April 25, 28 & 29, 2015
Photos from some of our amazing local birding spots in the Greater Phoenix area:
At Glendale Recharge Ponds on 4/25, a migrating Willet stopped over.
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| Willet: stocky shorebird I know best when in flight by its broad white wing stripes. Common on East Coast. |
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| Spent several hours birding this Tucson hot spot on 4/28/15: |
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| Vermilion Flycatcher - male |
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| Vermilion Flycatcher - female |
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| Western Kingbird |
And, on my way home from Tucson, I stopped by the Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch to see what might be present in the middle of the day:
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| Black-necked Stilt; note very slender bill and pink legs. |
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Long-billed Dowitchers in breeding plumage
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Also at Gilbert Water ranch was this studly Gambel's Quail calling attention to himself.
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Brown-headed Cowbird, also at Gilbert Water Ranch
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Still present at Lost Dutchman State Park yesterday, 4/29/15, this male Phainopepla was foraging for insects in the air from its good perch:
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| Phainopepla (Silky Flycatcher) |
And, an Ash-throated Flycatcher was doing the same thing from a different perch:
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