Jason,

I bet your juicy trip list to the southwest will get lots of us planning
our next birding adventure there. It's got me antsy to go south again,
thats for sure.

Andy Stepniewski
Wapato WA

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> From: ChemBros81 at aol.com
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Trip Report - Seattle to Tucson - June 22~July 9
> Date: Saturday, July 12, 1997 6:50 PM
>
> Hey Tweeters,
>
> This is Jason Coughlin-Starfire, reporting for my trip from June
22-July
> 9 from Seattle to Tucson. My father and I drove the distance and birded
> along the way before setting up our base in Tuscon. About 1 week was
spent
> getting there, then a week and a half was spent birding arizona. The
> following is my partialy annotated trip list. 186 species were noted on
my
> exciting trip as well as a few rarities. If I get a chance I'll post a
list
> of my mammal and reptiles sightings. I'd be happy to answer any questions
you
> have about my trip. Enjoy!
>
> 1. Eared Grebe
> 2. Neotropic Cormorant ( 1 bird Kino Springs)
> 3. Great Blue Heron
> 4. Green Heron
> 5. Canada Goose
> 6. Wood Duck
> 7. Mallard (a few were the Mexican Race)
> 8. American Wigeon
> 9. Common Merganser ( With 9 chicks)
> 10. Black Vulture
> 11. Turkey Vulture
> 12. Osprey
> 13. White-tailed Kite ( 4 Birds on Mines Rd. CA.)
> 14. Northern Harrior
> 15. Coopers Hawk
> 16. Gray Hawk ( about 6 very vocal birds)
> 17. Swainson's Hawk
> 18. Zone-tailed Hawk ( 1 bird Sycamore Canyon, AZ.)
> 19. Red-tailed Hawk
> 20. American Kestral
> 21. Perigrine Falcon ( 1 bird Grand Canyon, 1 bird Sycamore Canyon)
> 22. Montezuma Quail ( 4 pairs at Sycamore Canyon, 1 pair on Rd. to Madera
> Canyon.)
> 23. Scaled Quail
> 24. Gambles Quail
> 25. California Quail
> 26. Common Moorhen ( 1 bird Kino Springs, AZ)
> 27. American Coot
> 28. Killdear
> 29. Spotted Sandpiper
> 30. Least Sandpiper
> 31. Wilson's Phalarope ( 1000+ birds at Mono Lake)
> 32. Glaucouse-winged Gull
> 33. Rock Dove
> 34. Band-tailed Pigeon
> 35. White-winged Dove
> 36. Mourning Dove
> 37. Inca Dove
> 38. Common Ground-Dove
> 39. Greater Roadrunner ( Back Country Roads)
> 40. Barn Owl
> 41. Great Horned Owl
> 42. Northern Pygmy Owl
> 43. Elf Owl
> 44. Lesser Nighthawk
> 45. Black Swift ( Yosemite)
> 46. Vaux's Swift
> 47. White-throated Swift
> 48. Broad-billed Hummingbird
> 49. Violent-crowned Hummingbird ( The Paton's feeders at Patigonia)
> 50. Magnificent Hummingbird ( Madera Cayon)
>
> 51. PLAIN-CAPPED STARTHROAT (1 bird at Madera Canyon, found by myself and
> Nigel Crook on July 8th. It was visiting the feeders at the Santa Rita
Lodge.
> It was found by myself and Nigel Crook. It is the 5th substantiated
record
> for the US. It is still being seen as of the 12th. For more info on the
> bird, E mail me and I'll tell u where to get info.
>
> 52. Black-chinned Hummingbird
> 53. Anna's Hummingbird
> 54. Costa's Hummingbird ( 1 bird at the Paton's feeder in Patagonia)
> 55. Calliope Hummingbird
> 56. Broad-tailed Hummingbird ( a number of birds at Mt. Lemmon, AZ)
> 57. Rufous Hummingbird
> 58. Elegant Trogan ( 4 seen and 6 heard in Sycamore Canyon)
> 59. Green Kingfisher ( Cant tell U exactly, but a run off of Patagonia
Lake,
> Private Prop.)
> 60. Lewis's Woodpecker
> 61. Acorn Woodpecker
> 62. Gila Woodpecker
> 63. Ladder-Backed Woodpecker
> 64. Nuttals Woodpecker ( Las Trampas, and Mines Rd. California)
> 65. Downy Woodpecker
> 66. Strictland's Woodpecker ( a number of birds in Sycamore Canyon)
> 67. White-headed Woodpecker ( a pair in Yosemite)
> 68. Northern Flicker
> 69. Gilded Flicker
> 70. Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet ( 5 birds, in scatterd locals. 3 seen ,
6
> heard)
> 71. Western Wood-Pewee
> 72. Corilleran Flycatcher ( 4 Birds on Mt. Lemmon)
> 73. Black Phoebe
> 74. Say's Phoebe
> 75. Vermillion Flycatcher ( Numerous)
> 76. Dusky-capped Flycatcher
> 77. Ash-throated Flycatcher
> 78. Brown-crested Flycatcher
> 79. Sulpher-bellied Flycatcher ( 3 birds Sycamore Canyon)
> 80. Tropical Kingbird ( 4 birds Kino Springs)
> 81. Cassin's Kingbird
> 82. Thick-billed Kingbird ( 2 birds 15 ft from Mexican Border in Sycamore
> Canyon)
> 83. Western Kingbird
> 84. Rose-throated Becard ( 1 bird at Patagonia Road Side Rest)
> 85. Horned Lark
> 86. Purple Martin
> 87. Violet-green Swallow
> 88. Northen Rough-winged Swallow
> 89. Bank Swallow ( 1 bird at some sewage ponds near Madera Canyon)
> 90. Cliff Swallow
> 91. Barn Swallow
> 92. Steller's Jay ( abundant in Yosemite)
> 93. Western Scrub Jay
> 94. Mexican Jay ( Madera Canyon table feeders)
> 95. Black-billed Magpie
> 96. Yellow-billed Magpie ( Common along Mines Rd. California)
> 97. American Crow
> 98. Common Raven
> 99. Black-capped Chickadee
> 100. Mountain Chickadee
> 101. Bridled Titmouse ( Common in SE arizona)
> 102. Plain Titmouse ( First Seen Merlin Rest Stop in Oregon)
> 103. Verdin
> 104. Red-breasted Nuthatch
> 105. White-breasted Nuthatch
> 106. Pygmy Nuthatch
> 107. Brown Creeper
> 108. Cactus Wren ( Gee do they have an annoying call or what)
> 109. Rock Wren
> 110. Canyon Wren
> 111. Bewicks Wren
> 112. House Wren
> 113. Marsh Wren
> 114. Golden-crowned Kinglet
> 115. Ruby Crowned Kinglet ( Mt Lemmon, AZ~ I found out this should be the
4th
> Breeding Record for SE Arizona.
> 116. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (1 bird at the Merlin Rest Stop, Oregon)
> 117. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
> 118. Eastern Bluebird ( 2 birds at the trail head of Sycamore Canyon)
> 119. Western Bluebird
> 120. Hermit Thrush
> 121. American Robin
> 122. Northern Mockingbird
> 123. Sage Thrasher
> 124. Curve-billed Thrasher ( Sonora Desert Museum)
> 125. Crissal Thrasher ( Right near the Green Kingfisher)
> 126. Phainopepla ( From what I gathered this was an exceptional year in
terms
> of #'s for this bird.
> 127. Loggerhead Shrike
> 128. European Starling
> 129. Bell's Vireo ( The easiest song to learn in my opinion)
> 130. Solitary "Plumbeous" Vireo ( 1 singing bird in nest on Mt. Lemmon)
> 131. Solitary "Cassin's" Vireo ( Mines Road, California)
> ~IF YOU KNOW THE STATUS OF THE SOLITARY VIREO PLEASE LET ME KNOW~
> 132. Hutton's Vireo
> 133. Warbling Vireo
> 134. Nashville Warbler
> 135. Lucy's Warbler
> 136. Yellow Warbler ( the most abundant warbler on the trip)
> 137. Yellow-rumped Warbler ( Tioga Pass)
> 138. Townsend's Warbler ( Yosemite)
> 139. Hermit Warbler ( 1 bird Yosemite)
> 140. Grace's Warbler ( Mt. Lemmon)
> 141. Common Yellowthroat
> 142. Red-faced Warbler ( Mt. Lemmon, the first one was hella hard to
find)
> 143. Painted Redstart ( Mt. Lemmon)
> 144. Yellow Breasted Chat ( abundant at Patagonia Preserve)
> 145. Olive Warbler ( 4 birds Mt. Lemmon)
> 146. Hepatic Tanager ( 1 bird, upper Sycamore Canyon)
> 147. Summer Tanager
> 148. Western Tanager
> 149. Northern Cardinal
> 150. Pyrrhuloxia ( Arizona- Sonora Desert Museum)
> 151. Black-headed Grosbeak
> 152. Blue Grosbeak
> 153. Lazuli Bunting
> 154. Varied Bunting ( 2 birds Sycamore Canyon)
> 155. Green-tailed Towhee( Crane Flats Fire Tower, Yosemite.)
> 156. Spotted Towhee
> 157. California Towhee
> 158. Canyon Towhee
> 159. Aberts Towhee ( Patagonia Preserve)
> 160. Botteri's Sparrow ( Rd. leading to Madera Canyon)
> 161. Cassin's Sparrow ( Same as above)
> 162. Rufous-winged Sparrow (Same)
> 163. Rufouse-crowned Sparrow (1st bird was on Mines Rd.)
> 164. Brewer's Sparrow ( 1 singing bird at Mono Lake)
> 165. Lark Sparrow
> 166. Black-throated Sparrow
> 167. Five-striped Sparrow ( 4 beautiful birds in Sycamore Canyon, about 3
> miles down.)
> 168. Savanna Sparrow
> 169. Grasshopper Sparrow ( Las Trampas, California)
> 170. Fox Sparrow
> 171. Song Sparrow ( Arizona birds are very rufous)
> 172. White-crowned Sparrow
> 173. Dark-eyed Junco
> 174. Yellow-eyed Junco ( 1st seen at Mt. Lemmon)
> 175. Red-winged Blackbird
> 175. Eastern Meadowlark.
> 176. Western Meadowlark
> 177. Yellow-headed Blackbird
> 178. Great-tailed Grackle
> 179. Bronzed Cowbird ( Sonora Desert Museum)
> 180. Brown-headed Cowbird
> 181. Hooded Oriole
> 182. Bullock's Oriole
> 183. Scott's Oriole ( Mt. Lemmon)
> 184. House Finch
> 185. Lesser Goldfinch
> 186. House Sparrow
>
> Well thats it, hope many of you made it this far! Good Luck and Good
Birding
> to all you people! Later~
>
> Jason Coughlin-Starfire----Shoreline, WA----ChemBros81 at aol.com or
> NightJar16 at aol.com
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> * The eagle never lost so much time *
> * as when he submitted to learn of the crow. *
> * -William Blake *
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> P.S. If you happen to find any spelling mistakes, please don't bother
with
> telling me cause I know they exist.
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