Recent Arizona Rarity Photos

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Review and Sketch Details Species List
     Updated list: 2011 changes incorporated

Arizona Bird Committee Submitted Reports

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Review and Sketch Details Species:

• Red Fox Sparrow, Carmen - added 03 February 2012
• Eastern Phoebe, Nogoles - added 03 February 2012
• McCown's Longspur, Chiracahuas - added 31 January 2012
• Streak-backed Oriole, Tubac - added 30 January 2012
• Red Fox Sparrow, Madera - added 30 January 2012
• McCown's Longspur, Santa Cruz Flats - added 30 January 2012
• Brown Thrasher, Carmen - added 30 January 2012
• Mew Gull, Lake Mohave - added 27 January 2012
• Eastern Phoebe, Parker - added 27 January 2012
• Rusty Blackbird, Flagstaff - added 25 January 2012
• Red-throated Loon, Lake Havasu- added 25 January 2012
• Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk, Santa Cruz Flats - added 25 January 2012
• Eastern Phoebe, Phoenix - added 22 January 2012
• Mew Gull, Page - added 17 January 2012
• Red Fox Sparrow, Superior - added 15 January 2012
• Rufous-backed Robin, St. David - added 14 January 2012
• Trumpeter Swan, Mohave Valley - added 13 January 2012
• Brown Thrasher, St. David - added 08 January 2012
• Eurasian Green-winged Teal, Tempe - added 08 January 2012
• Red-breasted Sapsucker, Bill Williams - added 05 January 2012
• White-winged Scoter, Willow Tank - added 05 January 2012
• Red-breasted Sapsucker, San Pedro River - added 04 January 2012
• Louisiana Waterthrush, Upper Verde River - added 04 January 2012
• Smith's Longspur, Phoenix - added 03 January 2012
• Red-necked Grebe, Arlington - added 02 January 2012
• Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk, Chandler - added 02 January 2012
• Tennessee Warbler, Willcox - added 27 December 2011
• Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk, Santa Cruz Flats - added 25 December 2011
• Glaucous Gull, Lake Havasu - added 24 December 2011
• Golden-crowned Sparrow, Awahtukee - added 24 December 2011
• Harris's Sparrow, Bisbee - added 23 December 2011
• Brown Thrasher, Gilbert  - added 22 December 2011
• Red Fox Sparrow, Tucson  - added 22 December 2011
• Nutting's Flycatcher, Bill Williams NWR - added 21 December 2011
• Eurasian Wigeon. Phoenix - added 20 December 2011
• Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker. Phoenix - added 20 December 2011
• White-winged Scoter, Willow Tanks - added 20 December 2011
• Rusty Blackbird, Anthem - added 15 December 2011
• Eastern Phoebe, Tucson - added 15 December 2011
• Rufous-backed Robin, Slaughter Ranch - added 15 December 2011
• Gray Catbird, Slaughter Ranch - added 15 December 2011
• Rufous-backed Robin, Anthem - added 13 December 2011
• Eastern Phoebe, Carmen - added 13 December 2011
• Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk, Tubac - added 11 December 2011
• Scarlet Tanager, Tucson - added 09 December 2011
• Red Fox Sparrow, Wickenburg - added 09 December 2011
• Horned Grebe, Tucson - added 09 December 2011
• Cackling Goose, Avondale - added 06 December 2011
• Winter Wren, San Pedro - added 06 December 2011
• Rufous-capped Warbler, Florida Canyon - added 05 December 2011
• Pomarine Jaeger, Bill Williams - added 05 December 2011
• Harris's Sparrow, Petrified Forest NP - added 05 December 2011
• Long-tailed Jaeger, Lake Havasu - added 05 December 2011
• Cave Swallow, Tucson - added 04 December 2011
• Pacific Loon, Benson - added 04 December 2011
• Red Fox Sparrow, Phoenix - added 03 December 2011
• Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk, Glendale - added 03 December 2011
• Harris's Sparrow, Scottsdale - added 02 December 2011
• Tennessee Warbler, Christopher Columbus Park - added 30 November 2011
• Lapland Longspur, Babbitt Tank - added 30 November 2011
• Lapland Longspur, Evergreen Turf Farm  - added 30 November 2011
• Pacific Loon, Kansas Settlement  - added 28 November 2011
• Groove-billed Ani, near Miller Canyon - added 27 November 2011
• Lapland Longspur, Evergreen Turf Farm - added 27 November 2011
• Eastern Phoebe, Gilbert Water Ranch - added 27 November 2011
• Eurasian Wigeon, Sweetwater Wetlands - added 27 November 2011
• Lapland Longspur, Avra Valley WWTP - added 26 November 2011
• Pacific Wren, Pine Creek Canyon - added 26 November 2011
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Boyce Thompson Arb. - added 22 November 2011
• Red-throated Loon, Site 6, Havasu - added 22 November 2011
• Barrow's Goldeneye, Bill Williams Delta - added 22 November 2011
• White-winged Scoter, Bill Williams Delta - added 22 November 2011
• Surf Scoter, Patagonia Lake - added 22 November 2011
• Surf Scoter, Bill Williams Delta  - added 22 November 2011
• Pacific Wren, Lower Camp Creek  - added 22 November 2011
• Thayer's Gull, Pittsburgh Pt, Lake Havasu - added 21 November 2011
• Thayer's Gull, Lake Havasu City - added 21 November 2011
• Rough-legged Hawk, Flattop Res. near Colorado City - added 21 November 2011
• Varied Thrush, Colorado City - added 21 November 2011
• Harris's Sparrow, Havasu NWR - added 21 November 2011
• Horned Grebe, Canyon Lake - added 21 November 2011
• Blue Jay, Cave Creek, Portal - added 19 November 2011
• Surf Scoter, Bill Williams Delta - added 19 November 2011
• Lapland Longspur, Glendale Recharge Basin - added 19 November 2011
• Mew Gull, Glendale Recharge Basin - added 18 November 2011
• Eastern Phoebe, Havasu NWR - added 18 November 2011
• Scarlet Tanager, Rio Rico - added 18 November 2011
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Sweetwater  - added 16 November 2011
• Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted), Tolleson - added 18 November
• Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted), Havasu - added 18 November
• Varied Thrush, Parker Canyon Lake  - added 16 November 2011
• Surf Scoter, Watson lake  - added 16 November 2011
• Surf Scoter, Glendale  - added 16 November 2011
• Surf Scoter, Fountain Hills  - added 16 November 2011
• Short-billed Dowitcher, Glendale  - added 16 November 2011
• Sabine's Gull, Lake Cochise  - added 16 November 2011
• Red-throated Loon, Havasu  - added 16 November 2011
• Red-shouldered Hawk, Tolleson  - added 16 November 2011
• Red-necked Grebe, Lake Powell  - added 16 November 2011
• Red-necked Grebe, Davis Dam  - added 16 November 2011
• Ruddy Ground-Dove, Havasu  - added 16 November 2011
• Ruddy Ground-Dove, Columbus Park  - added 16 November 2011
• Red Phalarope, Havasu  - added 16 November 2011
• Reddish Egret, Paloma  - added 16 November 2011
• Red-breasted Sapsucker, Tucson  - added 16 November 2011
• Red-breasted Sapsucker, Madera Canyon  - added 16 November
• Rufous-backed Robin, Santa Cruz Flats  - added 16 November 2011
• Prothonotary Warbler, Silverbell Lake - added 16 November 2011
• Pomarine Jaeger, Havasu  - added 16 November 2011
• Pacific Loon, Granite Reef  - added 16 November 2011
• Ovenbird, Agua Fria  - added 16 November 2011
• Mew Gull, Havasu  - added 16 November 2011
• Mew Gull, Havasu  - added 16 November 2011
• Long-tailed Duck, Pena Blanca  - added 16 November 2011
• Least Grebe. Pena Blanca  - added 16 November 2011
• Horned Grebe, Glendale  - added 16 November 2011
• Horned Grebe, Fountain Hills  - added 16 November 2011
• Herring Gull, Palo Verde  - added 16 November 2011
• Golden-winged Warbler, Pena Blanca  - added 16 November 2011
• Glaucous-winged Gull, Glendale  - added 16 November 2011
• Gray Catbird, Havasu  - added 16 November 2011
• Gray Catbird, Cameron Seep  - added 16 November 2011
• Golden-crowned Sparrow, Pena Blanca  - added 16 November 2011
• Eastern Wood-Pewee, Carmen  - added 16 November 2011
• Eastern Phoebe, Slaughter Ranch  - added 16 November 2011
• Eastern Phoebe, Tolleson  - added 16 November 2011
• Dickcissel, west of Green Valley  - added 16 November 2011
• Chestnut-sided Warbler, Sweetwater  - added 16 November 2011
• Cape May Warbler, Sweetwater  - added 16 November 2011
• Blue-winged Warbler, Pena Blanca  - added 16 November 2011
• Black-throated Blue Warbler, Carmen  - added 16 November 2011
• Black-legged Kittiwake, Casa Grande  - added 16 November 2011
• American Golden-Plover, Lake Cochise - added 16 November 2011
• Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Lake Havasu - added 04 October 2011
• Ovenbird, Scottsdale - added 04 October 2011
• Magnolia Warbler, Hassayampa - added 04 October 2011
• Magnolia Warbler, Superior - added 04 October 2011
• Prothonotary Warbler, Tubac - added 04 October 2011
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Mormon Lake - added 04 October 2011
• Dickcissel, San Rafael Valley - added 04 October 2011
• Dickcissel, Superior - added 04 October 2011
• Palm Warbler, Peña Blanca Lake - added 26 September 2011
• Cape May Warbler, Peña Blanca Lake - added 26 September 2011
• Sabine's Gull, San Simon - added 26 September 2011
• Bobolink, Lake Havasu - added 26 September 2011
• Purple Gallinule, Maricopa - added 26 September 2011
• Dickcissel, Becker Lake - added 26 September 2011
• Orchard Oriole, Goodyear - added 26 September 2011
• Scarlet Tanager, Portal - added 26 September 2011
• Hooded Warbler, Flagstaff - added 26 September 2011
• Short-billed Dowitcher, St. John's - added 26 September 2011
• Short-billed Dowitcher, Mohave Valley - added 26 September 2011
• Short-billed Dowitcher, Lake Havasu - added 26 September 2011
• Short-billed Dowitcher, Glendale - added 26 September 2011
• Tricolored Heron, Lake Havasu - added 26 September 2011
• Dickcissel, Kino Springs - added 26 September 2011
• Plain-capped Starthroat, Ash Canyon - added 26 September 2011
• Aztec Thrush, Garden Canyon - added 24 August 2011
• Yellow-throated Vireo, Childs - added 24 August 2011
• Semipalmated Sandpiper, Glendale - added 22 August 2011
• Black-capped Gnatcatcher, Montosa Canyon - added 22 August 2011
• Dickcissel, Kino Springs - added 19 August 2011
• Tricolored Heron, Willcox - added 19 August 2011
• White-eyed Vireo, Cibola Valley - added 19 August 2011
• Short-billed Dowitcher, Willcox - added 10 August 2011
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Whitewater - added 10 August 2011
• Yellow-green Vireo, Portal - added 9 August 2011
• Red Knot, Willcox - added 6 August 2011
• Aztec Thrush, Madera - added 5 August 2011
• Lucifer Hummingbird, Mule Mountains - added 4 August 2011

Regional Interest and Out of Season

• Hutton's Vireo, Bill Williams  - added 03 February 2012
• Gray Hawk, Cienega Creek  - added 25 January 2012
• Short-eared Owl, Yuma - added 17 January 2012
• Cassin's Kingbird, Tucson - added 05 January 2012
• Band-tailed Pigeon, Ahwatukee - added 04 January 2012
• Northern Saw-whet Owl, Patagonia Mountains  - added 20 December 2011
• Solitary Sandpiper, Tucson - added 06 December 2011
• Clark's Grebe, Tucson - added 05 December 2011
• Eastern Bluebird, Tres Rios - added 1 December 2011
• Tundra Swan, Babbitt Tank  - added 1 December 2011
• Cassin's Sparrow, near Heber, Navajo County - added 22 November 2011
• Northern Parula, Hereford  - added 16 November 2011
• Grasshopper Sparrow, Canada del Oro Wash - added 21 November
• Cassin's Sparrow, Havasu - added 21 November
• Cassin's Sparrow, Peach Springs - added 21 November
• Short-eared Owl, Gila Bend - added 18 November

Hybrids, Exotics, and Other

• leucistic Red-tailed Hawk, Elgin - added 30 January 2012
• Mandarin Duck, Tempe - added 08 January 2012
• Mandarin Duck , Sedona - added 05 January 2012
• Mallard x Gadwall hybrid, Tucson - added 15 December 2011
• Leucistic Say' s Phoebe Gilbert Water Ranch - added 21 November
• leucistic Say's Phoebe, Gilbert Water Ranch added 21 November