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Monday, December 8, 2014
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Monday, December 1, 2014
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014
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Monday, August 19, 2013
Pictures have been posted!
Pictures by Mike and pictures by Bert have been posted on the trip website. These pictures include birds, creatures, and general trip photographs.
http://www.thefilemyrs.com/Birding/Arizona2013/index.htm
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Mike's Pictures
Mike posted a great set of pictures.
Check out
http://www.flickr.com/photos/78856147@N08/sets/72157635095144677/
Status of pictures
I took over 1800 pictures, most of them birds. It is taking lots of time to go through them and find the few good ones. I will post here when they are available for viewing.
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Post Trip - GPS Tracks
I have posted GPS tracks for each day of our adventure. Assuming you have Google Earth on your computer you can see exactly where we went every day. The track for Monday 8/12 is pictured here.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Home
We are all home safely from a great trip. We saw 181 species of birds including 11 species of hummingbirds (Costa's attached.) Snakes, mammals, reptiles and other creatures were seen and enjoyed.
It was a great trip. Pictures will be posted at www.thefilemyrs.com as soon as possible but it will take some time to sort through the thousands of pictures we took.
Hope you enjoyed following our adventure
Bert, Mike, Ann, Connie
Homeward Bound
Sitting at the departure gate. Philadelphia here we come.
<< Bert >>
Sent from my cell phone.
<< Bert >>
Sent from my cell phone.
Heading home
Getting packed
Getting breakfast
Getting to the airport
I
<< Bert >>
Sent from my cell phone.
Getting breakfast
Getting to the airport
I
<< Bert >>
Sent from my cell phone.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Heat
Before the trip we often joked about the heat. We convinced ourselves that it would be "dry heat" and not uncomfortable. But realistically heat is heat. We knew it would be hot but that would be the tradeoff for seeing good birds. The image above is from the forecast page of a smart phone app. You will see that here in Phoenix it is a little after 8 pm and the temperature just dipped below 100 degrees. And looking ahead you can see what Phoenix is in store for.
With the exception of a couple of hours the first day and now the last night we spent our time south of here. And the area south of here is slightly higher in elevation and is cooler than the Phoenix area. Most of our days topped out in the low 90s and were relatively comfortable.
Getting ready for cocktail hour
Today was our last day of birding. We went up Mt Lemmon , just north of Tucson, to see some high altitude birds we had missed. It was great to see Red-faced Warbler (photo), Townsend's Warbler, Virginia's Warbler, Mountain Chickadee and other birds.
When we came off the mountain we did a takeout lunch and headed to Avravaipa Canyon Road. It was a neat area but as expected with temperatures over 100 degrees, birds were hunkered down and not to be seen.
We are now in Phoenix, ready to fly home tomorrow.
Tuesday Morning
We will be at breakfast at 6 am and then out of the motel shortly afterwards. This morning we will bird Mt. Lemmon here in Tucson before heading to Phoenix. If we have time we will bird some areas north of Tucson on the way.
Today is our last birding day and we want to use all of our remaining time wisely.
This Hooded Oriole was seen yesterday in the Tucson area.
Monday, August 12, 2013
Monday ends
We went to a sports bar for dinner and ran into a local couple who were in the restaurant where we ate dinner last night. We chatted with them last night and came over to talk to us tonight. That was a nice gesture on their part.
No ice cream after dinner tonight. Everyone was full.
Tomorrow is our last birding day. We will bird Mt Lemmon in Tucson and some other areas. The trip has gone fast.
(This Roadrunner was seen today on Ruby Road on the way back from California Gulch)
Cocktail Hour and Dinner Time
We are back at the motel after a full day of birding. We left the motel at 4 am and after driving about 15 minutes returned to the motel for me to get my wallet which I had forgotten to take. That put us 30 minutes behind schedule. Not the brightest move on my part! Our major goal was getting to California Gulch which the most reliable place in the United States for Five-striped Sparrow. It is about 17 miles of dirt road to get there and then a walk down a steep trail to get to the bottom of the gulch. Once there, after a little work we found several of these elusive sparrows. I struggled to get a picture and while the attached shot is not the best shot I have ever taken of a bird, it is a memorable shot. You have probably read the posts from earlier today which told the timing of our adventure.
We are debating what to do for dinner. We stopped in Patagonia and had a nice lunch and at this time none of us are hungry. We might just have a cocktail hour and not go for dinner. But later, if there is an ice cream place in the area…………
Lunch
Mike
Lunch time in Patagonia
After getting the Five stripped Sparrow we stopped at Pena Blanca Lake to recheck for the Least Grebe we missed yesterday. We missed it again.
Then we bolted for the Patagonia Roadside Rest to look for the Thick-billed King bird and the Northern Beardless Tyranulet we missed yesterday.
Success on both of them!
<< Bert >>
Sent from my cell phone.
Then we bolted for the Patagonia Roadside Rest to look for the Thick-billed King bird and the Northern Beardless Tyranulet we missed yesterday.
Success on both of them!
<< Bert >>
Sent from my cell phone.
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