Cannundrums

On May 31, 2026 I was at Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary near the Huachuca Mountains in southeastern Arizona and saw my first Scott's orioles....

I think I discovered the hummingbird capital of the U.S. in southeastern Arizona. I saw amazing groupings of hummingbird feeders in Madera C...

My last post was on the flame-colored tanager. I had photos of both a male and what may be a female flame-colored tanager, but iNaturalist i...

I consider it a privilege to have spent three days in southeastern Arizona with an amazing bird guide and to have become acquainted with som...

 Before my most recent trip to southeastern Arizona, I'd previously seen six trogons: (1) My first was the black-tailed trogon on Februa...

The biggest surprise of my trip was the sighting of a Mississippi kite in Patagonia, Arizona. My guide, Jake, lives in Patagonia and indicat...

The zone-tailed hawk is another species I'd never heard of prior to planning for southeastern Arizona. Birds of the World notes that it ...