Date: 5/18/25 3:01 pm From: Mark Krenitsky <mkrenitsky...> Subject: [AZNMbirds] SEAZ: Sierra Vista EOP 18 May 2025
Eight birders from two states(AZ, NM) got blown around at the Sierra Vista
Environmental Operations Park but still managed to identify 64 species on a
blustery morning.
Given that, it is not a surprise that the highlight of the trip was not a
bird, but a snake - an excellent look at a sunning Checkered Gartersnake.
Here are the bird highlights!
The White-fronted Goose continues...it should have migrated by now.
7 Lesser Nighthawks flying well after sunrise were a welcome surprise.
15 White-faced Ibis were in the ponds.
3 Spotted Sandpipers joined them.
Seven species of flycatchers: Western Wood-Pewee, Western Flycatcher, Say's
Phoebe, Vermillion Flycatcher, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Cassin's Kingbird,
and 17 Western Kingbirds.
Five species of swallows flying around us - Barn, Bank, Cliff, Northern
Rough-winged, and Tree.
And five species of warblers: Lucy's, Wilson's, Yellow, Yellow-rumped, and
Common Yellowthroat.
Walks at the Sierra Vista Environmental Operations Park are every Sunday
and start at 7 AM through May, but SWITCH to 6 AM for June and July.
Attendance is limited to 15 birders on a first-come first-served basis.
