CC Park I

Back to the greater Tucson, AZ area with bird content from Christopher Columbus Park and its great mix of ‘suburban lake’ + surrounding desert/mesquite environment:

Yellow Warbler
Great-tailed Grackle I
Probably female Costa’s or Anna’s Hummingbird
Black-crowned Night Heron (juvenile)
Green Heron
Grackle II
Mallards + ‘domestic escapee?’ on left
Heron II
More Grackle III
Hummingbird II
More Green Heron in flight

Great sighting of 6-7 Neotropic Cormorant:

ID tip: relative to Double-crested Cormorant, lacks yellow colouration around the eye/upper beak area:

Compare to this picture of Double-crested Cormorant taken recently at South Pier in Erie, PA:


Sunny Mallards I
Collared Dove in flight
More Yellow Warbler
Sunny Mallards II