Recent Outing Highlights
Lake Arlington Arlington Heights, IL April 28, 2025
Prospect Park Brooklyn, NY May 2, 2025 First birding trip with Simon!
Beck Lake & Dam No. 1 Woods Forrest Preserve's Cook County, IL April 21, 2025
Catalina State Park Oro Valley, AZ May 7, 2025
Sweetwater Wetlands. Tucson, AZ May 8, 2025
Chicago Botanic Park Glencoe, IL April 27, 2025
Vermillion Flycatcher, Common Gallinule, Killdeer chick, Ruddy Duck, Anna's Hummingbird, Song Sparrow, Yellow Warbler
Lark Sparrow, Abert's Towhee, Cooper's Hawk on nest, Gray Flycatcher, Western Tanager, Brown-crested Flycatcher, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Western Kingbird
Simon & Papa Birding, Gray Catbird, American Robin, Northern Cardinal, Lincoln Sparrow, European Starling, Simon
Warbling Vireo, Double Crested Cormorant, American Goldfinch, Black-capped Chickadee, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-winged Blackbird
American Robin, Canadian Goose, Purple Martins, Pied-billed Grebe, Ospreys on nest, Caspian Terns, Song Sparrow
Canadian Goose with chicks, Solitary Sandpiper, Great Blue Heron, Violet-green Swallow, Eastern Phoebe
Sweetwater Wetlands. Tucson, AZ May 10, 2025
Redhead, Killdeer chicks, Hammonds Flycatcher, Black-chinned Hummingbird, Yellow Warbler, Neotropic Cormorant, Hermit Thrush
Sweetwater Wetlands Tucson, AZ May 18, 2025
Northern Rough-winged Swallows, Summer Tanager, Red-winged Blackbird (m.), Red-winged Blackbird (f.), Vermillion Flycatcher on nest, Bullock's Oriole, cute American Coot chicks
BONUS Sweetwater non-bird photos: Sonoran Spotted Whiptail, Desert Cottontail, Arizona Cotton Rat, Desert Spiney Lizard, Queen Butterfly
Catalina State Park Oro Valley, AZ May 21, 2025
Black-throated Sparrow, Lucy's Warbler warbling, Townsend's Warbler, Great Horned Owl, Western Wood-Pewee
El Rio Open Spece Reserve Marana, AZ May 25, 2025
Momma Mallard and ducklings, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Western Wood-Pewee, Ornate Tree Lizard, Mallard (f.), Song Sparrow, Zebra Tailed Lizard, Yellow Warbler
Sweetwater Wetlands Tucson, AZ May 26, 2025
Hermit Warbler (post bath), Wilson's Warbler, Anna's Hummingbird, Common Gallinule, Gallinule chicks, Green Heron, White-winged Dove cooing, Western Tanager (f.)
Catalina State Park Oro Valley, AZ June 1 & 2, 2025
In exchange for pollination and seed scattering, the Saguaro sustains many... White-winged Dove, Cactus Wren, European Starling , Gila Woodpecker, House Finch, Curve-bill Thrasher, Ladderback Woodpecker
Double-crested Cormorant, Purple Martin condo, Black-crowned Night Heron, Costa's Hummingbird (f.), Wilson's Warbler, Broad-billed Hummingbird, Costa's Hummingbird, Red-tailed Hawk
Arthur Pack Regional Park and Tucson Bird Alliance Mason Center Tucson, AZ May 28, 2025
Vermillion Flycatcher(f.), Great Horned Owl, Blue Grosbeak, Gila Woodpecker, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Brown-crested Flycatcher, Cooper's Hawk w/ chicks, Mad Mamma Cooper after buzzing me
Sweetwater Wetlands Tucson, AZ June 4, 2025
Sweetwater Wetlands Tucson, AZ June 8, 2025
Greater Roadrunner, Gila Woodpecker, Gila Woodpecker in nest hole, Cooper's Hawk on nest, Mexican Ducks, Verdin, Rock Pigeon, Common Yellow-throat
Pied-bill Grebe, Common Gallinule, Western Kingbird, Gamble's Quail, Vermillion Flycatcher on nest, Summer Tanager, Yellow Warbler feeding Brown-headed Cowbird chick, Inca Dove,
Arthur Pack, Mason Center, Toronto Chul Tucson, AZ June 13, 2025
Northern Pintail, Gambel's Quail (f.), Gambel's Quail (m.), Verdin (juvenile), Lucy's Warbler, Botta's Pocket Gopher, Gopher Snake (deceased), Desert Spine Lizard regenerating his tail
Bald Eagles, Arctic Tern, Gulls, Sea Otter, Harbor Seals, Humpback Whales
Alaska Cruise Juneau, Glacier Bay NP, Icy Point, Sitka, & Ketchikan June 21-28, 2025. Great trip, but poor conditions for photography. Hardly pulled the camera from my backpackck.
Neotropic Cormorant, Red-wing Blackbird, Great Egret, Mallard Hens, Vermilion Flycatcher (m.), Vermillion Flycatcher (f.), Common Gallinule, undercover Turtle
Sweetwater Wetlands Tucson, AZ July 4, 2025
Catalina State Park Oro Valley, AZ July 10, 2025
Ash-throated Flycatcher, Tarantula-Hawk Wasp, Abert's Towhee, Abert's Towhee, Blue Grosbeak
American Coot & Least Grebe (new Life Bird!), Neotripic Cormorants, Brown-headed Cowbird, Verdin, Costa's Hummingbird, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Mallard synchronized swim
El Rio Preserve Marana, AZ July 10, 2025
Sweetwater Wetlands Tucson, AZ July 14, 2025
Ruddy Ducks, Juvenile Common Gallinule, Tropical Kingbird, White-winged Dove, Song Sparrow singing, Gila Woodpecker, Roseate Skimmer Dragonfly, Flame Skimmer Dragonfly
Gambel's Quail, Black-chinned Hummingbird
Sweetwater Wetlands Tucson, AZ July 17, 2025 Went in search of the Purple Gallinule, which I saw, but was unable to get any pictures.
Summer Tanager, juvenile Verdin, Snowy Egret, Snowy and Great Egrets in a tree, Green Heron, Ruddy Duck, Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp
El Rio Preserve Marana, AZ July 20, 2025
Tropical Kingbird, Western Kingbird, Redhead, juvenile Common Gallinule, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Anna's Hummingbird, Blue Dasher
Sweetwater Wetlands Tucson, AZ July 30, 2025
Mallard (f.), Least Grebe, Least Grebe flapping wings, Abert's Towhee, Blue Dasher Dragonfly, Ornate Tree Lizard
El Rio Preserve Marana, AZ August 2, 2025
Greater Roadrunner, juvenile Black-capped Night Heron, Mallards in duck weed, Flycatcher eyeing breakfast, Ash-throated Flycatcher
Sweetwater Wetlands Tucson, AZ August 5, 2025
Western Kingbird, Domestic Duck, Great Egret, Broad-billed Hummingbird, Cattle Egret, Common Gallinule
El Rio Preserve Marana, AZ August 8, 2025
Thick-billed Kingbird (new Life Bird!), molting Northern Cardinal, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Common Ground Dove, Elegant Earless Lizard
Buenos Aires NWR--Arivaca Cienega Arivaca, AZ August 10, 2025
Blue Grosbeak, Phainopepla (f.), Mourning Dove, Vermillion Flycatcher, Abert's Towhee, Orange-crowned Warbler, Six legged Desert Trantula
Catalina State Park Oro Valley, AZ August 14, 2025