Black and Say's Phoebe and Western Scrub-Jay were also present.
As I continued down I-17, the rain increased in intensity all the way into Phoenix. I birded the Gilbert Water Ranch in the afternoon among periods of showers and mosquitoes, finding most of the expected species.
The one large pool held Snowy Egret, Green-winged Teal, Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet, Greater Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper, and Long-billed Dowitcher. Also noted were Green Heron, Northern Harrier, Cooper's Hawk, American Coot, Anna's Hummingbird, Gila Woodpecker, Black Phoebe, Cliff Swallow, Verdin, Orange-crowned and "Audubon's" Warbler, White-crowned and Lincoln's Sparrow, and Great-tailed Grackle.
I had a few hours before having to catch my flight, so I stopped at a Lone Star Steakhouse and enjoyed a steak at the bar while watching the Flyers - Bruins game. I turned in the rental car with an extra 1782 miles on it. I tallied six 'life birds' among the 132 species. More photos can be found in my California Photo Album and my Arizona Photo Album.
California and Arizona ~ October 2-8, 2014
1) Mallard
2) Green-winged Teal
3) American Wigeon
4) Wild Turkey
5) Gambel's Quail
6) Eared Grebe
7) Western Grebe
8) Pink-footed Shearwater
9) Black-vented Shearwater
10) Black Storm-Petrel
11) Ashy Storm-Petrel
12) Least Storm-Petrel
13) Brown Pelican
14) Neotropic Cormorant
15) Brandt's Cormorant
16) Double-crested Cormorant
17) Black-crowned Night-Heron
18) Green Heron
19) Snowy Egret
20) Great Egret
21) Great Blue Heron
22) Turkey Vulture
23) Osprey
24) Northern Harrier
25) Cooper's Hawk
26) Red-tailed Hawk
27) Crested Caracara
28) American Kestrel
29) American Coot
30) Black-bellied Plover
31) Semipalmated Plover
32) Killdeer
33) Black Oystercatcher
33a) American X Black Oystercatcher (hybrid)
34) American Avocet
35) Black-necked Stilt
36) Willet
37) Greater Yellowlegs
38) Wandering Tattler
39) Whimbrel
40) Long-billed Curlew
41) Marbled Godwit
42) Black Turnstone
43) Western Sandpiper
44) Least Sandpiper
45) Short-billed Dowitcher
46) Long-billed Dowitcher
47) Wilson's Snipe
48) Red-necked Phalarope
49) Heermann's Gull
50) Ring-billed Gull
51) California Gull
52) Western Gull
53) Sabine's Gull
54) Elegant Tern
55) Royal Tern
56) Caspian Tern
57) Pomarine Jaeger
58) Craveri's Murrelet
59) Cassin's Auklet
60) Rock Pigeon
61) Mourning Dove
62) Eurasian Collared-Dove
63) White-winged Dove
64) Common Ground-Dove
65) Inca Dove
66) Rosy-faced Lovebird
67) Greater Roadrunner
68) Broad-billed Hummingbird
69) White-eared Hummingbird
70) Magnificent Hummingbird
71) Black-chinned Hummingbird
72) Anna's Hummingbird
73) Broad-tailed Hummingbird
74) Acorn Woodpecker
75) Gila Woodpecker
76) Northern "Red-shafted" Flicker
77) Red-naped Sapsucker
78) Arizona Woodpecker
79) Nuttall's Woodpecker
80) Downy Woodpecker
81) Western Wood-Pewee
82) Pacific-slope Flycatcher
83) Black Phoebe
84) Say's Phoebe
85) Cassin's Kingbird
86) Loggerhead Shrike
87) Steller's Jay
88) Clark's Nutcracker
89) Western Scrub-Jay
90) Mexican Jay
91) American Crow
92) Common Raven
93) Cliff Swallow
94) Bridled Titmouse
95) Mountain Chickadee
96) Verdin
97) Bushtit
98) White-breasted Nuthatch
99) Bewick's Wren
100) Cactus Wren
101) Rock Wren
102) Canyon Wren
103) Ruby-crowned Kinglet
104) Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
105) Western Bluebird
106) Northern Mockingbird
107) Curve-billed Thrasher
108) European Starling
109) American Pipit
110) Red-throated Pipit ("Lower 48" bird)
111) Phainopepla
112) Orange-crowned Warbler
113) Yellow-rumped "Audubon's" Warbler
114) Townsend's Warbler
115) Common Yellowthroat
116) California Towhee
117) Canyon Towhee
118) Abert's Towhee
119) Chipping Sparrow
120) Black-throated Sparrow
121) "Belding's" Savannah Sparrow
122) Lincoln's Sparrow
123) Song Sparrow
124) White-crowned Sparrow
125) Varied Bunting
126) Western Meadowlark
127) Red-winged Blackbird
128) Great-tailed Grackle
129) House Finch
130) Lesser Goldfinch
131) House Sparrow
132) Scaly-breasted Munia (Nutmeg Mannikin)
Great Trip Report Dave.
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