Rare Birds to Southern Arizona: Brown Pelican

The Brown Pelican is usually found along the Atlantic Coast, Gulf Coast, and southern Pacific Coast. Also along the Gulf of California which is only about 150 miles from Tucson (by air).

Here then, the Brown Pelican:

Juvenile Brown Pelican

Adult non-breeding Brown Pelican

Rare Birds to Southern Arizona: Blackpoll Warbler

The Blackpoll Warbler summers in most of Canada, migration through the Eastern half of the United States where in winters in the northern half of South America. Occasionally, one decides to rest in Southern Arizona. This photo was taken at Sweetwater Wetlands.

Rare Birds to Southern Arizona: Black-bellied Whistling Duck

More common in Texas and parts of Florida, the Black-bellied Whistling Duck is occasionally seen in the most southern waterholes of Arizona -- not more than about 50 miles from the US/Mexico border. This photo was taken at Cottonwood Pond, a small waterhole in Las Cienegas near Sonoita.

Red-tailed Hawk

Just wanted to share some Red-tailed Hawk photos I took yesterday:

Rare Birds to Southern Arizona: Black and White Warbler

While still under "stay at home" orders, and having completed the series on Wildlife of The Azure Gate, I thought a new series on Rare Birds to Southern Arizona might be fun.

So here (in alphabetical order) are photos I've taken over the past 18 years of Rare Birds to Southern Arizona:

Black and White Warbler taken at Sweetwater Wetlands

Wildlife of The Azure Gate Bed and Breakfast - Part XVI

This will be the last of our series on Wildlife Photos taken since the start of the Coronavirus Pandemic:

Tarantula

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake

Zebra-tailed Lizard

Wildlife of The Azure Gate Bed and Breakfast - Part XV

Continuing our series on Wildlife of The Azure Gate Bed and Breakfast, the last of the Birds photographed since the beginning of the Pandemic.

Turkey Vulture

Verdin

Verper Sparrow

White-winged Dove