Photo ABCs

Arizona: Patagonia: Cassin's Kingbird, Red-tailed Hawk

More birds seen around Patagonia, Arizona, in August of this year:

Cassin's Kingbird:

Red-tailed Hawk:

 

Southeast Arizona Birding: Paton's Center for Hummingbirds: Dove Trio

In my hour at the Paton's Center for Hummingbirds in Patagonia, Arizona, I saw three species of doves.

An Inca Dove strolls through the grounds:

Common Ground-Dove:

Eurasian Collared-Dove:

Southeast Arizona Birding: Paton's Center for Hummingbirds: Broad-billed Hummingbird

A Broad-billed Hummingbird, photographed at Paton's Center for Hummingbirds in Patagonia, Arizona, in August of this year:

Southeast Arizona Birding: Paton's Center for Hummingbirds: Gila Woodpecker

The last stop on my late August visit to Southeast Arizona was Patagonia. The Paton's Center for Humminbirds is a former private residence now run by the Tucson Audubon as a bird sanctuary.

I spent a short time visiting the center.

The late afternoon light illuminated this Gila Woodpecker against a dark background:

 

Southeast Arizona Birding: Beatty's Guest Ranch: Violet-crowned Hummingbird

Beatty's Guest Ranch, near Sierra Vista, Arizona, has a nice hummingbird viewing area, available for a small donation for visitors not staying there.

During my short visit the best bird was this Violet-crowned Hummingbird:

 

The Violet-crowned Hummingbird can be found in much of western Mexico. The only spot in the United States to see it is in Southeast Arizona.

Southeast Arizona Birding: San Pedro River: Rufous Hummingbird

A Rufous Hummingbird (the same bird as in yesterday's post) is mistaken for a perch by a Bordered Patch Butterfly (butterflies can have interesting names!)

The hummingbird was not amused.

 

 

Southeast Arizona Birding: San Pedro River: Rufous Hummingbird

The perched Rufous Hummingbird zealously guards its perch near the San Pedro River, fending off intruders such as the one on the left:

Photographed next to the San Pedro House nature center near Sierra Vista, Arizona in August of this year.

Southeast Arizona Birding: Casa San Pedro: Black-chinned Hummingbird

The Black-chinned Hummingbird is found throughout much of the western United States and Mexico.

Here are some photographed at Casa San Pedro, in Hereford, Arizona, in August of this year:

 

 

Southeast Arizona Birding: Casa San Pedro: Rufous Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbirds, photographed at Casa San Pedro in August of this year:

 

 

Southeast Arizona Birding: Casa San Pedro: White-breasted Nuthatch

Casa San Pedro is a lovely bed and breakfast near the San Pedro River near Sierra Vista and Hereford, Arizona.

Even if you do not stay there, for a small donation you can bird their lovely backyard full of flowers, trees and bird feeders.

Here is a White-breasted Nuthatch:

Photographed in August of this year.