CWILLIAMSON@PIMACC.PIMA.EDU (06/07/90)
- RBA
* Arizona
* Phoenix
* June 7, 1990
* AZPH9006.07
- Birds mentioned
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Band-tailed Pigeon
Black-chinned Sparrow
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Blue Grouse
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Chipping Sparrow
Cassin's Finch
Dark-eyed Junco
Grace's Warbler
Hepatic Tanager
Hermit Thrush
Mountain Bluebird
Mountain Chickadee
Olive Warbler
Pinyon Jay
Plain Titmouse
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Scott's Oriole
Solitary Vireo
Steller's Jay
Three-toed Woodpecker
White-breasted Nuthatch
Williamson's Sapsucker
Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Transcript
ARIZONA -
Phoenix (602) 832-8745
This is the Maricopa Audubon Society Weekly report of bird
sightings as of Thursday June 7th, 1990.
Summer has arrived in the Phoenix area with temperatures over 110
degrees this week. This tends to do two things: it limits the
bird activity and it sends the birders out of town for a cooler
location.
This week there were no bird reports and I've been out of town
since last Thursday. So I will report on the birds that I saw at
the Grand Canyon.
About half way between Jacob's Lake and the North Rim, in the
area of Demont Campground there were BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRDS,
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, MOUNTAIN
CHICKADEES, STELLER'S JAYS, singing HERMIT THRUSH, DARK-EYED
JUNCOS, CASSIN'S FINCH, and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS.
With the aid of Charles Babbitt's bird find article that was
printed in the Nov/Dec 1987 "Cactus Wrendition" and in "Birding"
vol. 19, Dec. 1987, I was able to locate several of the specialty
birds of this area near the Marble Viewpoint. There were
WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKERS, THREE-TOED WOODPECKER, and BLUE
GROUSE. These birds were all found on June 1st.
At the Desert View Campground area on the South Rim, there were
PLAIN TITMOUSE, BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, SOLITARY VIREO,
PINYON JAY, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH, and
CHIPPING SPARROWS. These birds were all seen on the 5th.
This week's field trip is on Saturday June 9th to Mount Ord.
Mount Ord is located on the northern Maricopa County line in the
Matzatzal Mountains about 7 miles north of the town of Sunflower.
Birds that will be looked for include BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW,
SCOTT'S ORIOLE, BAND-TAILED PIGEON, HEPATIC TANAGER, GRACE'S
WARBLER, and with some luck, maybe an OLIVE WARBLER. Meet at 7:00
AM in the open parking area overlooking Sycamore Creek in
Sunflower. This is off of Highway 87 or sometimes called the
Beeline Highway. For questions about the field trips call Harvey
Beady at 991-9190.
Please leave your much needed bird sightings on the tape after
the beep and for more information call Steve Ganley at 830-5538
and good birding.
- End transcript