On Saturday September 24th, I found time to visit the Glendale Recharge Ponds a couple of weeks after a bunch of sightings listing a variety of waders (shorebirds) and in a 105 degree temperature in the early afternoon! Despite the heat, there was a lot to see - Killdeer, Black-necked Stilt, Wilson's Phalarope, Least Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, White-faced Ibis and Snowy Egret. An Osprey sailed overhead and a Turkey Vulture sat on the berm.
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| Waders at the Glendale Recharge Ponds |
On Sunday September 25th we spent a couple of hours at the Phoenix Zoo. Bird highlights included Anna's Hummingbird, Northern Mockingbird, Gila Woodpecker, Nashville Warbler, Neotropic Cormorant and a quick look at what was almost certainly a Black-and-White Warbler nuthatching along a branch.
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| Common Gallinule |
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| Eurasian Starling |
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| Neotropic Cormorant |
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