I did not disappear off the face of the Earth since my last blog post but I have been enjoying sunnier days following what felt like too many cloudy windy wet days. With six (6) birding visits to local hot spots plus several intermittent short runs to nearby Prospector Park since my last post, I'm going to bring you up to date with a tight two or three-photo approach for each hot spot beginning:
Saturday, January 28th, when I visited Coon Bluff.
WESTERN BLUEBIRD
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
January 29, 2023, Granite Reef Rec Area along Lower Salt River
Mostly CANVASBACK ducks, male and female
SNOWY EGRET
Drake LESSER SCAUP
Wednesday, February 1st with Pueblo Birders: BUTCHER JONES & SAGUARO LAKE
PIED-BILLED GREBE
BALD EAGLE
Saturday, February 4th, RIPARIAN PRESERVE at GILBERT WATER RANCH
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON
Sunday, February 5th, GRANITE REEF REC AREA along Lower Salt River with Holly L.
VERMILLION FLYCATCHER, brisk 41 degrees F.
Also stopped at Red Mountain Ranch lakes with Holly:
REDHEAD
Wednesday, February 8th with Pueblo Birders: VETERANS OASIS PARK & LAYTON LAKES
EARED GREBE
NORTHERN SHOVELER (DRAKE)
From several visits to Prospector Park in Apache Junction over this same time period, I'm posting the following few photos:
AMERICAN KESTREL
BENDIRE'S THRASHER
So, I'll get back into the field again to check out the birds that come my way.
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