Latest Rarities

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Notable Sightings in Arizona
Check = Sighting confirmed by an eBird reviewer
  Name Date Location
  Gray Vireo 02 May
  Rufous-winged Sparrow 02 May
Check Cassin's Finch 02 May
  Lucifer Hummingbird 02 May Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary (closed Thursday morning; formerly Ash Canyon B&B)
  Gilded Flicker 02 May San Pedro RNCA--San Pedro House and trails
  Berylline Hummingbird 02 May Madera Canyon--Madera Kubo B&B
  Bufflehead 02 May Imperial NWR--Mesquite Point
  Wild Turkey 02 May Florida Wash--Corral at Jct FR488&62A
  Indigo Bunting 02 May Florida Canyon--lower
  Bonaparte's Gull 02 May Solar Power & Water Ponds
Check Mexican Duck 02 May SHARP (Southeast Houghton Area Recharge Project)
Check Acorn Woodpecker 02 May SHARP (Southeast Houghton Area Recharge Project)
Check Tennessee Warbler 02 May Benson STP
Check Snow Goose 02 May Christopher Columbus Park
Check Crested Caracara (Northern) 02 May
Check Baltimore Oriole 02 May Portal--Jasper/Moisan feeders (opened 2015)
Check Ridgway's Rail 02 May Base and Meridian WA
Check Thick-billed Kingbird 02 May Box Canyon
Check Brown Thrasher 02 May East Whitetail Canyon
  Black-and-white Warbler 02 May Riverside Park
Check Blue-throated Mountain-gem 02 May Mt. Lemmon--Palisades Visitor Center
Check Five-striped Sparrow 02 May Montosa Canyon--km 1 (culvert area)
Check Hairy Woodpecker 02 May Slate Creek Divide (Maricopa Co.)
Check Grace's Warbler 02 May Slate Creek Divide (Maricopa Co.)
  Common Black Hawk 02 May Patagonia Lake State Park
  LeConte's Thrasher 02 May
  Red Crossbill 02 May Mt. Ord--FR 1688
  Streak-backed Oriole 02 May Higley and Ocotillo Rds. ponds
  Yellow-eyed Junco 02 May stakeout Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, Bear Canyon pullout
Check Rufous-backed Robin 02 May
Check American Goldfinch 02 May
Check Mexican Jay 02 May Slate Creek Divide--FR-201A (Maricopa Co.)
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Featured Rarity

Plain-capped Starthroat, Patagonia: August 12, 2009. Courtesy Chris West.Thank you to Chris West for this fine photograph of the Plain-capped Starthroat at the Spirit Tree Inn in Patagonia.