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For her warm Arizona hospitality I thank Peggy Coady Compton,
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Anna's Hummingbird at
Mesa on 14 January 2010 |
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Cactus Wren near
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum on 15 January 2010 |
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Phainopeplas were
common in the desert. Saguaro National Park on 15 January 2010. For
two excellent articles about Phainopeplas see Tucson Audubon
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Costa's Hummingbird
near Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum on 15 January 2010 |
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Gila Woodpecker at
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum on 15 January 2010 |
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Juvenile Ferruginous Hawk at Willcox on 15 January 2010.
Left photo shows feathered legs, a characteristic of Ferruginous
Hawk and not of Red-tailed Hawk. Right photo shows white tail base
with dark spots on upper tail coverts, indistinct bands on grey
tail, dark mark behind the eye and lack of malar stripe, which
eliminate Red-tailed Hawk. |
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Say's Phoebe at Willcox on 16 January 2010 |
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