Latest Rarities

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Notable Sightings in Arizona
Check = Sighting confirmed by an eBird reviewer
  Name Date Location
  Double-crested Cormorant 12 Jul Canoa Ranch Conservation Park
  Thick-billed Kingbird 12 Jul Portal--Jasper/Moisan feeders (opened 2015)
  Phainopepla 12 Jul Mt. Lemmon--upper
  Lucifer Hummingbird 12 Jul Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary (closed Thursday morning)
  Snowy Plover 12 Jul Prescott--Willow Lake
  Lazuli Bunting 12 Jul Madera Canyon--Carrie Nation Trail
  Acorn Woodpecker 12 Jul University of Arizona
  Flame-colored Tanager 12 Jul Miller Canyon--Beatty's Guest Ranch
  Northern Cardinal 12 Jul Madera Canyon--Madera Kubo B&B
  Rose-throated Becard 12 Jul stakeout Rose-throated Becard, Harshaw Creek Rd (2025)
  Black-chinned x Broad-billed Hummingbird (hybrid) 12 Jul Ramsey Canyon Cabins & Bird Sanctuary (opened 2022)
Check White-eared Hummingbird 12 Jul Paradise--George Walker House
Check Lesser Scaup 12 Jul Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
Check Lesser Yellowlegs 12 Jul Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
  White-eyed Vireo 12 Jul Anza Trail--Tubac
Check Bell's Vireo 12 Jul Cameron Seep
  Forster's Tern 12 Jul Telephone Lake and Polishing Ponds
  Northern Mockingbird 12 Jul Madera Canyon--Santa Rita Lodge
  Western Grebe 12 Jul Watson Lake and Riparian Preserve
Check Berylline Hummingbird 12 Jul Ramsey Canyon Preserve (formerly Mile Hi Ranch)
  Cassin's Vireo 12 Jul Cave Creek Canyon--South Fork
Check Zone-tailed Hawk 12 Jul
  Broad-billed Hummingbird 12 Jul
Check Black-chinned x Anna's Hummingbird (hybrid) 12 Jul Arizona Birding Guides feeders--Visitors Welcome
Check Redhead 12 Jul Sweetwater Wetlands
  Calliope Hummingbird 12 Jul
Check Snowy Egret 12 Jul El Rio Open Space Preserve
Check Least Grebe 12 Jul El Rio Open Space Preserve
  Broad-billed x Berylline Hummingbird (hybrid) 12 Jul Madera Canyon--Santa Rita Lodge
  Gray Hawk 12 Jul Hassayampa River Preserve
  Tropical Kingbird 12 Jul Hassayampa River Preserve
  Red-shouldered Hawk 12 Jul Hassayampa River Preserve
  Bushtit 12 Jul Hassayampa River Preserve
Check Gray Vireo 12 Jul Mt. Lemmon--Molino Basin
  Bushtit (Interior) 12 Jul
  Scaled x Gambel's Quail (hybrid) 12 Jul
Check Common Ground Dove 12 Jul Christopher Columbus Park (soon to be Danny Lopez Park)
Check Black-throated Sparrow 12 Jul Christopher Columbus Park (soon to be Danny Lopez Park)
Check Snow Goose 12 Jul Christopher Columbus Park (soon to be Danny Lopez Park)
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.