Date: 11/11/26 4:29 pm From: Richard Bansberg (via aznmbirds Mailing List) <aznmbirds...> Subject: [AZNMbirds] San Pedro House Birding Walk
This morning 12 participants birded the trails at the San Pedro House and tallied 44 species. We birded Del Valle Road to Garden Wash, along Garden Wash both west and east of the road, Black Phoebe Pond, the trail along the west side of Kingfisher Pond (which was quite muddy), and back to the house along the upper river trail (much of the river trail is still muddy). The Western Screech-Owl showed briefly prior to the start of the walk. Highlights included brief looks of a Sora at Kingfisher Pond (one of two birds heard), a lingering Vermillion Flycatcher and Cassin’s Vireo, and a good showing of Cassin’s Kingbirds (9). Other species of interest included Western Bluebirds and Rock Pigeons (seldom recorded during the walks). All four towhee species were seen including at least 4 Spotted Towhees which spend most of the year in the foothills.
The Friends of the San Pedro River leads birding walks every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month. For the month of November, the walks leave at 7:00a from the BLM’s San Pedro House south of State Route 90 just west of the San Pedro River. Starting In December the walks start at 8:00a. We walk about 2.5 miles and are out for about three hours. Bring your own binoculars, a hat and water.
The next San Pedro River birding walk is on Wednesday, November 25 at 7:00a.
Richard Bansberg
Friends of the San Pedro River
Hereford, Arizona
