Date: 7/9/25 12:25 pm From: <dpsiminski...> Subject: [AZNMbirds] Today's San Pedro River Birding Walk
This morning, five birders participated in The Friends of the San Pedro
River’s Birding Walk from the San Pedro House. We birded a loop south of the
San Pedro House within the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area. We
saw 40 species of birds.
All our resident spring breeders were at some stage in their breeding cycle.
Most were singing including Varied Bunting and Yellow-billed Cuckoo. There was
bird song everywhere. We observed White-winged Doves carrying nest material,
probably second broods. We watched a female Summer Tanager feeding her
nestlings in a hidden nest within the foliage of a Goodding’s Willow along the
river. We saw lots of fledglings including Ash-throated Flycatchers, Yellow
Warblers and Lucy’s Warblers. At Black Phoebe Pond, we watched what looked
like a mash-up of two noisy Lucy’s Warbler families and a noisy Yellow Warbler
family. It appeared to be chaos in the willows as about twelve fledglings
chased their parents while noisily fluttering and begging, all twelve at the
same time and same place.
For July and August, the Friends of the San Pedro River will lead birding
walks on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month. The walks leave at
6:00 am from the BLM’s San Pedro House south of State Route 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 River birding walk is on Wednesday, 23 July.
See you there.
Pete Siminski
Friends of the San Pedro River
Sierra Vista AZ
