At The Top (I)

Dateline: 1 August 2024

More great Arizona birds, in the pine forest & meadows at the very top of Mt. Lemmon (2,792 m; 9,159 ft) in the Santa Catalina Mountains northeast of Tucson. Lots of beautiful Red-faced Warbler activity (6+ sighted in the same area) on this particular day/location:

Red-faced Warbler
View from Mt. Lemmon towards Tucson, AZ

Also lots of Yellow-eyed Junco activity on Mt. Lemmon:

Yellow-eyed Junco
Mountain Chickadee
Brown Creeper
Brown Creeper II

Not the best pictures, but still a nice sighting of Orange-crowned Warbler (note overall yellow/olive colour, pointy beak, broken eye ring with slight eye line, & yellow undertail coverts):


Hermit Warbler
Trailhead map

Coming up next time, more Hermit Warbler & more Mt. Lemmon! #more_bird