Huachucas

Huachucas

A small group of birders left the Houghton meeting spot at 6:30am and drove to Fort Huachuca. The list of species at this site include:
• Cassin’s Kingbird
• Western Kingbird
• Brown-headed Cowbird
• Say’s Phoebe
• Eastern Meadowlark (in beautiful bright yellow plumage)
• American Kestrel
• Northern Cardinal
• Lesser Goldfinch
• Swainson’s Hawk (most prevalent raptor of the day)
• Red-tailed Hawk
• Rufous-crowned Sparrow
• Northern Mockingbird
• Canyon Towhee
• Violet-Green Swallow
• Blue Grosbeak
• Ladder-backed Woodpecker
• Cooper’s Hawk
• Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
• Western Wood Peewee
• Phainopepla
• Acorn Woodpecker
• Yellow-eyed Junco
• Black-tailed Gnatcatcher

After leaving the fort, we traveled to Beatty’s and watched a few hummers at the store, but the numbers were really small, mostly females and juveniles. I did spot one Black-chinned though. The monsoon storms blew in around noon and we headed home. A short day, but it was good to be back to my favorite hobby again.