird 29 Mar Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary (closed Thursday morning; formerly Ash Canyon B&B)
  Lesser Nighthawk 29 Mar Paton Center for Hummingbirds (Patons' Yard)
  Lesser Nighthawk 29 Mar Paton Center for Hummingbirds (Patons' Yard)
Check Townsend's Solitaire 29 Mar Sabino Canyon Recreation Area
Check Townsend's Solitaire 29 Mar Sabino Canyon Recreation Area
  Northern Goshawk 29 Mar FR 42--past Herb Martyr Rd to E Turkey Creek
  American White Pelican 29 Mar Watson Lake and Riparian Preserve
  Cassin's Finch 29 Mar Portal
Check Lewis's Woodpecker 29 Mar Reid Park
Check Lewis's Woodpecker 29 Mar Reid Park
  American Goldfinch 29 Mar Portal--Cave Creek Ranch
  Cassin's Finch 29 Mar Portal--Jasper/Moisan feeders (opened 2015)
  White-throated Sparrow 29 Mar Portal--Cave Creek Ranch
  American Goldfinch 29 Mar Portal--Cave Creek Ranch
Check Steller's Jay (Interior) 29 Mar Madera Canyon--Santa Rita Lodge
Check Steller's Jay (Interior) 29 Mar Madera Canyon--Santa Rita Lodge
Check Townsend's Solitaire 29 Mar Reid Park
Check Townsend's Solitaire 29 Mar Reid Park
  Summer Tanager 29 Mar Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch
  American Goldfinch 29 Mar Portal--Cave Creek Ranch
Check Violet-crowned Hummingbird 29 Mar Ramsey Canyon Cabins (opened 2022)
Check Evening Grosbeak 29 Mar Portal--Cave Creek Ranch
Check Cassin's Finch 29 Mar Portal--Cave Creek Ranch
  Dusky-capped Flycatcher 29 Mar Northsight Park
Check Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 29 Mar Catalina SP
Check Townsend's Solitaire 29 Mar Agua Caliente Park
Check Five-striped Sparrow 29 Mar Box Canyon
Check Clark's Grebe 29 Mar Patagonia Lake dam/spillway area
  Cassin's Finch 29 Mar Paradise--George Walker House
Check Steller's Jay 29 Mar Madera Canyon--Santa Rita Lodge
Check Cassin's Finch 29 Mar Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary (closed Thursday morning; formerly Ash Canyon B&B)
Check Violet-crowned Hummingbird 29 Mar Ramsey Canyon Cabins (opened 2022)
Check Violet-crowned Hummingbird 29 Mar Ramsey Canyon Cabins (opened 2022)
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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.