Rita and I just spent a few weeks visiting our daughter and her family in Scottsdale. We took time to do a good bit of hiking, traveling, birding and photography. Arizona has a wealth of diverse landscape and habitat, and attracts a huge variety of birds. We really enjoyed the hiking and exploring that this beautiful area offers. My favourite on this trip was Cave Creek Canyon, in the Chiricahua Mountains near Portal.
I added nine lifers to my list on this trip, my favourite being the Lucifer Hummingbird. All the photos are taken by me, and are not to be copied or reproduced without permission. Enjoy!
Cactus Wren
Peregrine Falcon
Long-billed Dowitcher
American Avocet
Least Sandpiper
Eurasian Collared Dove
Vermillion Flycatchers
Vermillion Flycatcher
Greater Roadrunner
Long-billed Dowitcher
American White Pelican
Black-necked Stilt
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night Heron
Inca Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Lucy's Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Neo-tropic Cormorants
Eared Grebe
Eared Grebe
Brewer's Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Northern Mockingbird
Sage Thrasher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Painted Redstart
Painted Redstart
Acorn Woodpeckers
Hepatic Tanager
Painted Redstart
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Rivoli's Hummingbird
Arizona Woodpecker
Rivoli's Hummingbird
Bridled Titmouse
Red-tailed Hawk
Pied-billed Grebe
Green Heron
Phainopepla
Bewer's Sparrow
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Gila Woodpecker
Say's Phoebe
Cooper's Hawk
Vermillion Flycatcher
Harris's Hawk
Mountain Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Loggerhead Shrike
Canyon Towhee
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Black-throated Sparrow
Violet-crowned Hummingbird
White-eared Hummingbird
White-eared Hummingbird
Bewick's Wren
Cooper's Hawk
Painted Redstart
Blue-throated Mountain Gem
Townsend's Warbler
Hooded Oriole
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Stellar's Jay
Yellow-eyed Junco
Yellow-eyed Junco
Blue-throated Mountain Gem
Northern Cardinal
Lucifer Hummingbird
Pyrrhuloxia
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Golden Eagles; New Mexico
I really enjoyed this collection of bird pictures. I think only about 16 of them are on my life list, so that means I would have added many more lifers to my list than you needed to, if I had seen all of the same birds. The photography is outstanding.