Sierra Vista & Ash Canyon - June 6-9, 2024

 My Palo Verde tree is still attracting birds to my back yard, but they have nearly completed stripping all the blooms.  The ground is littered with yellow blooms.  Watching the acrobatic Gila Woodpecker on the hummingbird feeder was a lot of fun.

 

Verdin

Gila Woodpecker (M)

Gila Woodpecker (M)

Gila Woodpecker (M)

House Sparrow (F)

Almost no one at the sanctuary today, but I enjoyed the solitude.  I kept hoping the Montezuma Quail would show, or that more hummingbird species might appear.  None of that was to be, so I had a good time with the regulars, plus a few recent migrators.

Bridled Titmouse

Lesser Goldfinch (F)

Lesser Goldfinch (M)

Black-headed Grosbeak (F)

Black-headed Grosbeak (M)

Lark Bunting

Brown-headed Cowbird (M)

Bronzed Cowbird (M)

Striped Whiptail Lizard

Cabbage White Butterfly

Canyon Towhee

Blue Grosbeak (M)

Bullock's Oriole (M)

Bullock's Oriole (F)

House Finch (M)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (F)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (M)


Acorn Woodpecker

Gila woodpecker (F)

Anna's (F)

Broad-billed (M)

 


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