Arizona - New Mexico Trip ~ October 7, 2020

I returned the rental car and checked in at the Tucson Airport for my flights back to Newark, New Jersey with a stop in Salt Lake City. As we descended into Salt Lake City, you could see the smoky layer from all of the California wildfires.

I drove 1,372 miles over 2-1/2 days and saw 74 species that included two great life birds. Obviously, I didn't see that many species because I was on the road for most of the time. More photos from the trip can be found in my Arizona Photo Album and my New Mexico Photo Album.

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Arizona ~ October 4-7, 2020
1) Canada Goose (NM)
2) Mallard (AZ)(NM)
3) Green-winged Teal (AZ)(NM)
4) American Wigeon (AZ)
5) Northern Shoveler (AZ)(NM)
6) Wild Turkey (AZ)
7) Gambel's Quail (AZ)
8) Eared Grebe (AZ)
9) Snowy Egret (NM)
10) Great Blue Heron (NM)
11) White-faced Ibis (AZ)
12) Turkey Vulture (AZ)(NM)
13) Northern Harrier (AZ)
14) Golden Eagle (NM)
15) Red-tailed Hawk (AZ)(NM)
16) Swainson's Hawk (AZ)
17) American Kestrel (NM)
18) Merlin (NM)
19) American Coot (AZ)(NM)
20) Sandhill Crane (NM)
21) European Golden-Plover *** (NM)
22) Killdeer (AZ)(NM)
23) American Avocet (AZ)
24) Black-necked Stilt (AZ)
25) Greater Yellowlegs (AZ)
26) Long-billed Curlew (NM)
27) Marbled Godwit (AZ)
28) Western Sandpiper (AZ)
29) Least Sandpiper (AZ)
30) Baird's Sandpiper (AZ)
31) Pectoral Sandpiper (AZ)(NM)
32) Long-billed Dowitcher (AZ)
33) Red-necked Phalarope (AZ)
34) Rock Pigeon (AZ)(NM)
35) Mourning Dove (AZ)(NM)
36) Eurasian Collared-Dove (NM)
37) Greater Roadrunner (AZ)(NM)
38) Eared Quetzal *** (AZ)
39) Acorn Woodpecker (AZ)
40) Gila Woodpecker (AZ)
41) Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker (AZ)(NM)
42) Red-naped Sapsucker (AZ)
43) Western Wood-Pewee (AZ)
44) Cassin's Kingbird (AZ)
45) Loggerhead Shrike (AZ)(NM)
46) Hutton's Vireo (AZ)
47) Steller's Jay (NM)
48) Clark's Nutcracker (NM)
49) Mexican Jay (AZ)
50) Pinyon Jay (NM)
51) Black-billed Magpie (NM)
52) Common Raven (AZ)(NM)
53) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (AZ)
54) Western Bluebird (NM)
55) Hermit Thrush (AZ)
56) American Robin (AZ)
57) Curve-billed Thrasher (AZ)
58) European Starling (AZ)(NM)
59) American Pipit (AZ)
60) Wilson's Warbler (AZ)
61) Western Tanager (AZ)
62) Canyon Towhee (AZ)
63) Chipping Sparrow (AZ)
64) Lincoln's Sparrow (AZ)
65) Song Sparrow (AZ)
66) White-crowned Sparrow (AZ)
67) Dark-eyed (Gray-headed) Junco (AZ)
68) Yellow-eyed Junco (AZ)
69) Black-headed Grosbeak (AZ)
70) Northern Cardinal (AZ)
71) Lazuli Bunting (AZ)
72) Western Meadowlark (NM)
73) Brewer's Blackbird (AZ)
74) House Sparrow (AZ)(NM)

*** denotes life bird.

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