Immature Male, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Setophaga pensylvanica, 12.7 cm / 5 in. COMMON locally in second growth brush lands with some trees, in orchards and along roadsides. UNCOMMON vagrant in AZ.
Published in "Vermilion Flycatcher", Jul-Sep 2018:Vol 63, Number 3, page 2.
Rio Salado Demonstration Wetlands, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.
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Tags: Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga penslyvanica Parulidae New World Warblers Birds of Arizona
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Plumbeous Vireo (Plumbeous), Vireo plumbeus plumbeus, 14.6 cm / 5.75 inches. COMMON in dry open pine woods, sometimes in low shrubs.
Was published cover photo for "I'm giving you 'THE BIRDS'" could be seen at www.flickr.com/groups/1826414@N24/.
Huachuca Canyon, Fort Huachuca, Cochise County, Arizona, USA.
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Tags: Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus Vireonidae Vireos, Shrike-Babblers and Erpornis Birds of Arizona
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Greater Roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus, 23 inches. Relatively UNCOMMON in dry areas where patches of brush and other low vegetation are separated by open ground, often seen along road edges. Photographed in November 2007.
Page 158 of "Birds of Southeastern Arizona" by Richard Cachor Taylor. Published by RW Morse Company.
Bosque del Apache, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA.
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Tags: Cuckoos Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californicus Cuculidae Birds of New Mexico ©bryanjsmith Geococcyx californianus
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Familiar Blue Damselfly, Enallagma civile, 1.1 / 1.54 in / 28 - 39 mm. COMMON widespread and abdundant. Lakes, ponds, Marshes and slow streams; margins of rivers with emergent vegetation.
Eastern Amberwing Dragonfly, Perithemis tenerea, 0.787 - 0.984 in / 20 - 25 mm. COMMON. Wide variety of ponds, slow-moving streams and lake shores, usually with mud bottoms, open areas, sometimes woodlands. The Familiar Blue photo-bombed and eventually chased the dragonfly off the perch.
Published as cover photo for the group "Dragonfly & Damselfly Moments at
www.flickr.com/groups/dragonfly_moments/
Lagoon Boardwalk, South Loop, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio, Socorro County, New Mexico, U.S.
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Tags: Familiar Blue Damselfly Enallagma civile Pond Damsels Coenegrionidae Damselflies of New Mexico Eastern Amberwing Dragonfly Perithemus tenerea Amberwings Skimmers Libellulidae Dragonflies of New Mexico ©bryanjsmith
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Mountain Plover, Charadrius montanus, 22.8 cm / 9 in. UNCOMMON and local on shortgrass prairies in short-cropped grass around prairie-dog colonies, new growth in burned areas. Winter plumage.
Published in Vermilion Flycatcher Magazine by Tucson Audubon Society. Page 11, January-March 2019/ Volume 64, Number 1
Western Sod Farms, Santa Cruz Flats, Pinal County, Arizona, USA.
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Tags: Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus Charadriidae Birds of Arizona Plovers and Lapwings
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