If someone were to ask me I'd say Santa Cruz Flats is a winter birding site. And certainly when you think of Raptors (including all five Falcons) and the multitude of shorebirds or threatened Mountain Plovers it is one of the very best winter birding spots.
But, I had to go to Phoenix so I though I'd drive through Santa Cruz Flats and see if there was anything interesting.
I could count the Raptors on one hand. And no Shorebirds or Plovers. But that's not to say it wasn't interesting. The big surprise of the day were a dozen or more Tropical Kingbirds:
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| Tropical Kingbird |
But there were other finds as well:
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| Roadrunner |
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| Great Tailed Grackle |
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| Ladderbacked Woodpecker |
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| Western Kingbird |
I got two other photos but at the time didn't realize that I somehow accidentally hit the wrong "focus" button and ended up with what would have been great photos. Here there are anyway:
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| Black Crowned Night Heron |
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| Burrowing Owl |
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