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2010 Field Expeditions and Skill Development Opportunities and Workshops
Nov 21-22 - lower Gila River/I-8 vagrant traps: In the vast expanses of desert and agricultural land stretching across southwestern Arizona, there are a number of very small patches of habitat where wayward birds might find some food and shelter. We will simply travel from one patch of habitat to another, much like the vagrant or late migrant birds we hope to encounter. Leader: John Yerger. Click here for Details.
Feb 20-21 - Puerto Peñasco, Sonora: Gull ID workshop. Learn the basics of sorting out gulls in varying plumages. This is probably the realm of ID where most AZ birders feel weakest. Next time one shows up in AZ, you'll have a fighting chance at identifying it! Leader, Chris Benesh and Dave Stejskal have generously offered to lead this workshop! a nominal fee of $10 per person will be charged to cover the leaders’ expenses. Click here for Details.
April 24 - Birding by Ear workshop. Beeline Hwy, Sunflower and Mt. Ord. Just as bird morphology uses a common language to describe a bird's features (wing bars, supercilium, etc), so too is there a common language to learn for describing bird sounds. Once we know how to describe a call using specific terms, we can better classify and identify it. Leader: Kurt Radamaker and Troy Corman, nominal fee.
May 22-23 - Hualapi Mountains: Early June is peak timing for northeastern AZ vagrants. With this eastern location, we have the potential for finding vagrants along with new county birds. Primarily we are interested in increasing general knowledge of the counties and discovering previously unknown birding areas, but we always hope to find regionally and seasonally unusual species. We will conduct our usual inventory of all species in these areas, to gather more ornithological information on this sparsely covered region.Leader: Kurt Radamaker. Click here for Details.
June 4-6 - Chuska Mountains: survey for breeding birds. Categorizing abundance and distribution of birds in this seldom-explored range. Leader: John Yerger and/or Steve Ganley.
July 23-25 - Return to Winn Falls: Black Swift search. An ambitious mission to explore a remote wilderness area in an attempt to document breeding evidence for this species (which may or may not be there). Winn Falls is located in the Chiricahua Mountains in extreme SE AZ. Backcountry hiking and camping experience mandatory. Leader: John Yerger.
28 August - Valley of the Sun Shorebird Identification: Shorebird ID workshop. Details forthcoming.
Fall (TBA) - Southern AZ grasslands: Sparrow ID workshop. Details forthcoming.
2010 Field Expedition Weekends
May 22-23 - Hualapi Mountains
and Vagrants
Past expedition Summaries!
- Nov 21-22: Southwest AZ - Lower Gila River / I-8 vagrant traps (coming soon)
- Sept 26-27: Extreme Northeastern AZ (coming soon)
- Gila Co. Mogollon Rim Drainages Summary
- Vekol Valley Expedition Summary
- Greenlee/Graham Cos.
- Yuma Expedition Summary
- southern Peloncillo Mountains
- Lower Colorado River Expedition Summary
- Summary of our White Mountains Expedition
AZFO Field Expeditions – NOT your typical birding field trip
So what is the difference between a birding field trip and an AZFO Field Expedition? Field Expeditions are organized with a specific purpose and data-gathering goal in mind. Typically, they will be located in little-known or under-birded areas where the seasonal status of birds is incomplete. Also different from typical birding field trips, most expeditions will be two or more days long and all participants do not remain together. Instead, participants are divided into several teams, each with a qualified leader, which conduct surveys in different areas during the day. Normally, all participants will reconvene during lunch or dinner at a base camp or at other designated locations to review what was discovered.
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