As I sit in our luxury motel in Susanville, California, contemplating what 34F (1 Canadian) is going to feel like when I go out to start the 4Runner in the morning, my thoughts easily return to our last full day of birding in Arizona.
It seems so long ago when in fact it was just 2 days ago (Sunday) that we birded one of the most productive birding areas in Southeast Arizona, Madera Canyon. We got an early start, not as early as when we did our "industrial strength" birding day to Sycamore Canyon and California Gulch, but early none the less. We got up to the canyon at about 8:00 a.m., just in time for the birds to welcome us on our last visit for 2015.
It was a fantastic day, but more for photography than the number of species of birds. I did manage to add 3 species to the Arizona year to date list which brought our final count to 191 species for our 2015 stay in Arizona. This betters last years count by 17. The new birds added to our YTD list are:
Golden Eagle
Hammond's Flycatcher
Wild Turkey (I made sure this was NOT the last species to be counted....)
Here are a few of the photos that I took at Madera Canyon on our last day of birding in Arizona. I hope you enjoy them. I will eventually put the final wrap on this blog but I cannot seems to go there, at least not yet. Maybe there is more adventures to be had before we get home...... Stay tuned for more (I hope...)
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| Acorn Woodpecker |
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| Arizona Woodpecker |
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| Black-chinned Hummingbird (not a great image but I loved the colours) |
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| Bridled Titmouse |
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| Gray Hawk in flight |
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| Gray Hawk perched |
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| Mexican Jay |
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| Painted Redstart - these birds are almost impossible to capture with a camera. I got this poor image after many attempts. |
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