Latest Rarities

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Notable Sightings in Arizona
Check = Sighting confirmed by an eBird reviewer
  Name Date Location
  Ross's Goose 25 Oct
  Common Poorwill 25 Oct
Check Black-chinned Hummingbird 25 Oct
  Chestnut-collared Longspur 25 Oct Rousseau Sod Farm (restricted access)
Check Black-throated Blue Warbler 25 Oct Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch
Check Roseate Spoonbill 25 Oct Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch
Check Roseate Spoonbill 25 Oct Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch
  Nashville Warbler 25 Oct Sweetwater Wetlands
Check Ruddy Ground Dove 25 Oct Himmel Park
  American Bittern 25 Oct Sweetwater Wetlands
Check Ruddy Ground Dove 25 Oct Red Rock Feedlot
Check Clay-colored Sparrow 25 Oct Canoa Ranch Conservation Park
Check Lawrence's Goldfinch 25 Oct Canoa Ranch Conservation Park
Check Northern Jacana 25 Oct Santa Cruz River--Ina Rd.
Check Northern Jacana 25 Oct Santa Cruz River--Ina Rd.
Check Lawrence's Goldfinch 25 Oct Reid Park
  Swainson's Hawk 25 Oct
Check Ruddy Ground Dove 25 Oct Quail Creek Veterans Municipal Park
Check Ruddy Ground Dove 25 Oct Himmel Park
  Black-and-white Warbler 25 Oct Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch
  Black-throated Blue Warbler 25 Oct Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch
Check Broad-tailed Hummingbird 25 Oct
Check Ruddy Ground Dove 25 Oct
Check Gray Catbird 25 Oct Las Cienegas NCA--Cottonwood Tanks
Check Ruddy Ground Dove 25 Oct Himmel Park
Check McCown's Longspur 25 Oct Rousseau Sod Farm (restricted access)
  Black-and-white Warbler 25 Oct Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch
  Roseate Spoonbill 25 Oct Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch
  White-crowned Sparrow (oriantha) 25 Oct Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch
  Black-throated Blue Warbler 25 Oct Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch
  Bell's Vireo 25 Oct Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch
Check Rufous-backed Robin 25 Oct Silverlake Park
Check Lesser Black-backed Gull 25 Oct I-40 Meteor Crater Rest Area Ponds (west bound)
Check Northern Jacana 25 Oct Santa Cruz River--Ina Rd.
Check Northern Jacana 25 Oct
  Cassin's Finch 25 Oct Roadrunner Park
Check Ruddy Ground Dove 25 Oct Himmel Park
Check Eastern Bluebird 25 Oct Fort Lowell Park and Pantano Wash
Check Chestnut-collared Longspur 25 Oct Rousseau Sod Farm (restricted access)
Check Sprague's Pipit 25 Oct Rousseau Sod Farm (restricted access)
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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.