Date: 1/25/25 5:22 pm From: Steven Tracey <straceyflash...> Subject: [AZNMbirds] San Pedro House Birding Walk - Saturday Edition
Hi Birders,
This morning the Friends of the San Pedro River sponsored our first
Saturday walk in quite a while. On this past Wednesday's walk we started
in 7 degree F weather and a few days later, this morning's walk started at
a balmy 50 degrees F. Quite a swing in just a few days. Unfortunately,
the temperature was the good news part, with the bad news being the wind.
Conditions were not ideal for finding birds and the results of the 6
Arizona birders on the walk reflected this with only 31 species found.
What we lacked in species diversity we made up for in numbers with good
quantities of sparrows and finches out there, albeit not quite the numbers
we had on Wednesday. Our highlights came down to quickly finding the
continuing Gilded Flicker around the house and then finding a decent
quantity of Lazuli Buntings for this time of year throughout the walk.
The Friends of the San Pedro River leads birding walks on the second and
fourth Wednesday of each month. During February there will also be a walk
on the fourth Saturday of the month. The walks start at 8:00 am from the
San Pedro House located south of Highway 90 just west of the San Pedro
River. The walks last about three hours. Bring your own binoculars, a hat
and water.
The next San Pedro House birding walk will be this Saturday, February 12 at
8:00am.
