2012

13-16 January - Statewide Coordinated Mountain Plover Survey:As part of a southwestern U.S. wide effort, AZFO is sponsoring these surveys in Arizona for a second year. Areas to be surveyed will be in La Paz, Yuma, Maricopa, Pinal and Cochise counties. Individuals or teams will be assigned to areas which can be surveyed on any one of the four days noted above. Funding for mileage reimbursement will be available from the USFWS. Leader: Troy Corman (aplomadoATcox.net).

4-5 February - LeConte's Thrasher Surveys (Mohave County):This Field Expedition will target the fuzzy edges of the known range of LeConte's Thrashers in northwestern Arizona. Since this portion of the species' range is rarely visited by birders, we don't know many specifics about their abundance and distribution. We'll attempt to clarify by fanning out to likely areas at the time of year when they are often singing vigorousl. Leader: Lauren Harter (lbharterATgmail.com).

18-19 February- Mountain Plover Survey Follow-up:Following the outcome of the surveys that are conducted in January (see above), a follow-up survey will be conducted to those area where Mountain Plovers were detected. Leader: Troy Corman (aplomado@cox.net).

5-6 May – Big Sandy Wash (Wikieup and vicinity):Most of our Field Expeditions to western Arizona have focused on one
section or another of the Lower Colorado River. However, there are
several "interior" riparian locations that are highly deserving of
exploration by birders - Big Sandy Wash is one such area. Join us
during the peak of migration to find out which species are using this
unique riparian corridor! Leader: Lauren Harter.(lbharterATgmail.com).

19-20 May – Upper Eagle Creek (Greenlee County):Another in our series of Field Expeditions to Graham and Greenlee Counties. We will continue to "fill in the gaps" in our knowledge of this seldom birded part of the state. Leader: TBA.

9-10 June – White Mountains breeding bird surveys: Our June 2011 Gray Jay surveys were unfortunately canceled due to the
Wallow Fire. We'll try again this year, but we'll focus on areas in the
White Mountains and gather information about other breeding birds as well. Leader: TBA.