Friday, September 24, 2004

Arizona

Black chinned hummingbirds at the feeder. Took a morning birdwalk. Saw a
Verdin. Finally. A little desert bird. We've been after him for years.
Got three good looks at him. Abert's towhee. Looks just like a California
towhee, but their ranges don't overlap, so has to be Abert's. Another new
bird. Flycatcher with orange tail coverts and white throat. Looked it up
in the book. Oops. Female vermillion flycatcher.

Buckskin. A thirty-two bird park. 331 on the big list.