Spring Migration Birding

With temperatures creeping above 100 in the past week, those of us along the river here were happy to hear that a front was coming through, bringing possible rain and highs in the 80s.  Of course, there is always a potential for a front like this to drop migrants and make for good birding.

In general, spring migration has been fairly slow along the Bill Williams River this spring.  I've had most of the expected species (including my FOS Hermit Warbler yesterday), but numbers have been fairly low.  My high count of Wilson's Warbler for a survey, for example, is only 15.  Western Flycatchers have been moving through in small numbers, as well.  With reports of dozens of migrants around Yuma and Blythe, we've been eagerly anticipating some real numbers coming through.  With overcast skies yesterday and anticipation of a temperature drop, there was hope for a good day of birding soon (predicted by radar this morning by Tim Schreckengost).

This morning, David and I met Tom Johnson for a morning of birding on Lake Havasu.  We started at the north end viewpoint (which Tom has renamed Cape Havasu, a name I find very fitting), but the wind was gusting so hard it was difficult to stand on top of the hill, let alone set up a scope!  We estimated the swarms of Tree Swallows (2000) and headed to Rotary Park, hoping it would be more sheltered.  There wasn't much on the beach at the park, but the wind turned to rain so we were able to amble around the park and look at (soggy) migrant Passerines.  It was a good thing we did, as there were plenty of birds to see, including an estimated 60 Wilson's Warblers.

With some signs of movement in Lake Havasu City, we decided to head down to the Bill Williams Delta to look for waterbirds.  The Delta was slow, but we did have some lingering Greater Scaup and the continuing male Surf Scoter.  Before long, the rain stopped, and we felt inspired to continue further south.

After the customary stop at Ruperto's in Parker, we arrived at 'Ahakhav Tribal Preserve.  We checked out the park area, typically the best spot at the preserve for migrants, and were not disappointed.  A good variety of migrants was present, including about 11 Empids and eight species of warblers (about 60 were Wilson's and 15 were Nashville).  As we were walking out of the park I stopped to look at a hummingbird, and immediately called David and Tom to check it out, as I knew from its buffy underparts that it was something good.  At first I thought it was a Broad-tailed Hummingbird, but was not disappointed when I realized it was a Calliope Hummingbird!  A county bird for David and I, which Rosenberg et al. list as rare and irregular in the LCRV.  Naturally, it flew away as soon as I called out "Calliope", and was not cooperative in allowing more good looks.  Eventually, while it was skulking in a big mesquite, David got a look at it sitting next to another small hummingbird--amazingly, it was another Calliope!  We all got looks at both birds, and 'Ahakhav lived up to its reputation as a magnet for rare birds.  Check out the eBird list for our full bird count.

Calliope Hummingbirds (note difference in throat patterns).  Photos by Tom Johnson.

On our way north, we passed by Parker Oasis, and at first were thinking of passing it by.  David decided to stop briefly just to see if there were birds around, and good thing he did!  As soon as we pulled in, we saw dozens of warblers flying between trees.  After 45 minutes picking through warblers and other migrants, we estimated there were 150 Audubon's Warblers and 100 Wilson's Warblers in this small patch of habitat!  Six species of flycatcher and of swallows, nine species of warbler and others.  No rarities, but it was an exhilarating stop with migration in full swing!  Check out the eBird list here.

We then birded our way north along the California side, not running into any more huge numbers but finding decent numbers of migrants at Quail Hollow and good shorebird habitat (but low diversity) at Emerald Cove.

With this weekend's upcoming AZFO Expedition to the Big Sandy Wash and several more weeks of surveying in the Bill Williams ahead of us, I'm excited to see what will happen next!

Have You Seen BirdCast?

At first I started using eBird because I liked the idea of my everyday sightings being useful for science.  I quickly grew to love how simply it organized all my sightings and lists.  Eventually, I learned how to use the data myself, by looking at bar charts and maps.  More recently, I've been amazed by the animated occurrence maps made from eBird data.

Now the folks at eBird have teamed up with NOAA and others to create BirdCast.  Using predicted weather patterns along with records of past weather patterns and eBird data from past years, Cornell is now posting a weekly report of predicted migration patterns, as well as a followup summarizing what actually occurred.

Check out this week's BirdCast report.  Reading over the section for the West, I learned to keep an eye out for the first Vaux's Swifts this week.  Also, the Lawrence's Goldfinches we have been seeing in recent weeks may begin to head west toward the core of their breeding range; hopefully, some of them will stick around to breed here!

A Spectacle of Swallows

The field season has kicked off once again, and I spent the past ten days with the 2012 Great Basin Bird Observatory (GBBO) crew around Blythe and Yuma (Cibola and Imperial NWRs).  The beginning of the field season is the most difficult work, clearing trails and scouting plots to ensure that surveys go smoothly.

Resting on a small trail my crewmate and I carved through an arrowweed stand (Photo by Brandon Breen)

During this first tour, the crew spent several nights camping at Fishers Landing on Martinez Lake.  The campground itself was nothing to write home about, but the birding in the area was pretty good.  One thing we noticed at our campsite was that streams of hundreds of Tree Swallows would pass overhead each evening.  This was no surprise to any of us who had spent a spring along the Colorado River before, as migrating streams of swallows are a common sight out here.  One evening, though, we went up to an overlook point to scan the lake and we were impressed by the number of swallows streaming over the water, swirling over the marsh, and gathering in flocks high over the lake.  Eventually, all the swallows gained elevation and streamed into the masses high in the sky.  Numbers increased rapidly, from a few thousand to more than 20,000 as we stood and watched, estimating numbers repeatedly.  The ball of swallows moved through the sky with the liquidity of smoke, merging and splitting, climbing and shifting as the light dimmed.  Eventually, a few hundred birds broke off from the flock, diving almost straight down toward the marsh before breaking at the last moment and settling into the cattails, preparing to roost for the night.  As more and more birds joined in the plummet to the marsh, they appeared as whirling vortices to the naked eye, like twisting pillars of smoke.  Soon the clouds of swallows had drained to nothing, and as darkness fell, and two Black Rails began calling from the marsh, we headed back to the campsite.

The next night, having heard from us the spectacle we'd seen, most of the crew took the walk to the viewpoint.  The swallows were out again, streaming over the water and building in flocks over the marsh.  Eventually the flock built to an estimated 50,000 birds, more than twice the size of the previous evening's flock, and twice as spectacular!

The swallows' marsh

The crew enjoying the swallows (Both photos above by Brandon Breen)

Watching the swallows spiraling down to roost

I've seen some fantastic migration events, with the raptor migration of Veracruz topping the list: a constant stream of Broad-winged Hawks, Swainson's Hawks, Turkey Vultures and others topping 250,000 in one day!  At Hazel Bazemore near Corpus Christi, TX, I've seen kettles over 10 and 20 thousand.  This sight of swallows gathering at dusk was equally spectacular to me as those kettles of hawks.  It occurred to me while I watched this that this surpassed any gathering of cranes in Arizona or New Mexico.  Why not have a March Swallow Festival?  After all, our count of 50,000 wasn't even very high--last year's high count was about one million, and that wasn't unprecedented.  In early March last year, I counted nearly 3,200 Violet-green Swallows migrating over Rotary Park in an hour and a half.  This is a regular phenomenon in this area--even researchers are beginning to look at it using radar.  I would like to see a time in the near future when wildlife enthusiasts from all over the country (the world?) come to the Lower Colorado River Valley to see the swallow migration!

Nutting's Flycatcher

By now, the Bill Williams Nutting's Flycatcher is anything but news.  In the first week or two after its discovery, it was fun to see the bird mentioned in blog posts, Facebook feeds, and websites.  Now, more than five weeks later, I still enjoy being out there with people seeing it for the first time, and generally hearing from visitors.  One of my favorite stories that I've heard of the bird was from Joe Kahl, a biologist on the Lower Colorado River.  He was checking in to a hotel in Lake Havasu City, staying the night for some local bat research.  He only heard about the Nutting's when a clerk at the hotel asked him, "Are you here for the rare bird?"  It's a great thing for birders to be able to see a new species, but even better when locals learn that said bird brings in tourist dollars!  More recently, the Nutting's has even been featured in the local newspaper.

 The Discovery

The discovery of this bird took a lot of luck.  Since I was working on my Mohave County Big Year, David and I decided to do a day hike in the Bill Williams River riparian area on December 18.  We entered at what field biologists call the Cross-River Trail, which is the only point in the riparian where you enter Mohave County almost immediately (usually it takes at least a half-hour trek).  Soon after entering the forest, we found ourselves among a mixed flock of birds.  David started pishing, and then we heard this weird call.  We puzzled over it for a few minutes, eventually agreeing that it sounded like a Myiarchus flycatcher.  The only Myiarchus around, though, is Ash-throated Flycatcher, and this didn't sound like one.  We puzzled some more, until David finally said what we were both thinking: "Maybe it's a Nutting's."  I should add here that Nutting's Flycatcher is always on our minds when we enter the Bill Williams riparian area, after one was recorded there in fall of 2008.

I got out my iPhone and flipped through every bird sound on it, but there was no Nutting's Flycatcher.  We tried to find the bird, but it was invisible among the cottonwoods.  Eventually it moved away from the trail, and we were left to wonder.  We continued our hike, four hours of winding through the trail system on the river.  As we arrived back at the road further west of our entry point, the mystery call came up again.  Nutting's Flycatcher seemed like the best possibility.  We went back to where we had heard the bird, and we did hear a single, distant call, but couldn't get through the dense mesquite to where it had called from.

So it was back home for the day, and straight to xeno-canto.  It took some digging through all the songs of Nutting's Flycatcher, but eventually I came across a recording of the single, long "wheep!"  I turned to David and said, "That was it.  It was a Nutting's."  Just to be sure, I went through the pages for other species, and Great Crested Flycatcher gave me pause.  A similar call, similar quality, but it seemed disyllabic, whereas the Bill Williams bird gave a call that was rising, but distinctly monosyllabic.  Clearly, though, we needed to be there the next day, better prepared for what was out there.

Armed with recordings, we arrived the next morning (December 19) to find a silent forest.  It took about an hour of wandering and listening before David's sharp ears picked up a "wheep".  We hurried toward the source of the call, playing "wheep"s back at it and confirming that they sounded identical.  We began to get frustrated, though, when the bird didn't come in to the recordings.  It was only after David and I split up, and I crouched in a thick stand of black tamarisk trunks and played the song, that I heard a short, burry response, and the bird popped up in front of me.  It was a glorious thing!  Right there at eye level, with a tiny bill and lemon-yellow belly, it struck me how much it looked like a Dusky-capped Flycatcher.  After a moment, it flew over my head and flew toward the stream bank behind me.  The significance of this hit me quickly.  We understood that stream bank to be the county line, so it was possible that the bird had just flown from La Paz into Mohave County.  I hurried back to the stream bank and waited with David, and after a few seconds the bird popped up in the brush on the La Paz side, giving short, burry "wheep" calls in response to the tape.  I felt my heart skip a beat as the bird took wing, crossing over our heads and into a willow just on the Mohave side of the stream bank.  Now we had ample time to study the bird, to take photos and recordings, and to marvel at how this Mexican species could turn up on this river again.

We eventually dragged ourselves away from the bird to get the word out.  We ran into Refuge volunteers Bobby and Wayne Paintner on our way to the Headquarters, and told them of the bird.  We made excited phone calls from a rare point of cell reception at the Headquarters, then visited Refuge Ecologist Kathleen Blair to tell her all about it.  Over the next few days, we went out several times with friends to see the bird.  At first there were surprisingly few visitors.  Then calls and emails started coming in, and positive reports continued while David and I were in California from late December into early January.  Planet Ranch Road has now seen hundreds of visitors, and I still find birders there every time I visit.  The Nutting's was even the last new species seen by John Vanderpoel in his recent Big Year.  A near-constant stream of friends has been coming to see the bird as well.  As much as I enjoy seeing and finding rare birds, it is a whole other dimension of birding to be able to share something exciting with fellow birders.

Guest Blogger: Arizona's Next Ten

While I'm occasionally adding to a blog post I'm writing about the Nutting's Flycatcher, David Vander Pluym has been working on a very interesting project: a list of the birds he thinks will be added next to Arizona's state list.  Only time will tell how accurate it is, but such projects always give birders something to think about and something to study up on for the next outing in the field.  Enjoy!


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I’ve long been interested in vagrants and what might be the next birds to occur in an area. I’ve been
meaning to put together a next 10 for Arizona and so a recent question by Jason Wilder and Brain Gatlinon the Northern Arizona Birds Forum got me thinking once again and I managed to come up with a “Next 10” list. I decided not to rank them and so the only order they are in is taxonomic.  I first started with a list of nearly 130 species of birds that seemed reasonably possible though some were very remote possibilities and there was a certain wishful thinking on some species. This larger list was easily whittled down to about 50 species but after that it got harder and I found it difficult to just pick 10 species. Nonetheless here is my pick of 10.

1. Surfbird – Uses the Gulf of California as a major stopover point in spring and is casual in spring in
the Salton Sink. A spring migrant up the Colorado River (Yuma?) seems likely, but with records
east to Texas and Florida (as well as the Black Turnstone record from Wilcox) a southeast Az
record is not out of the question.
2. Curlew Sandpiper – with every surrounding state boasting records this seems long overdue
for the state. Most interior records are for spring, when it is also easiest to identify, but pay
attention in fall as well!
3. Ancient Murrelet – With records from the surrounding states and multiple records for the Salton
Sink it seems a matter of time before one is recorded. Most likely in late fall but there are several late
spring records for the Salton Sink (coming out of the Gulf of California?). Most suspect a record
from Lake Havasu or elsewhere along the Colorado River, but this species is possible on any body
of water or even in a parking lot!
4. Red-billed Pigeon – Occurs as close as 150 miles south of the border and like most pigeons is a
strong flyer. Movements are not well known to me, but a vagrant seems plausible. It could be
overlooked and hard to document, though, if one blasts by.
5. Alder Flycatcher – This one is almost certainly overlooked due to identification problems but
with multiple records for the southeast deserts of California (including one from the Salton
Sink) this species likely passes through Arizona. Either late spring or fall could produce this species at migrant traps across the state. Studying Willow Flycatchers and its whole range of variation in both plumage and vocalizations will help one prepare for the possibility of this species. Though vocalization recordings will be needed to confirm identification, some potential birds can be picked out by plumage. A willow flycatcher with a green back and crown, along with bold edgings to the flight feathers that strongly contrast with the rest of the wing, would be worth a closer look and perhaps enticed to call.
6. Fork-tailed Flycatcher – A species that could turn up anywhere, with records from both Nevada
and California. Its penchant for wandering, as well as being easily identifiable, makes it a likely candidate to occur in the state.
7. Mangrove Swallow – Likely has some seasonal movements in the NW, as well as movements
based on local conditions. This combined with its regular range extending nearly to the head of the Gulf of
California makes it a prime candidate for occurrence. Should be looked for in large flocks of
swallows moving north in spring as well as other seasons. Note that given its white rump, it may be passed off as a Violet-green Swallow.
8. White-throated Thrush – Similar range in west Mexico to Rufous-backed Robin (though not as far north) with known casual dispersal into Texas gives potential for wandering into Arizona as well. To be looked for anywhere robins occur.
9. Rusty Sparrow – A record seems overdue as it occurs very close to the border. Though it can be
difficult to detect, learning the song and calls would be helpful in finding one.
10. Tricolored Blackbird – Though there are few records for the eastern deserts of California there are now
multiple fall/winter records for the Salton Sink in the large blackbird flocks there. This may be
the reward for anyone willing to pick through the large blackbird flocks in Yuma or elsewhere
along the Colorado River.

Given the difficulties in predicting vagrant species the next new species to occur could easily be one
not mentioned above as I left off many plausible species. White-tipped Dove, for example, was just recently mentioned on the AZ/NM listserve.  This species would have easily made a top 20 list of mine as it just barely didn’t make the cut (mainly as I thought a Red-billed Pigeon may be easier to document). One should study up on the identification of any of the possible species as who knows what may cross your path. Part of finding rare birds is knowing what to look for and how to pick one out from the common species (and how to document them), and of course getting out there regularly is also a major part of it.

See also articles on predicting vagrants in Birding May 2010 and Dec 2008 (as well as articles mentioned
within).

What are your Next Ten?

David Vander Pluym

2011 Big Year Summary!

I guess it was a strange thing to do, trying a Big Year as soon as I moved to a new county.  I was mainly inspired by Tommy D’s awesome Maricopa Big Year-ing, and I figured it would be a great way to get to know my new home county.  It turned out to be a lot of things: not only was it a lot of fun, and got me to explore the far corners of vast Mohave County, but it gave me incentive to get out there and bird as much as possible in 2011.  It turned out very well:  my goal was 300, but I managed to see 310 species in the county this year.  I should mention that David Vander Pluym, often my companion in the field, saw an impressive 307 species.

There were a lot of challenges to this endeavor.  To start with, I had only lived in Lake Havasu City a month before January 1 rolled around.  Of course, there aren’t a lot of local birders, and visits by out-of-area birders are infrequent.  I am very, very thankful for the birds I was able to chase, but it is a handicap that the area just isn’t well-covered.  Finally, there is the topography of the county itself.  Mohave is the 5^th largest county in the U.S., and there is a significant crack down the middle of it.  It was funny to head to Colorado City or Mount Trumbull, and reflect that I had to pass through California, Nevada, and Utah just to get there!  Of course, much of the county is desert, but there are a lot of gems with access to a variety of habitats in the county.  It was very convenient to have Kingman and the Hualapai Mountains only an hour’s drive from home, but places like Alamo Lake, Peach Springs and Wikieup really took a day’s commitment to bird.

Of the many locations I visited in 2011, my favorite spot is the viewpoint at the north end of Lake Havasu.  I got a whopping 68 year birds at this one location.  That high count is partially because I birded there January 1, but the rarities there were pretty amazing.  The best were Little Gull, Blackpoll Warbler, and Bobolink.  Cassin’s Sparrow was an astonishing rarity there as well, but I’ll talk about that later.  Next on the list of most year birds was the Hualapai Mountains, with 39 year birds!  This isn’t surprising, as I saw most of my pinyon/juniper/pine/mixed conifer species there.  Havasu NWR was a big help, with 20 year birds at Pintail Slough, 11 at Beal Lake, and 7 at Bermuda Pasture.  Of course I have to mention the always amazing Bill Williams River NWR—I saw 14 year birds in the Delta, and 22 along the river!

Considering first the birds I did see, the list of rarities is pretty amazing, and it’s interesting to compare the groups I did well in, and the groups I did not (note that all the Review Species below are pending review by the ABC).  Waterfowl were definitely in the former category.  I saw all but eight of the 40 waterfowl species ever seen in Arizona.  All four loons were seen; the Yellow-billed took a lot of luck, as it was only seen once (to my knowledge) on the Mohave side of the Bill Williams Delta.  Tricolored Heron was a second? county record (first for San Bernardino), and Glossy Ibis was a first.  Raptors were an interesting category, as I had some good ones but I missed some that I should have gotten.  Harris’s Hawk was the best.  I couldn’t have asked for better luck with shorebirds, with 18 species on my list!  Highlights were Buff-breasted Sandpiper (sixth record for the state and first for the county) and Stilt Sandpiper (likely first for the county).  Gulls did not disappoint, either.  Little Gull was the second for the state and county, and Glaucous Gull was fourth for the state, first for the county.  Mew and Thayer’s Gulls were great additions as well.  A jaeger slam was very much hoped for, but unexpected!  My flycatcher list seems about average, except for the genus Myiarchus.  I was happy to hear the mournful calls of the county’s first Dusky-capped Flycatcher, but of course that pales in comparison to the Nutting’s Flycatcher!  Tropical Kingbird was another goodie.  Large thrushes were cooperative, including a Rufous-backed Robin (second for the county?) and a Varied Thrush.  I was hoping for one or two longspur species, so three was a great surprise—Lapland is a rarity but McCown’s may have been the county’s first.  I consider warblers to be one of the categories I didn’t do well in, but there were some good highlights.  I ended up with 18 species plus Olive Warbler.  This year saw the first documented Olive Warblers in the county.  A male Blackpoll Warbler was a very nice surprise, the county’s second.  Twenty species of sparrows isn’t bad, including Lark Bunting and Golden-crowned Sparrow.  Rufous-crowned Sparrow proved very difficult.  A lot of effort was put in looking for them, and all I got were a few call notes from a rocky slope!  The best sparrow was Cassin’s.  No previous county records, and David and I had at least seven in one morning near Peach Springs.  It was a great year for them across northern Arizona.  Still, I was not expecting to see one on the shore of Lake Havasu at the north end viewpoint!  As far as I know, this was only the second ever seen in the LCRV.

I didn’t list all the highlights above, but my full county year list is posted here.

Clearly, the birds I did get outweigh the birds I missed.  But any good Big Year comes with its painful misses, so I want to dedicate some space to them.  I consider White-throated Sparrow to be my biggest miss.  I had no idea that one could look through so many White-crowned Sparrows without finding a White-throated!  Bendire’s Thrasher was another that I put quite a bit of effort into with no results, which was particularly odd because I picked up the very difficult LeConte’s Thrasher.  I had hoped for either Yellow-bellied or Red-breasted Sapsucker, but at least I did get Williamson’s.  Eastern warblers are nearly absent from my list.  I eventually picked up Northern Parula and Black-and-white Warbler, but missed American Redstart and Northern Waterthrush (the latter wasn’t seen in Mohave this year at all).  Other birds seen in the county this year but not by me were Brant (I was working), Chukar (two trips to the Virgin Mtns didn’t pay off), Common Black-Hawk (I missed the birds at Beaver Dam, and never went to Mineral Wash), Black Rail, Sandhill Crane, Elf and Long-eared Owls (needed to have done the Bill Williams at night), Downy Woodpecker, Golden-crowned Kinglet (a frustrating miss), Black-capped Chickadee, and Painted Bunting (a great find by David Rankin at Esquerra Ranch).

As I mentioned above, one of the difficult aspects of a Mohave County Big Year is the fact that there are few birders out here.  For this reason, I am especially thankful for those who do bird out here, and the amazing birds that I was able to chase as well as their company out in the field.  So thanks to Jan Richmond (Long-tailed Duck), John West (Red-throated Loon and Red-shouldered Hawk), Paul Lehman and Barbara Carlson (Glossy Ibis), Sonia Kirkendall (Harris’s Hawk), Michael Nicosia and Rich Aracil (Black-bellied Plover), Chris McCreedy (Thayer’s Gull), John Saba and Chris Benesh et al. (Glaucous Gull), DeeDee DeLorenzo (Tropical Kingbird, American Crow), Dan Pittenger and Nathan Marcy (Olive Warbler), David Rankin (Bobolink) and of course David Vander Pluym.

There were some amazing moments this year.  Every new county bird was exciting, but some moments stand out.  I’ve already mentioned the Cassin’s Sparrows.  When a Bobolink flew overhead at the north end viewpoint, David Rankin and I thought it would be a bird that got away.  But when we pulled in at Rotary Park, several miles away, one of the first birds David spotted was the Bobolink foraging on the golf course!  I’ve only seen five birds in Mohave County that I didn’t see in 2011 (Western Gull, Black-legged Kittiwake, Downy Woodpecker, Clark’s Nutcracker, and Dickcissel), so many of the 2011 birds were county birds.  A good number were even state birds, and one (Nutting’s Flycatcher) was an ABA bird.  But only two were life birds.  The Little Gull was one, and it was incredible to see one foraging over the familiar north end of Lake Havasu.  The other was totally unexpected, spotted when I stopped to scan a small field on a whim: the Buff-breasted Sandpiper.  My goal for the year was 300, so when I saw a flock of Wild Turkeys in the road for #300, I was very pleased.  My last two birds of the year were two of the best moments of the year.  The Nutting’s Flycatcher was exciting far beyond the scope of a county big year, but imagine my glee when I checked a coordinate I got with my GPS against the official county map to see that I had indeed seen the bird ONE TREE on the Mohave side of the county line!  That was 309, and after adding that bird, I really had no desire to add something like White-throated Sparrow or Yellow-bellied Sapsucker as my last bird of the year.  I was content with 309, and considered my Big Year more or less over as of December 22.  I worked all day Dec 23, and was leaving for California before dawn on the 24^th.  A wrench was thrown into that plan when the Glaucous Gull was refound while I was at work on the 23^rd.  It was too dark to bird by the time I left that day, so plans were changed to try for it the morning of the 24^th.  We didn’t have much time, though, since we had a long drive ahead, and the Glaucous is now notorious for being a very tough bird.  To my great relief and amazement, it took less than half an hour to find it on the 24^th, and we even had time to watch it battle with a Herring Gull over a dead coot, and to show it to Tom Linda and Terry Blows.  I left for California on the 24^th at 9 a.m., fully satisfied with my Big Year.

The past year was big for Arizona county big years.  Tommy DeBardeleben covered Maricopa, Shaun Putz birded Coconino, Doug Jenness did Pinal, and Mark Stevenson covered Pima.  The county big year is about discovery more than chasing.  It requires that birders visit areas seldom covered, and every one adds to our knowledge of birds in the state.  For anyone willing to put in some time, money, and miles on their car, a county big year is a very rewarding experience!

Mohave County Big Year -- Results!

Since I'm spending the holidays in California, my last day of 2011, at least as far as my big year is concerned, was December 24.  It was a great day to end the year, as we stuck around until morning to see the GLAUCOUS GULL!  With the Nutting's Flycatcher coming before it, it's pretty amazing that my last two birds of the year were both 4th state records.

The addition of Glaucous Gull left me with 310 for the year.  My goal, of course, was 300, and those extra 10 birds are not easy to get at that point!  I have two posts coming up, and I consider them mandatory!, one about the Nutting's Flycatcher and another summarizing my big year.  Now is a busy time for me, though, with two Seasonal Reports to write that are due by the end of the month.  So for now, thanks to the wonders of eBird, I'll just post my full year list.  It also includes the date and location where I first saw each species.

1	Greater White-fronted Goose	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		29 Aug 2011
2	Snow Goose	Lake Havasu City--N Pittsburgh Pt		03 Jan 2011
3	Ross's Goose	Havasu NWR--Pintail Slough/North Dike		29 Jan 2011
4	Cackling Goose	Havasu NWR--Bermuda Pasture		11 Nov 2011
5	Canada Goose	Lake Havasu City--Rotary Park		06 Jan 2011
6	Tundra Swan	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
7	Wood Duck	Lake Havasu City - London Bridge		03 Jan 2011
8	Gadwall	Crystal Beach		01 Jan 2011
9	Eurasian Wigeon	Bill Williams River NWR (Mohave Co.)		01 Nov 2011
10	American Wigeon	Crystal Beach		01 Jan 2011
11	Mallard	Crystal Beach		01 Jan 2011
12	Blue-winged Teal	LHC - Mulberry Ave STP		27 Jan 2011
13	Cinnamon Teal	Havasu NWR--Pintail Slough/North Dike		24 Jan 2011
14	Northern Shoveler	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
15	Northern Pintail	Crystal Beach		01 Jan 2011
16	Green-winged Teal	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
17	Canvasback	Bill Williams River NWR (Mohave Co.)		02 Jan 2011
18	Redhead	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		06 Jan 2011
19	Ring-necked Duck	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
20	Greater Scaup	Bill Williams River NWR (Mohave Co.)		02 Jan 2011
21	Lesser Scaup	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
22	Surf Scoter	Bill Williams River NWR (Mohave Co.)		02 Jan 2011
23	White-winged Scoter	Lake Havasu		22 Jan 2011
24	Black Scoter	Bill Williams River NWR (Mohave Co.)		02 Jan 2011
25	Long-tailed Duck	Bill Williams River NWR (Mohave Co.)		01 Mar 2011
26	Bufflehead	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
27	Common Goldeneye	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
28	Barrow's Goldeneye	Bill Williams River NWR (Mohave Co.)		02 Jan 2011
29	Hooded Merganser	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		06 Jan 2011
30	Common Merganser	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
31	Red-breasted Merganser	Lake Mead NRA--Princess Cove		20 Feb 2011
32	Ruddy Duck	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
33	Gambel's Quail	2841 McCulloch Blvd LHC		01 Jan 2011
34	Wild Turkey	Mount Logan Rd - mid		20 Nov 2011
35	Red-throated Loon	Lake Havasu City--Rotary Park		01 Nov 2011
36	Pacific Loon	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		02 Sep 2011
37	Common Loon	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
38	Yellow-billed Loon	Bill Williams Delta--outer, Mohave Co		21 Feb 2011
39	Pied-billed Grebe	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
40	Horned Grebe	Lake Havasu SP -- Site 4		06 Jan 2011
41	Red-necked Grebe	Davis Dam (AZ)		11 Nov 2011
42	Eared Grebe	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
43	Western Grebe	Bill Williams River NWR (Mohave Co.)		02 Jan 2011
44	Clark's Grebe	Bill Williams River NWR (Mohave Co.)		02 Jan 2011
45	Neotropic Cormorant	Bill Williams River NWR (Mohave Co.)		12 Jan 2011
46	Double-crested Cormorant	Bill Williams River NWR		02 Jan 2011
47	American White Pelican	Havasu NWR--Beal Lake		21 Jan 2011
48	Brown Pelican	Bill Williams Delta--Mohave Co		07 Nov 2011
49	Least Bittern	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		18 May 2011
50	Great Blue Heron	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
51	Great Egret	Crystal Beach		01 Jan 2011
52	Snowy Egret	Havasu NWR--Catfish Paradise		05 Jan 2011
53	Tricolored Heron	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		10 Aug 2011
54	Cattle Egret	Lake Havasu City--Rotary Park		08 Apr 2011
55	Green Heron	LHC - Mulberry Ave STP		27 Jan 2011
56	Black-crowned Night-Heron	Bill Williams River NWR (Mohave Co.)		12 Jan 2011
57	Glossy Ibis	Courtwright Rd		06 Jul 2011
58	White-faced Ibis	Havasu NWR--Pintail Slough/North Dike		20 Feb 2011
59	Turkey Vulture	Courtwright Rd		05 Jan 2011
60	Osprey	Lake Havasu City--N Pittsburgh Pt		15 Jan 2011
61	Bald Eagle	Alamo Lake--Upper		17 Jan 2011
62	Northern Harrier	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
63	Sharp-shinned Hawk	Lake Havasu--Mesquite Bay North		16 Jan 2011
64	Cooper's Hawk	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
65	Harris's Hawk	Yucca - Suzette and Mary Beth Dr		30 Jul 2011
66	Red-shouldered Hawk	Havasu NWR--Pintail Slough/North Dike		24 Jan 2011
67	Swainson's Hawk	Havasu NWR--Bermuda Pasture		04 Apr 2011
68	Zone-tailed Hawk	Big Sandy River @ Wikieup		28 May 2011
69	Red-tailed Hawk	Bill Williams NWR - Kohen Ranch		02 Jan 2011
70	Ferruginous Hawk	Kingman Airport Wilderness		11 Dec 2011
71	Rough-legged Hawk	Flattop Reservoir		20 Nov 2011
72	Golden Eagle	Hualapai Mountains - Wash in town		04 Feb 2011
73	American Kestrel	Lake Havasu City--West/North Acoma		01 Jan 2011
74	Merlin	Lake Havasu City--North		01 Jan 2011
75	Peregrine Falcon	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		06 Jan 2011
76	Prairie Falcon	Nautilus Elementary		13 Jan 2011
77	Clapper Rail	Crystal Beach		01 Jan 2011
78	Virginia Rail	Havasu NWR--Pintail Slough/North Dike		24 Mar 2011
79	Sora	Havasu NWR--Beal Lake		21 Jan 2011
80	Common Gallinule	Havasu NWR--Beal Lake		09 Apr 2011
81	American Coot	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
82	Black-bellied Plover	Lake Havasu City WTP		14 Apr 2011
83	Snowy Plover	Havasu NWR--Beal Lake		12 Aug 2011
84	Semipalmated Plover	Havasu NWR--Pintail Slough/North Dike		12 Aug 2011
85	Killdeer	Bill Williams River NWR		02 Jan 2011
86	Black-necked Stilt	Lake Havasu City WTP		14 Apr 2011
87	American Avocet	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		30 Mar 2011
88	Spotted Sandpiper	Davis Dam (AZ)		29 Jan 2011
89	Solitary Sandpiper	Lake Havasu City WTP		28 Apr 2011
90	Greater Yellowlegs	Havasu NWR--Beal Lake		21 Jan 2011
91	Willet	Lake Havasu City--Rotary Park		23 May 2011
92	Lesser Yellowlegs	Lake Havasu City WTP		03 May 2011
93	Whimbrel	Havasu NWR--Beal Lake		27 Aug 2011
94	Long-billed Curlew	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		30 Mar 2011
95	Marbled Godwit	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		31 Mar 2011
96	Sanderling	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		29 Aug 2011
97	Semipalmated Sandpiper	Havasu NWR--Beal Lake		25 Aug 2011
98	Western Sandpiper	Lake Havasu City WTP		14 Apr 2011
99	Least Sandpiper	Lake Havasu City WTP		11 Jan 2011
100	Baird's Sandpiper	Havasu NWR--Beal Lake		27 Aug 2011
101	Pectoral Sandpiper	Havasu NWR--Beal Lake		25 Aug 2011
102	Dunlin	Lake Havasu City WTP		28 Apr 2011
103	Stilt Sandpiper	Havasu NWR--Beal Lake		25 Aug 2011
104	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Lake Havasu City WTP		03 Oct 2011
105	Short-billed Dowitcher	Lake Havasu City WTP		24 Aug 2011
106	Long-billed Dowitcher	Havasu NWR--Beal Lake		21 Jan 2011
107	Wilson's Snipe	Bill Williams River NWR		02 Jan 2011
108	Wilson's Phalarope	Lake Havasu City WTP		03 May 2011
109	Red-necked Phalarope	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		09 May 2011
110	Red Phalarope	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		11 Oct 2011
111	Sabine's Gull	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		07 Sep 2011
112	Bonaparte's Gull	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		30 Mar 2011
113	Little Gull	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		10 Sep 2011
114	Franklin's Gull	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		26 Apr 2011
115	Mew Gull	Bullhead City/Laughlin Bridge - restoration area		29 Jan 2011
116	Ring-billed Gull	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
117	California Gull	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
118	Herring Gull	Lake Havasu City--N Pittsburgh Pt		11 Jan 2011
119	Thayer's Gull	Lake Havasu City WTP		21 Nov 2011
120	Glaucous Gull	Lake Havasu--Site 6		24 Dec 2011
121	Caspian Tern	Mohave Valley--Levee Rd cottonwoods		26 Mar 2011
122	Black Tern	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		09 May 2011
123	Common Tern	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		04 Jul 2011
124	Forster's Tern	Havasu NWR--Catfish Paradise		05 Jan 2011
125	Pomarine Jaeger	Bill Williams Delta--Mohave Co		14 Nov 2011
126	Parasitic Jaeger	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		06 Sep 2011
127	Long-tailed Jaeger	Lake Havasu City--N Pittsburgh Pt		09 Sep 2011
128	Rock Pigeon	2841 McCulloch Blvd LHC		01 Jan 2011
129	Band-tailed Pigeon	Hualapai Mountain Park		07 May 2011
130	Eurasian Collared-Dove	Desert Hills		01 Jan 2011
131	White-winged Dove	Lake Havasu City--Rotary Park		22 Feb 2011
132	Mourning Dove	Desert Hills		01 Jan 2011
133	Inca Dove	Mohave Valley--Willow Valley		06 Jul 2011
134	Ruddy Ground-Dove	Lake Havasu City--Rotary Park		20 Oct 2011
135	Yellow-billed Cuckoo	Havasu NWR--Pintail Slough/North Dike		09 Jul 2011
136	Greater Roadrunner	Courtwright Rd		05 Jan 2011
137	Barn Owl	Havasu NWR--Pintail Slough/North Dike		24 Jan 2011
138	Flammulated Owl	Mount Trumbull		06 Aug 2011
139	Western Screech-Owl	Mount Trumbull		06 Aug 2011
140	Great Horned Owl	Lake Havasu City--Rotary Park		02 Jan 2011
141	Burrowing Owl	Lake Havasu City--West/North Acoma		11 Jan 2011
142	Lesser Nighthawk	Lake Havasu City--Rotary Park		15 Mar 2011
143	Common Nighthawk	Mount Trumbull		06 Aug 2011
144	Common Poorwill	Mount Trumbull		06 Aug 2011
145	Vaux's Swift	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		26 Apr 2011
146	White-throated Swift	Bill Williams River NWR		02 Jan 2011
147	Black-chinned Hummingbird	Mohave Valley--Levee Rd cottonwoods		26 Mar 2011
148	Anna's Hummingbird	Lake Havasu City--West/North Acoma		01 Jan 2011
149	Costa's Hummingbird	2841 McCulloch Blvd LHC		07 Jan 2011
150	Broad-tailed Hummingbird	Hualapai Mountain Park		21 Apr 2011
151	Rufous Hummingbird	Hualapai Mountains - Atherton Rd		21 Apr 2011
152	Calliope Hummingbird	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		07 Sep 2011
153	Belted Kingfisher	Crystal Beach		01 Jan 2011
154	Lewis's Woodpecker	Lake Mead NRA--Katherine Landing		16 Oct 2011
155	Acorn Woodpecker	Hualapai Mountain Park		05 Mar 2011
156	Gila Woodpecker	Bill Williams River NWR		02 Jan 2011
157	Williamson's Sapsucker	Hualapai Mountain Park		11 Dec 2011
158	Red-naped Sapsucker	Kingman--Metcalfe Park		19 Jan 2011
159	Ladder-backed Woodpecker	Bill Williams River NWR		02 Jan 2011
160	Hairy Woodpecker	Hualapai Mountain Park		05 Mar 2011
161	Northern Flicker	Lake Havasu City--South		02 Jan 2011
162	Gilded Flicker	Bill Williams NWR - Kohen Ranch		02 Jan 2011
163	Olive-sided Flycatcher	Hualapai Mountain Park		05 Sep 2011
164	Greater Pewee	Hualapai Mountain Park		30 Jul 2011
165	Western Wood-Pewee	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		04 May 2011
166	Willow Flycatcher	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		25 May 2011
167	Hammond's Flycatcher	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		29 Apr 2011
168	Gray Flycatcher	Bill Williams NWR - Kohen Ranch		02 Jan 2011
169	Dusky Flycatcher	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		14 Sep 2011
170	Pacific-slope Flycatcher	Havasu NWR--Bermuda Pasture		26 Mar 2011
171	Cordilleran Flycatcher	Hualapai Mountain Resort		02 Jul 2011
172	Black Phoebe	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
173	Eastern Phoebe	Havasu NWR--Bermuda Pasture		16 Nov 2011
174	Say's Phoebe	Bill Williams River NWR		02 Jan 2011
175	Vermilion Flycatcher	Lake Havasu SP -- Site 4		06 Jan 2011
176	Dusky-capped Flycatcher	Big Sandy River @ Wikieup		27 Feb 2011
177	Ash-throated Flycatcher	Havasu NWR--Pintail Slough/North Dike		20 Feb 2011
178	Nutting's Flycatcher	Bill Williams NWR--Crossriver/North Burn/Fox Wash (MOH)		18 Dec 2011
179	Brown-crested Flycatcher	Bill Williams River--Lincoln Ranch (MOH)		08 May 2011
180	Tropical Kingbird	Havasu NWR--Pintail Slough/North Dike		09 Jul 2011
181	Cassin's Kingbird	Hualapai Mountains - Atherton Rd		21 Apr 2011
182	Western Kingbird	Lake Havasu City--Rotary Park		14 Apr 2011
183	Loggerhead Shrike	Crystal Beach		01 Jan 2011
184	Bell's Vireo	Bill Williams NWR - Kohen Ranch		11 Apr 2011
185	Gray Vireo	Buck and Doe pt1		16 Jul 2011
186	Plumbeous Vireo	Big Sandy River @ Wikieup		27 Feb 2011
187	Cassin's Vireo	Lake Havasu City--Rotary Park		09 Apr 2011
188	Hutton's Vireo	Hualapai Mountain Park		21 Apr 2011
189	Warbling Vireo	Bill Williams River NWR (Mohave Co.)		11 Apr 2011
190	Pinyon Jay	Mount Trumbull		07 Aug 2011
191	Steller's Jay	Hualapai Mountain Park		05 Mar 2011
192	Western Scrub-Jay	Hualapai Mountain Rd - below town		04 Feb 2011
193	American Crow	Havasu NWR--Pintail Slough/North Dike		11 Nov 2011
194	Common Raven	2841 McCulloch Blvd LHC		01 Jan 2011
195	Horned Lark	Havasu NWR--Pintail Slough/North Dike		24 Jan 2011
196	Northern Rough-winged Swallow	Havasu NWR--Pintail Slough/North Dike		24 Jan 2011
197	Purple Martin	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		09 May 2011
198	Tree Swallow	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
199	Violet-green Swallow	Lake Havasu City--N Pittsburgh Pt		01 Feb 2011
200	Bank Swallow	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		26 Apr 2011
201	Barn Swallow	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		06 Jan 2011
202	Cliff Swallow	Lake Havasu--Boston Lighthouse Trail		24 Feb 2011
203	Mountain Chickadee	Hualapai Mountain Park		05 Mar 2011
204	Juniper Titmouse	Hualapai Mountains - Wash in town		04 Feb 2011
205	Verdin	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
206	Bushtit	Hualapai Mountains - Wash in town		04 Feb 2011
207	Red-breasted Nuthatch	Hualapai Mountain Park		21 Apr 2011
208	White-breasted Nuthatch	Hualapai Mountain Park		04 Feb 2011
209	Pygmy Nuthatch	Hualapai Mountain Park		04 Feb 2011
210	Brown Creeper	Hualapai Mountain Park		05 Mar 2011
211	Cactus Wren	Bill Williams NWR - Kohen Ranch		02 Jan 2011
212	Rock Wren	Alamo Lake SP (Mohave Co.)		17 Jan 2011
213	Canyon Wren	Alamo Lake SP (Mohave Co.)		17 Jan 2011
214	Bewick's Wren	Havasu NWR--Pintail Slough/North Dike		29 Jan 2011
215	House Wren	Havasu NWR--Pintail Slough/North Dike		24 Jan 2011
216	Marsh Wren	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
217	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
218	Black-tailed Gnatcatcher	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
219	Ruby-crowned Kinglet	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
220	Western Bluebird	Hualapai Mountain Rd - below town		04 Feb 2011
221	Mountain Bluebird	Upper Hurricane Valley		06 Aug 2011
222	Townsend's Solitaire	Lake Havasu City--Rotary Park		18 Oct 2011
223	Swainson's Thrush	Hualapai Mountain Park		07 May 2011
224	Hermit Thrush	Bill Williams NWR - Kohen Ranch		02 Jan 2011
225	Rufous-backed Robin	Kingman--Metcalfe Park		19 Jan 2011
226	American Robin	Kingman--Metcalfe Park		19 Jan 2011
227	Varied Thrush	Colorado City - Cotton wood Park		20 Nov 2011
228	Gray Catbird	Havasu NWR--Catfish Paradise		05 Oct 2011
229	Northern Mockingbird	Lake Havasu City--West/North Acoma		01 Jan 2011
230	Sage Thrasher	Sacramento Valley--Cottonwood Rd		30 Jan 2011
231	Curve-billed Thrasher	Kingman--Metcalfe Park		19 Jan 2011
232	Crissal Thrasher	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
233	Le Conte's Thrasher	Lake Mead NRA--Bonelli Landing Rd		30 Jan 2011
234	European Starling	Lake Havasu City--West/North Acoma		01 Jan 2011
235	American Pipit	Bill Williams River NWR		02 Jan 2011
236	Cedar Waxwing	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		20 Apr 2011
237	Phainopepla	Bill Williams NWR - Kohen Ranch		02 Jan 2011
238	Olive Warbler	Hualapai Mountain Park		30 Jul 2011
239	Lapland Longspur	Courtwright Rd		27 Nov 2011
240	Chestnut-collared Longspur	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		08 Oct 2011
241	McCown's Longspur	Courtwright Rd		27 Nov 2011
242	Black-and-white Warbler	Lake Havasu City--Rotary Park		15 Nov 2011
243	Orange-crowned Warbler	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
244	Lucy's Warbler	Havasu NWR--Bermuda Pasture		26 Mar 2011
245	Nashville Warbler	Lake Havasu City--Rotary Park		26 Apr 2011
246	Virginia's Warbler	Hualapai Mountain Park		21 Apr 2011
247	MacGillivray's Warbler	Hualapai Mountain Rd--Rd 7101C		07 May 2011
248	Common Yellowthroat	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
249	Northern Parula	Havasu NWR--New South Dike		16 Oct 2011
250	Yellow Warbler	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		20 Apr 2011
251	Blackpoll Warbler	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		18 May 2011
252	Yellow-rumped Warbler	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
253	Grace's Warbler	Hualapai Mountain Park		21 Apr 2011
254	Black-throated Gray Warbler	Hualapai Mountain Park		21 Apr 2011
255	Townsend's Warbler	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		29 Apr 2011
256	Hermit Warbler	Mount Trumbull		07 Aug 2011
257	Wilson's Warbler	Havasu NWR--Bermuda Pasture		26 Mar 2011
258	Red-faced Warbler	Hualapai Mountain Park		07 May 2011
259	Painted Redstart	Hualapai Mountain Park		07 May 2011
260	Yellow-breasted Chat	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		20 Apr 2011
261	Green-tailed Towhee	Lake Havasu City--Rotary Park		26 Apr 2011
262	Spotted Towhee	Hualapai Mountain Rd - below town		04 Feb 2011
263	Rufous-crowned Sparrow	Near Valentine MOH		16 Jul 2011
264	Canyon Towhee	Oatman Highway - MP 27		29 Jan 2011
265	Abert's Towhee	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		01 Jan 2011
266	Cassin's Sparrow	Buck and Doe Rd and Rt 66		16 Jul 2011
267	Chipping Sparrow	Nautilus Elementary		08 Apr 2011
268	Clay-colored Sparrow	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		09 Sep 2011
269	Brewer's Sparrow	Big Sandy River @ Signal Rd		27 Feb 2011
270	Black-chinned Sparrow	Hualapai Mountains - Atherton Rd		21 Apr 2011
271	Vesper Sparrow	Havasu NWR--Pintail Slough/North Dike		24 Jan 2011
272	Lark Sparrow	Buck and Doe Rd and Rt 66		16 Jul 2011
273	Black-throated Sparrow	Oatman Highway - MP 27		29 Jan 2011
274	Sage Sparrow	Bill Williams NWR - Kohen Ranch		02 Jan 2011
275	Lark Bunting	Kingman Airport Wilderness		11 Dec 2011
276	Savannah Sparrow	Lake Havasu City WTP		11 Jan 2011
277	Song Sparrow	Bill Williams NWR - Kohen Ranch		02 Jan 2011
278	Lincoln's Sparrow	Havasu NWR--Pintail Slough/North Dike		24 Jan 2011
279	White-crowned Sparrow	Bill Williams NWR - Kohen Ranch		02 Jan 2011
280	Golden-crowned Sparrow	Burro Creek CG		27 Feb 2011
281	Dark-eyed Junco	Hualapai Mountains - Wash in town		04 Feb 2011
282	Hepatic Tanager	Wild Cow Springs Campground		02 Jul 2011
283	Summer Tanager	Havasu NWR--New South Dike		15 May 2011
284	Western Tanager	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		29 Apr 2011
285	Northern Cardinal	Big Sandy River @ Wikieup		28 May 2011
286	Black-headed Grosbeak	Hualapai Mountains - Atherton Rd		21 Apr 2011
287	Blue Grosbeak	Havasu NWR - Beal Lake Restoration area		19 May 2011
288	Lazuli Bunting	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		26 Apr 2011
289	Indigo Bunting	Havasu NWR--Pintail Slough/North Dike		09 Jul 2011
290	Bobolink	Lake Havasu--North end viewpoint		21 Sep 2011
291	Red-winged Blackbird	Crystal Beach		01 Jan 2011
292	Eastern Meadowlark	Buck and Doe Rd and Rt 66		16 Jul 2011
293	Western Meadowlark	Havasu NWR--Pintail Slough/North Dike		05 Jan 2011
294	Yellow-headed Blackbird	Nautilus Elementary		22 Mar 2011
295	Brewer's Blackbird	The Shops at Lake Havasu		01 Jan 2011
296	Great-tailed Grackle	The Shops at Lake Havasu		01 Jan 2011
297	Bronzed Cowbird	Lake Havasu City--Rotary Park		17 May 2011
298	Brown-headed Cowbird	Lake Havasu City--Rotary Park		15 Mar 2011
299	Hooded Oriole	Bill Williams River NWR (Mohave Co.)		11 Apr 2011
300	Bullock's Oriole	Havasu NWR--Bermuda Pasture		04 Apr 2011
301	Scott's Oriole	Hualapai Mountains - Atherton Rd		21 Apr 2011
302	Cassin's Finch	Hualapai Mountain Park		21 Apr 2011
303	House Finch	Desert Hills		01 Jan 2011
304	Red Crossbill	Hualapai Mountain Park		05 Mar 2011
305	Pine Siskin	Hualapai Mountain Park		05 Mar 2011
306	Lesser Goldfinch	Lake Havasu City--Rotary Park		02 Jan 2011
307	Lawrence's Goldfinch	Bill Williams River NWR (Mohave Co.)		11 Apr 2011
308	American Goldfinch	Havasu NWR--Pintail Slough/North Dike		26 Mar 2011
309	Evening Grosbeak	Hualapai Mountain Resort		21 Apr 2011
310	House Sparrow	Lake Havasu City - London Bridge		03 Jan 2011