Cameron

After chasing a Surf Scoter at Ashurst Lake without luck on Saturday, I took a longer journey to Cameron today in search of three birds that had been posted in recent days. I found two of the target birds without problem at the courtyard - a female American Redstart and a juvenile Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - but had no luck with the Ruddy Ground-dove. The area wasn't very birdy; other than the two targets all I saw were 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 2 American Crows and 3 Eurasian Collared Doves.

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Both target birds were new state birds for me - taking me to 15 for the year. The American Redstart took me to 556 for the year with 311 in the U.S and 260 in Arizona.