Latest Rarities

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Notable Sightings in Arizona
Check = Sighting confirmed by an eBird reviewer
  Name Date Location
  White-throated Sparrow 21 Apr
  Costa's Hummingbird 21 Apr
  Lucifer Hummingbird 21 Apr Ash Canyon B&B (Wed noon-dusk; dawn-dusk other days)
  Chihuahuan Raven 21 Apr Sam Lena Park and KERP
  Rufous-winged Sparrow 21 Apr
  Rufous-winged Sparrow 21 Apr Portal--Bob Rodrigues yard (Dave Jasper's old yard)
  Montezuma Quail 21 Apr
  Virginia Rail 21 Apr Kennedy Park
  Rufous-winged Sparrow 21 Apr
  Rufous-winged Sparrow 21 Apr Santa Cruz River--Cortaro Rd.
  Rufous-winged Sparrow 21 Apr Portal--Bob Rodrigues yard (Dave Jasper's old yard)
  Ruddy Ground-Dove 21 Apr
  Bufflehead 21 Apr Glendale Recharge Ponds
Check Great Blue Heron 20 Apr
  Rufous-winged Sparrow 20 Apr Portal--Cathedral Rock Rd at Creek Rd
Check Great Blue Heron 20 Apr
  White-faced Ibis 20 Apr
Check Five-striped Sparrow 20 Apr stakeout Five-striped Sparrow, Box Canyon (2017-9)
Check Five-striped Sparrow 20 Apr stakeout Five-striped Sparrow, Box Canyon (2017-9)
Check Bufflehead 20 Apr Glendale Recharge Ponds
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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.