Latest Rarities

AZ-Birding compiles the most exciting recent sightings in the state, cutting through the thicket of news, rumors, and reports for you. Check in often to find out what we’re seeing—and what we can show you on your next trip to Arizona.

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Notable Sightings in Arizona
Check = Sighting confirmed by an eBird reviewer
  Name Date Location
  Black-chinned Hummingbird 21 Oct
Check Lesser Nighthawk 20 Oct Lost Dutchman SP
Check Lesser Nighthawk 20 Oct Lost Dutchman SP
Check Lesser Nighthawk 20 Oct Lost Dutchman SP
Check Lucifer Hummingbird 20 Oct
Check Snow Goose 20 Oct Canoa Ranch Conservation Park
Check Red-breasted Sapsucker 20 Oct Santa Cruz River--Cortaro Mesquite Bosque
Check Snow Goose 20 Oct Canoa Ranch Conservation Park
  Red-breasted Sapsucker 20 Oct Santa Cruz River--Cortaro Mesquite Bosque
Check Warbling Vireo 20 Oct De Anza Trail--Carmen (Clark Crossing Rd)
  Stilt Sandpiper 20 Oct Glendale Recharge Ponds
  Stilt Sandpiper 20 Oct Glendale Recharge Ponds
Check Black-chinned Hummingbird 20 Oct
Check Surf Scoter 20 Oct Telephone Lake and Polishing Ponds
Check Surf Scoter 20 Oct Telephone Lake and Polishing Ponds
Check Snow Goose 20 Oct Canoa Ranch Conservation Park
  Common Loon 20 Oct
Check Lewis's Woodpecker 20 Oct
  Common Loon 20 Oct Prescott--Willow Lake
Check Surf Scoter 20 Oct Telephone Lake and Polishing Ponds
  Lawrence's Goldfinch 20 Oct Besh Ba Gowah Archaeological Park and Museum
Check Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 20 Oct
Check Bald Eagle 20 Oct Parker Canyon Lake
Check Black Vulture 20 Oct
Check Black Vulture 20 Oct
  Northern Cardinal 20 Oct Sweetwater Wetlands
Check Ferruginous Hawk 20 Oct Riggs and Price Rds. ponds
Check Broad-tailed Hummingbird 20 Oct
Check Broad-billed Hummingbird 20 Oct Hassayampa River Preserve
Check Summer Tanager 20 Oct Hassayampa River Preserve
Check American Redstart 20 Oct Hassayampa River Preserve
Check Western Tanager 20 Oct Hassayampa River Preserve
  Tennessee Warbler 20 Oct Hassayampa River Preserve
Check Red-necked Phalarope 20 Oct Becker Lake
Check Red-necked Phalarope 20 Oct Becker Lake
Check Lawrence's Goldfinch 20 Oct
  Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 20 Oct
Check Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet 20 Oct
Check Western Grebe 20 Oct Ajo Sewage Ponds
Check Costa's Hummingbird 20 Oct Battiste's Bird Garden
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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.