This was a long-awaited trip for my longtime friend and birding mentor Ken Brown and me. Although I’ve had more opportunity for travel than Ken, and therefore have a few more ABA life list birds, I make no pretense at being at Ken’s level as a birder. Still we always seem to bring out the Read More…
Tag: Arizona
Wrapping Up SE Arizona
Today was getaway day for Bruce and me from SE AZ and we made it a pleasant day of birding prior to our flight. Tucson does it right with their waste-water treatment. The Sweetwater Wetlands is a wonderful nature area associated with the STPs there. The wastewater is treated, filtered through an elaborate series of Read More…
First 33 Hours in Cochise County, AZ
Bruce Labar and I are making a 5 day blitz of SE Arizona. We left SEATAC on a 5:15 AM flight to Tucson Sunday, got to Tucson in time to get a car and dash off birding. We copped a Vermillion Flycatcher from the shuttle-stop at the airport waiting for a ride to to Payless Read More…