| Team Name | City to Survey | Area to Survey | Total Count | Count Details | Sighting Notes |
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Bielek
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Phoenix
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-Backyard (1 seed feeder and 2 seed bells), continuously monitored from 6:30-10:00 a.m., Saturday, February 27, 2010.
-7:30-8:40 a.m.,15th Avenue to 18th Avenue between West Thomas Road and West Osborn Road.
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19
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-At the feeders, we were able to identify 19 individual Peach-faced Lovebirds by variety, plumage, maturity, and/or molt.
-Walking the neighborhood, Ken had 8 PFLBs(3 of which were headed toward our yard and may have been counted there).
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In addition to the 19 birds identified individually, 11 more standard plumaged PFLB also came to the feeders; some may have been returning birds and, therefore, were not added to the total.
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Black
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Phoenix
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28th St. and Cactus area
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6
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6 at Larkspur Drive and 27th Place
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In trees.
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Blackert
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Phoenix
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4333 E. Whitton Ave
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11
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eleven (11) Lovebirds came to my feeder; sometimes two at a time but mostly just one at a time. (It was still dark at 6:60 a.m.!)
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Bofferding
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Paradise Valley
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Paradise Valley area, just off Cactus and Tatum
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0
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Zero
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Browning
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Albuquerque, NM
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4th and Montano area
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0
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0
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Bylbie
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N. Phoenix
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17423 N. 16th Ave
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15
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15 peach-face lovebirds this morning between 6:30-10 am.
17423 N.16th avenue
Jean
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Casner
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Phoenix
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Deer Valley Park, Phoenix Az. 19th Ave Utopia
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Chew
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Phoenix
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Encanto Park and area: 7th Ave to 19th Ave, McDowell Rd to Thomas Rd.
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17
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2 at Park Clubhouse 15th Ave & Virginia in Eucalyptus; 6+ at 1500 block W. Edgemont in fan and date palm trees; 9+ at 800 block W. Windsor in Canary Island palm; Another possibly heard 16th Ave and Encanto, but no visual.
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Edgemont birds shredding fronds;
Windsor birds likely colonial nest site in multiple cavities; I've reported the max number seen at any given time at these locations, but there are likely more. All were typical rosy-faced plumage.
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Corman
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Phoenix
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32nd - 60th St. from Thunderbird Rd. to Phoenix Mtn. Preserve
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73
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10 at 38th St. & Cortez; 2 at 11019 38th St.; 3 at 36th St. & Cortez; 1 at 39th St & Mercer Lane; 4 at 10629 39th St.; 1 at 35th Place & Carol Ave.; 2 at 35th Place & Via Estrella; 2 at 3513 Onyx; 12 at 10241 38th St.; 10 at 39th St. n. of Via Estrella; 2 at 3920 Via Estrella; 2 at 42nd St & Alan Lane; 2 at 44th St. & Shangri-La Rd.; 2 at Sonrisa Park; 1 at 50th St. & Sweetwater; 12 at 49th St. & Andora Dr.; 2 at 51st St. & Andora Dr.; 1 at 50th St. & Bloomfield; and 2 at 11439 N. Blackheath Rd.
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Breeding behavior observed: pairs copulating, collecting nesting material (and tucking it in among their tail feathers before flight), nest building in trimmed palm tree, and guarding saguaro cavities from Starlings. All lovebirds typical Peach (Rosy)-faced plumage except for one bright yellow individual.
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DAgosto
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Gilbert
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Gilbert Water Ranch, surrounding neighborhood
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0
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None
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Deatsman
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Mesa
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Leisure World
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Dingley
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Phoenix
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Subdivison of Tatum Ranch bounded to West by 40th St, East by Cave Creek Rd, North Lone Mt and South by
Tatum Blvd
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0
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None.
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HOA controls planting and there is pristine desert to the immediate west. There are no palm trees in the area. Starlings and house sparrows are present and using sagauros for nesting.
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Foley
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Phoenix
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Phoenix Zoo
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0
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None
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Francis
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Phoenix
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Cactus Road and 19th Ave neighborhoods
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0
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None
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Galloway
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Phoenix
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40th St. and Campbell
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57
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7:30 AM, Arizona canal and 32nd St.: 6 on a wire.
9:30 AM, Hazelwood between 40th St and 42 St: 48 in the palm trees (There were two counters, one saw 46, the other saw 48.)
9:40 AM, Arizona canal and 44th St.: 3 on a wire.
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Gaskill
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Phoenix
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Central & Camelback
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6
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6 at 2nd Street and Colter
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Halligan
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Scottsdale
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58th Way & backyard/LeMarche/E Paradise
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9
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58th way 6 lovebirds spotted; heard lovebirds on LeMarche & 58th Way but did not see them; E Paradise & 58th Way 3 lovebirds spotted. Lovebirds arrived at 7:30 and are still in the area.
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Typically, the peach/rosy faced lovebirds have multi-green bodies with blue/black/cream in the tail. Today I spotted a bright yellow one.
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Henry
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Phoenix
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Backyard, 5500 block of E. Crocus Drive
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0
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zero - ditto
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Herron
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Paradise Valley
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Paradise Valley, Indian Bend West of 60th St.
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0
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Zero
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Insana
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Phoenix
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Granada Park, adjacent Arizona Canal to 40th Street Also 20th Street and Bethany Home Road neighborhood
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48
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Granada had 0, 32nd Street and the AZ Canal had 39. 20th Street and Bethany had only 9
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There are usually 2 spots where the Peach-faced Lovebirds hang around in the hundreds and are usually there all day. One is Granada Park and the Arizona Canal Bridge next door. The second spot is centered at 32nd Street and the Arizona Canal. It is not unusual to count 50 to over 300 birds at the Granada Park (and I mean a few large flocks) and over a 100 at 32nd St.
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Ison
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Phoenix
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Heard Museum and Steele Indian School Park
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21
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At Heard Museum:
10 Lovebirds near Oak St. and Central
Steele/Indian School Park:
6 flyover at northwest end- Central and Campbell
5 at west end seen from Central Highschool parking lot near Central and Campbell. The Scottish Highland Games was going on so I couldn't survey most of the park.
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Johnson
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Scottsdale
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south of Cactus and west of Scottsdale road
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62
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N. 61st Street E. Larkspur Street 1
N. 63rd Street E. Corrine Street 2
N. 65th Place E. Cholla 1
N. 66th Street E. Paradise Dr. 10 NW Nests
N. 66th Street E. Paradise Dr. 6 NE Nests
N. 68th Street E. Paradise Dr. 2 NE Nests
N. 68th Place E. Paradise Dr. 1
N. 68th Place E. Gary 2
N. 68th Place E. Jenan 3
N. 70th Street E. Jenan 6
N. 70th Street E. Larkspur Street 1
N. 70th Place E. Sunnyside Dr. 6
6902 E. Jenan Dr. N. Side of Street 1
6938 E. Gary N. Side of Street 2
7105 E. Paradise Dr. S. Side of Street 12 Feeder
11438 N. 71st Street W. Side of Street 2
12012 N. Paradise Dr. E. Side of Street 1 Nest
12221 N. 67th Street E. Side of Street 1 Feeder
N. Paradise Dr. E. Paradise Dr. 2
0630 start 1130 end. Total: 62
1 acre plus horse properties
Desert Landscaping
All nests are in saguaros
Starlings compete for holes
No nests in numerous palms
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Jones
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Phoenix
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West Butler Drive….cross streets….between Northern & Dunlap, Central & 7th Ave.
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25
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Jones
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Phoenix
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Between Maryland Ave. and Bethany Home Rd. Between 7th and 19th Aves.
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0
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Zero lovebirds; nil; none;
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Jones
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Phoenix
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5th Ave and Cinnabar Ave
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6
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Kinslow
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Scottsdale
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Between Hayden & Pima, North and South of McDonald
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21
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On my feeder at 8350 East Keim Drive, Scottsdale, I saw 8 (1 yellow). Between Hayden and Pima, I saw a loose flock of ~10 (all green) in the trees between the Silverado GC and the west side of the AZ Canal. On the east (residential) side of the canal, I saw 3 individuals not associated with the flock.
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Kopitzke
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Mesa
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Brown and Higly area
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16
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8 at McDonalds, SW corner of Brown and Higley
4 on Brown, 1/3 mile East of Higley
2 just N of Brown, 1/4 mile east of Higley
2 at Alta Mesa and Adobe-1/2 mile S of Brown and 1/2 mile E of Higley
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McDonalds birds roosting in short exotic tree (15'), regular in this area.
All birds the regular peach-faced variety.
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LaFontaine
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1
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Langstaff
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Tempe
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Tempe high school at Mill and Broadway
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9
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2 heard, then seen on utility lines at Granada and Broadmor, which is southwest of Rural and Broadway. They flew south from there.
7 on E. LaDiosa, just east of Broadmor Elementary, which is east of College and south of Broadway.
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Lucky to hear the first two from a rolled down car window, like Troy said, so I got out and found them.
The second bunch were in a nest tree-a date palm with several holes in the frond stubs. They have nested there for at least ten years.
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Ledlow
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Tempe
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Broadmor and Granada.
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16
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Broadmor and Granada. this morning there were about 12
lovebirds on my front feeder and 4 in the back.
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Lewis
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Mesa
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Dreamland Villa Golf Course and Tuscany Villas
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89
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Here are my findings:
Apache Wells (N side of McKellips East of Higley road) 49 birds. This included 19 in one large Palm tree at the Club house parking lot at 56th St. and Woodruff.
Dreamland Villa Golf Course: 12
64th St & McKellips: 8
64th St & McClellan: 6
In the Arizona Golf Resort area: 14
Based on the "racket" there were likely considerably higher numbers present here. I am not sure if this areas was assigned to someone else.
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I also found it most effective to drive slowly and listen.
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MacKinnon
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Mains
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Phoenix
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Dunlap & 7th Ave
Rose Mofford Park
41st & West Muriel
38th & Behrend
Thunderbird Park
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0
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0 Lovebirds
0 Lovebirds
0 Lovebirds
0 Lovebirds
0 Lovebirds
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Did see a Bald Eagle at Thunderbird Park
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Martin
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Mesa
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Home neighborhood
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32
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8-10 Fry’s parking lot – southwest corner McKellips & Recker Roads
10-12 Jack In the Box property – southeast Power Road just south of McDowell Road
8-10 Red Mt. Maintenance Garage – northside of Thomas Road between Power & Recker Roads
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Martin
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Mesa
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Brown and Power, around Red Mountain Park area ,and inside the neighborhood.
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0
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None anywhere
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I could not see or hear any in my neighborhood. I have not seen them lately. Reading the other reports here, I see it is a matter of time to have the flocks back since they are still around.
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McCall
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Paradise Valley
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.....1/2 block W of Invergordon (64th St.) & one block N of Doubletree.
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1
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Backyard feeders. We have a pair of hawks in our area & they may have kept the PFLbirds away today.
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1 seen just after 10am. Every morning @8:30 for the past year without fail we have had 4-6 arrive in a group @ our peanut feeders. Did they know this was census day?? 4 arrived @ 4:50pm
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McKay
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Mesa
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Mesa at 9th St. and Westwood
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7
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SW corner of 9th St. and Westwood.
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Emerging from cavities in trimmed date palms. Nesting confirmed in past years at this site.
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McNeill
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Phoenix
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approximately between 56th and 66th Streets, between the canal along north side of Indian School and Exeter.
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0
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none anywhere
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We think they are gone from our neighborhood -- tried all the best places. Haven't seen any for about a week, after seeing them every day Nov-Jan.
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Nichols
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Tempe
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neighborhods n. and s. of Broadway Road between Mill and College Aves.
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7
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2 near Alameda & College - maybe the original source for Tempe? but now all the palm trees have been trimmed;
4 flew over Daley Park ballfield near the RR tracks & McAllister;
1 in Mesquite tree on Ventura north of Broadway.
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Often heard flying north over our house (Broadway & College) every morning & flying south every evening. And often heard/seen around the Daley Park neighborhood.
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Oldham
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Phoenix
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Desert Botanic Garden
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3
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Desert Botanic Garden
3 in a flyover
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Pennington
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Scottsdale
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8448 E Cambridge Ave
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0
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Didn't see any on the day of the census
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Usually see them at the feeder. The most we've seen is 8, but usually there are 2-4. Haven't seen them for a while.
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Perry
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Scottsdale
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8637 E. Solano Dr.
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0
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Zero
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1 was at our birdbath at 8:30 a.m. We had 10, but they left with a flock of starlings. They became attached to the starlings and began to act just like them at the bird baths and take up their water habits. Then they left with them when all the redwing black birds invaded the area.
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Peterson
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Central Phoenix
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12
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5 peach-faced lovebirds WLewis and 17th Avenue birdfeeder
(one missing a leg)
4 peach-faced lovebirds Wilshire and 15th Avenue in fruit tree
3 peach-faced lovebirds Edgemont and 15th Ave in flight
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Peyton
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Chandler, Scottsdale
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Chandler Blvd, and 54th Street,
Chandler.
Paradise and 70th Street, Scottsdale.
Continental and 68th Street, Scottsdale.
Scottsdale
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58
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Chandler Blvd. and 54th Street, Chandler. 7 birds in the palms and surrounding trees. Paradise and 70th Street, Scottsdale. 47 birds were counted on the telephone wires and and mesquites in the backyard of a private residence. Continental and 68th Street, Scottsdale. 4 birds were seen in a palm tree at the Pera Club in Scottsdale.
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7 birds were counted in the palms near the intersection of Chandler and 54th Street. They move freely about the neighborhood and are not always found in this location but they were there today.
The 47 birds at the Paradise and 70th Street location move around the neighborhood but are most often seen and heard in the saguaros and surrounding mesquites. They were feeding on the ground in a backyard this morning after being counted on the wires.
Four birds were seen at the Pera Club. One of the SRP employees said that they regularly see the same 4 birds. Today they were in a palm tree and were very vocal.
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Prophater
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Queen Creek
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Hunt Hwy/Village Way San Tan Heights 85142
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0
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NONE SEEN TODAY (2/27/2010)
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Although we saw him within the past week (Feb.2010) our one "regular customer" did not appear today.
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Radamaker
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Scottsdale
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McCormick Ranch.
From Mt View along Hayden south to Chaparral
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26
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2 Via Linda and 87th
2 Mt. View and 84th
11 Eastwood and Woodsage at Scotsdale Rd.
7 Doubletree and Eastwood Rotary Park
2 Shea and 84th at Hayden
2 85th and Cholla north of Shea
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Reese
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Phoenix
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E. Montebello, 8th St. - 11th Pl.
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113
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Several colonies living in palm trees along this neighborhood area.
Homeowners of the area also reported that there is a red-tailed hawk and an owl living in this area.
e. montebello & N. 10th Street: 32 (residing in palm trees, pecan trees and other trees.
e. montebello & N. 9th street (approx): 3
e. montebello & n. 10th place: 2
n. 10th place, between e. montebello & e. palo verde: 46 (mostly living in large palm trees along n. 10th pl.)
N. 11th street between
e. montebello & e. palo verde: 24 (mostly living in palm trees and large desert trees.)
N. 8th street, north of montebello: 3
e. san juan @ N. 6th st.: 3 (typically there is more than that living in the row of palm trees on 6th, but that's the most i could find on that day.
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while the majority of the lovebirds spotted were peachfaced, we saw a few green-masked and green-masked species, as well as fishers. We also saw a couple of birds that look like combinations of different species. they were really neat looking!
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Rollins
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Mesa
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Mesa, 37th & Dewberry Ave area.
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8
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Just the eight love-birds & finches came to the feeders. Didn't seen any action in the neighbors trees either.
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Ususally they appear in the early morning or after four pm. Yesterday, possibly due to the weather only a few appeared. Even the "Polly" parrot & woodpecker were not seenared.
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Saffell
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Mesa
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8 blocks North of downtown Mesa, (two blocks East of Country Club, two blocks West of Center, 4 blocks North of University, 4 blocks South of Brown Rd., at 805 N. Grand, (85201).
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0
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Zero
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Shaw
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Scottsdale
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Kierland
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3
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3 birds seen at the intersection of Thunderbird Road and 56th Street in Phoenix.
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Shetter
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Paradise Valley
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Clearwater Hills area
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Smith
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Mesa
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West of Stapley, between University and Main
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1
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The only one seen today was perched on a bare top branch of a tree in our back yard.
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None were seen this morning in their usual spot, our big palm tree. I have seen at least 4 there in the last week.
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Squires
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Phoenix
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2nd Place, Ahwatukee
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0
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Zero
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Sredl
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Phoenix
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25th Ave. area north of Cactus Rd.
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0
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Stucke
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Scottsdale
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Scottsdale Ponds
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5
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Location: 835 W 10th Street, Tempe, 85281
Team Members: John Stucke-Jungemann
Lovebird Counts: 1 at 7:40am, 3 at 8:03am, 3 at 8:21am
Total Count: 3 (but they may have been different birds)
Sighting Details: calling, at feeder with black sunflower and mixed birdseed.
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Location: Scottsdale Road and Indian Bend Rd, Scottsdale,
northeast corner, parking lot
Team Members: Karen Stucke (on Audubon field trip with Harvey Beatty)
Lovebird Counts: 2 at 11:10am
Total Count: 2
Sighting Details: calling, perched in date palm tree.
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Swoope
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Scottsdale
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Backyard feeder at 85th and Fairmount
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2
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Two at feeder
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Thayer
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AJ
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SE sector of Apache Junction: Baseline/60, Goldfield/Tomahawk
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0
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0
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Will broaden search area in future.
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Thrailkill
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Mesa
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5218 E Casper Rd, Mesa AZ - Near Higley and University.
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18
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Bird feeders at 5218 E Casper Rd. At 8:00 the maximum number feeding at one time is how I did my count.
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This is about average for my feeders.
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Thurber
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Phoenix/Tempe
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Papago Park, outside of Phoenix Zoo, Galvin Parkway and Van Buren Street. Also Pera Club and Evelyn Hallman Park (formerly Canal Park), McKellips Road and College Avenue.
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12
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11 at Herb's feeder, 43rd Street and Mercer Lane, Phoenix; 1 at Walter's home, 84th Street and Arabian Trail, Scottsdale.
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Hundreds of people at the zoo for Walk In The Wild event plus dozens at the Pera Club for training classes plus noisy aircraft plus some bad luck equaled no lovebirds at our assigned locations. We did record 45 other species and the Papago Park birds are now in eBird.
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unknown
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Mesa
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Albany St & Power
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28
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28 over the course of
3 hrs
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Lots coming in and out
at the bird feeder
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Vandewater
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Tempe
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ASU Main Campus, Maple/Ash Neighborhood
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28
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7 at the Old Main building on ASU campus, 10 at Maple & 10th St, 3 at Wilson & 10th St, 8 at Hardy & Elna Ray.
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In this area they seem to favor Canarian Palm Trees for nesting. 2 birds at 10th St & Maple were of the Dutch Blue variety.
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Weber
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Phoenix
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Willo District
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3
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3 seen as a flyover on Holly St.
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Witzeman
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Phoenix
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Area between 48th and 40th Streets from Camelback south to Indian School.
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35
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All observed together on Hazelwood about four blocks south of
Camelback between 40th and 43rd Streets. The center of the street has
a single line of palm trees.
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We counted 35 for sure, but it could
have been 50 - a lot of flying back and forth. I think they like that
single line of palm trees - more open where they can see any
predators, unlike the dense palm groves where we didn't find any.
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Yellan
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Phoenix
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Greenway and Coral Gables
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0
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Zero
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