Latest Rarities

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Notable Sightings in Arizona
Check = Sighting confirmed by an eBird reviewer
  Name Date Location
  Northern Saw-whet Owl 25 Apr Mt. Lemmon--Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground)
  Green-tailed Towhee 25 Apr Madera Canyon--Santa Rita Lodge
  Berylline Hummingbird 25 Apr Madera Canyon--Santa Rita Lodge
  Black Vulture 25 Apr
Check Lucifer Hummingbird 25 Apr Battiste's Bird Garden
  Cave Swallow 25 Apr Papago Park
Check Bendire's Thrasher 25 Apr Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
  Red-shouldered Hawk 25 Apr
  Greater White-fronted Goose 25 Apr Walnut Canyon Lakes
  Swainson's Thrush 25 Apr Estrella Mountain Regional Park
  American Goshawk 25 Apr Mt. Lemmon--upper
Check Rose-breasted Grosbeak 25 Apr Ramsey Canyon Cabins & Bird Sanctuary (opened 2022)
Check Crested Caracara 25 Apr
  Baird's Sandpiper 25 Apr Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
  Dunlin 25 Apr Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
  Hutton's Vireo 25 Apr Sycamore Creek--upper Beeline Hwy
Check Snow Goose 25 Apr
Check Harris's Hawk 25 Apr Buenos Aires NWR--Headquarters Area
  Blue Grosbeak 25 Apr Yuma East Wetlands
Check Gray Hawk 25 Apr Hassayampa River Preserve
Check Golden-crowned Sparrow 25 Apr
  Hooded Warbler 25 Apr
  Glossy Ibis 25 Apr Kachina Wetlands
Check Inca Dove 25 Apr Green Valley--Desert Meadows Park
Check Rufous-winged Sparrow 25 Apr San Pedro RNCA--Hereford Bridge
Check Western Flycatcher 25 Apr Madera Canyon--Carrie Nation Trail
  Ruddy Ground Dove 25 Apr
Check Belted Kingfisher 25 Apr Harshaw Creek Road
Check Northern Waterthrush 25 Apr San Pedro RNCA--San Pedro House and trails
Check Orchard x Hooded Oriole (hybrid) 25 Apr Madera Canyon--Proctor Rd.
  Grace's Warbler 25 Apr Mt. Ord--FR 1688
  Bushtit 25 Apr Mt. Ord--FR 1688
  Hairy Woodpecker 25 Apr Mt. Ord--FR 1688
  Mallard x Mexican Duck (hybrid) 25 Apr Kachina Wetlands
Check Gray Vireo 25 Apr
Check Tree Swallow 25 Apr Madera Canyon--Proctor Rd.
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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.