Our first day in southeastern Arizona started at an airport hotel in Tuscon and ended at a Bed-and-Breakfast for Birders in Patagonia.

In between we visited the Paton Center for Hummingbirds and the Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve. 

We’re about to head out for another day of Birding so this won’t be a long blog but highlights included:

• Our first ever Roadrunner . . . ran right in front of our car.  He was so quick that I wasn’t able to get a photo.  No sign of coyote or Acme Anvils.
• Five types of Hummingbirds (Broad-billed, Broad-tailed, Anna, Violet-crowned and a Rufous)
• The adorable Gambel’s Quail
• The sightings and photographs of the highly sought Lucy’s Warbler
• 30 first of the year birds
• 11 lifers

Humming Birds

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Woodpeckers

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Flycatchers and Kingbirds

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and all the Rest

[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”370″ display=”pro_mosaic”]Today we travel to Patagonia Lake State Park