Table: Sightings Entry  stamp Species Date Seen Number Region County Location Observer Your Name Your Email Context Details Thursday, August 28, 2008 American White Pelican 6/17/2008 White Mountains Apache Apache Big Lake Roger Radd Eric Hough erh36@nau.edu Out of season; unusual for this species to be in this region so late in the season.   Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Northern Waterthrush 8/26/2008 Southeast Santa Cruz Santa Cruz Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve Mark Stevenson, Molly Pollock Mark Stevenson drbrdr@att.net A moderately rare transient thru the state present at an expected time. Louisiana Waterthrush also comes thru SE AZ at this time of year. I saw this bird in the open, bobbing on a limb just below eye level and was able to see its features. Thursday, August 28, 2008 California Gull 6/17/2008 White Mountains Apache Apache Big Lake Roger Radd Eric Hough erh36@nau.edu Out of season; unusual for this species to be in this region this late in the season.   Thursday, August 28, 2008 Northern Pygmy-Owl 7/5/2008 White Mountains Navajo Navajo Heber Elaine Hough Eric Hough erh36@nau.edu Uncommon and sparsely distributed in northern Arizona. There are few reports for this species from southern Navajo County, although the bird checklist for the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest lists this species as uncommon in status. The bird was observed being mobbed by birds after grabbing a juvenile Chipping Sparrow. Possibly the same bird was heard at dawn on July 18 by the same observer. Thursday, August 28, 2008 Black Phoebe 7/5/2008 White Mountains Navajo Navajo Heber Elaine and Bob Hough Eric Hough erh36@nau.edu Out of habitat. It is unusual to see this species away from riparian habitat surrounding bodies of water. This sighting is likely due to post-breeding dispersal from nearby creeks such as Black Canyon Creek south of Heber.   Thursday, August 28, 2008 Zone-tailed Hawk 7/19/2008 White Mountains Navajo Navajo Lake of the Woods resort cabins in Pinetop-Lakeside Dave and Jim Taylor Eric Hough erh36@nau.edu Rare above the Mogollon Rim. This report along with several others during the spring and summer in recent years suggest a possible northward expansion.   Thursday, August 28, 2008 Ross's Goose 7/19/2008 White Mountains Navajo Navajo Woodland Lake Park Dave and Jim Taylor Eric Hough erh36@nau.edu Casual in Arizona. This individual has been in the Show Low/Pinetop-Lakeside area since at least 2002 and has been at Woodland Lake Park since at least 2006. The last report of this bird here was on 5/10/08.   Thursday, August 28, 2008 Montezume Quail 7/26/2008 White Mountains Apache Apache Sipe White Mountain Wildlife Area Liz Payne, m.ob Eric Hough erh36@nau.edu Uncommon to rare resident in the White Mountains.   Thursday, August 28, 2008 Northern Pygmy-Owl 7/22/2008 White Mountains Navajo Navajo Black Canyon Rd. (FR 86) south of Heber Chuck LaRue Eric Hough erh36@nau.edu Uncommon resident in the region. There are few reports from southern Navajo County and the presence of two south of Heber and at least one in Heber (although possibly one of these two individuals) after the monsoon season, suggests possible breeding in the patches of forest that survived the Rodeo-Chediski fire of 2002 near Heber. One bird was observed being mobbed by a mixed species flock and one was heard calling off in the distance near the intersection of Forest Roads 86 and 87 near Legacy Ranch south of Heber. The location the owls was at UTM12 533876E 3806238N (NAD 83).