First up was Pena Blanca Lake. Though we didn't find the quail, Mark found a male Costa's Hummingbird! This was a 'bonus' bird since it was one I never figured on getting on this trip.
The next stop was at the Patagonia roadside rest where we heard at least two Tyrannulets. I had one fly right over my head, but we couldn't find a perched one. There, we met Rich Stallcup, who was nice enough to tell us where a nest was at the Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Sanctuary. We followed his directions and within minutes were looking at a perched Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet.
We still couldn't find a Gray Hawk despite searching in the heavy foilage. As a last resort, I suggested driving down the main highway (Route 82) and searching the other side of the creek's cottonwoods. As we went down the highway, I luckily caught sight of a gray form against the green trees. It was a Gray Hawk perched in a large dead tree among the cottonwoods. We now left Patagonia with bigger smiles on our faces and headed back to Tucson once again.
We birded Wilmot Road, unfortunately in the heat of the day, and found Bendire's Thrasher but no Rufous-winged Sparrow. With some time to spare, we took a ride to the Sabino Canyon Recreation Area. On the east end of the city, we watched another Zone-tailed Hawk circle over the busy intersection. In addition to the expected birds at Sabino Canyon, we got to see the "Gilded" form of Northern Flicker on a wire next to the road. The other interesting thing was a Roadrunner that looked for handouts from the tram passengers.
After getting something to eat in Tucson, we packed up and boarded our flight for home with 61 life birds among a total of 170 species.
Southeast Arizona Trip List
1) Eared Grebe
2) Great Blue Heron
3) Green-backed Heron
4) White-faced Ibis
5) Black-bellied Whistling-Duck*
6) Mallard (and "Mexican" Duck)
7) Blue-winged Teal
8) Cinnamon Teal
9) Northern Shoveler
10) American Wigeon
11) Ring-necked Duck
12) Lesser Scaup
13) Ruddy Duck
14) Black Vulture
15) Turkey Vulture
16) Mississippi Kite
17) Northern Harrier
18) Cooper's Hawk
19) Northern Goshawk
20) Common Black-Hawk*
21) Harris's Hawk*
22) Gray Hawk*
23) Swainson's Hawk
24) Zone-tailed Hawk*
25) Red-tailed Hawk
26) Golden Eagle
27) American Kestrel
28) Prairie Falcon
29) Scaled Quail*
30) Gambel's Quail
31) American Coot
32) Killdeer
33) Black-necked Stilt
34) American Avocet
35) Baird's Sandpiper
36) Long-billed Dowitcher
37) Wilson's Phalarope
38) Rock Dove
39) Band-tailed Pigeon
40) White-winged Dove*
41) Mourning Dove
42) Inca Dove*
43) Greater Roadrunner
44) Flammulated Owl (heard only)
45) Whiskered Screech-Owl*
46) Elf Owl*
47) Spotted Owl*
48) Lesser Nighthawk
49) Common Poorwill (heard only)
50) Buff-collared Nightjar*
51) Whip-poor-will (heard only)
52) White-throated Swift
53) Broad-billed Hummingbird*
54) Violet-crowned Hummingbird*
55) Blue-throated Hummingbird*
56) Magnificent Hummingbird*
57) Black-chinned Hummingbird*
58) Anna's Hummingbird
59) Costa's Hummingbird*
60) Broad-tailed Hummingbird*
61) Elegant Trogon*
62) Acorn Woodpecker
63) Gila Woodpecker*
64) Ladder-backed Woodpecker
65) Hairy Woodpecker
66) Strickland's Woodpecker*
67) Northern Flicker ("Red-shafted" and "Gilded")
68) Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet*
69) Olive-sided Flycatcher
70) Greater Pewee*
71) Western Wood-Pewee
72) Western Flycatcher
73) Buff-breasted Flycatcher*
74) Black Phoebe
75) Say's Phoebe
76) Vermilion Flycatcher*
77) Dusky-capped Flycatcher*
78) Ash-throated Flycatcher
79) Brown-crested Flycatcher*
80) Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher*
81) Tropical Kingbird*
82) Cassin's Kingbird*
83) Thick-billed Kingbird*
84) Western Kingbird
85) Rose-throated Becard*
86) Horned Lark
87) Violet-green Swallow
88) Northern Rough-winged Swallow
89) Bank Swallow
90) Cliff Swallow
91) Barn Swallow
92) Steller's Jay
93) Scrub Jay
94) Gray-breasted Jay*
95) Chihuahuan Raven*
96) Common Raven
97) Mexican Chickadee*
98) Bridled Titmouse*
99) Verdin
100) Bushtit
101) Red-breasted Nuthatch
102) White-breasted Nuthatch
103) Pygmy Nuthatch
104) Brown Creeper
105) Cactus Wren
106) Rock Wren*
107) Canyon Wren*
108) Bewick's Wren
109) House Wren
110) Black-tailed Gnatcatcher*
111) Eastern Bluebird
112) Hermit Thrush
113) American Robin
114) Northern Mockingbird
115) Bendire's Thrasher*
116) Curve-billed Thrasher*
117) Crissal Thrasher
118) Cedar Waxwing
119) Phainopepla
120) Loggerhead Shrike
121) European Starling
122) Bell's Vireo*
123) Solitary Vireo
124) Virginia's Warbler*
125) Lucy's Warbler*
126) Yellow Warbler
127) Yellow-rumped "Audubon's" Warbler
128) Black-throated Gray Warbler
129) Townsend's Warbler
130) Grace's Warbler*
131) MacGillivray's Warbler
132) Common Yellowthroat
133) Wilson's Warbler
134) Red-faced Warbler*
135) Painted Redstart*
136) Yellow-breasted Chat
137) Olive Warbler*
138) Hepatic Tanager*
139) Summer Tanager
140) Western Tanager
141) Northern Cardinal
142) Pyrrhuloxia*
143) Black-headed Grosbeak*
144) Blue Grosbeak
145) Indigo Bunting
146) Varied Bunting*
147) Rufous-sided Towhee
148) Brown Towhee*
149) Abert's Towhee
150) Botteri's Sparrow*
151) Rufous-crowned Sparrow*
152) Chipping Sparrow
153) Black-throated Sparrow
154) Five-striped Sparrow*
155) Song Sparrow
156) Yellow-eyed Junco*
157) Red-winged Blackbird
158) Eastern Meadowlark
159) Western Meadowlark
160) Great-tailed Grackle*
161) Bronzed Cowbird*
162) Brown-headed Cowbird
163) Hooded Oriole
164) Northern "Bullock's" Oriole
165) Scott's Oriole*
166) House Finch
167) Red Crossbill
168) Pine Siskin
169) Lesser Goldfinch
170) House Sparrow
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