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Bird List

20 March 2007

Bird observations at Lower San Pedro River (2050 ft), accessed at Liz’s Grove on the Double Check Ranch in Pinal County, Arizona.

Species Number Notes
Vermilion Flycatcher 2 males, 1 female  
Black Phoebe 3  
Red-tailed Hawk 2+  
Common Raven   5+
Lucy’s Warbler pair  
Say’s Phoebe 2+  
Mourning Dove 10+  
Bell’s Vireo 3 singing on territory
White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's) 20+  
Phainopepla Pair pair
Red-shafted Flicker 5+  
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 2 males  
Black-headed Grosbeak 1 male in song
Northern Mockingbird 3  
American Kestrel 1 female  
House Finch 20+  
Red-winged Blackbird 20+  
Song Sparrow 5+  
Abert’s Towhee 2 meeting, exchanging calls
American Coot 4 in TNC pond
Yellow Warbler 1 male  
Pie-billed Grebe   in pond
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4  
Gila Woodpecker 2  
Mallard pair on river
Great-horned Owl    
Turkey Vulture 3  
Great-tailed Grackle 2  
Lark Sparrow 5+  
Western Meadowlark    
Western kingbird    
Ruby-crowned Kinglet    
Gambel’s Quail    
Eurasian Collared-Dove   3
Black-chinned Hummingbird 1 male  
35 species between 1030 and 1500 hours

"In special recognition of the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area 's appreciable avian diversity, it was designated North America 's first Globally Important Bird Area by the American Bird Conservancy in 1996." Tucson Audubon