South-east Arizona, June-July 2017
This is the first of my series of blogs to track my journey to 1000 bird species. A trip to one of the South American countries would help me cross 1000 too quickly. So, I'm going to make it more exciting by birding only within US and India. South-east Arizona is one of the best spots in US for birds. It has a lot of bird species that can be found only here within US. It also shares come species with south Texas and west Texas. This makes my job easier, as I can just focus on the birds that aren't in Texas. I had birded a couple of sky islands after memorial day last year - Madera Canyon (Santa Rita Mountains) and Ramsey Canyon (Huachuca Mountains). So I already had Elegant Trogon, Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, Bridled Titmouse, Arizona Woodpecker and Broad-billed Hummingbird. I had seen Greater Pewee and Flame-colored Tanager (this was good because they make an annual appearance in AZ) in Refugio county,TX. Here is some info about the s...