Date: 7/29/26 1:09 pm From: Mark Stevenson (via aznmbirds Mailing List) <aznmbirds...> Subject: Re: [AZNMbirds] SE AZ Mt. Lemmon area
The county said that they were not going to maintain the difficult section
any more. It's now an unmaintained 4WD road, at least in that section.
Mark Stevenson
Tucson, AZ
On Wed, Jul 29, 2026, 12:42 PM Olga Harbour <aznmbirds...>
wrote:
> Hi folks,
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> After swearing two years ago that we would never drive the Control Rd.
> again, we were there this morning. The road seemed even worse today than
> two years ago! We found a wide-enough space to turn around and headed over
> to the Meadow Trail.
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> Birds of the day were a single Red-faced Warbler and seven Red Crossbills.
> The crossbills were near/on the ski lift gear near the end of the road.
> There were a male, a female, and five juveniles, quite a treat! I was
> going to try to get a photo of the crossbills, but found it rather
> difficult to get a photo when the camera battery's dead! 🙄
>
> Wishing you good birding!
>
> Olga Harbour
> Tucson, AZ
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