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Bird List

22 April 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 Notes
Zone-tailed Hawk  
Turkey Vulture  
Red-winged Blackbird  
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  
Mourning Dove  
Great-tailed Grackle  
Violet-green Swallow  
Phainopepla  
Vermilion Flycatcher  
Grey Hawk juv
Yellow Warbler  
Common Yellowthroat  
Barn Swallow  
Tri-colored Heron  
Willow Flycatcher  
White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's)  
Sharp-shinned Hawk pair doing aerial display
Bell's Vireo several seen and heard including a female singing from her nest while male brought her bugs
Red-tailed Hawk  
Cassin's Kingbird  
Western Kingbird pair courting???
Common Raven  
White-winged Dove  
Ash-throated Flycatcher  
House Finch  
Empidonax flycatcher  

"The Lower San Pedro River has been designated as Critical Habitat for the endangered Southwestern Willow Flycatcher." American Bird Conservancy