Latest Rarities

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Notable Sightings in Arizona
Check = Sighting confirmed by an eBird reviewer
  Name Date Location
  Lucifer Hummingbird 24 Jun Ash Canyon B&B (Wed noon-dusk; dawn-dusk other days)
  California Gull 24 Jun Glendale Recharge Ponds
  Least Tern 24 Jun Glendale Recharge Ponds
  California Gull 24 Jun Glendale Recharge Ponds
  Least Tern 24 Jun Glendale Recharge Ponds
  Least Tern 24 Jun Glendale Recharge Ponds
  California Gull 24 Jun Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
  Stilt Sandpiper 24 Jun Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
  Redhead 24 Jun Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
  Marbled Godwit 24 Jun Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
  Little Blue Heron 24 Jun Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
  Green-winged Teal (American) 24 Jun Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
  Eared Grebe 24 Jun Willcox--Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course
  California Gull 24 Jun Glendale Recharge Ponds
  Least Tern 24 Jun Glendale Recharge Ponds
  Lucifer Hummingbird 24 Jun Ash Canyon B&B (Wed noon-dusk; dawn-dusk other days)
  Rose-breasted Grosbeak 24 Jun Ash Canyon B&B (Wed noon-dusk; dawn-dusk other days)
Check Bronzed Cowbird 24 Jun Hidden Shores Golf Course
  Red-breasted Merganser 24 Jun Solar Power & Water Ponds
  Willet 24 Jun Solar Power & Water 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.