Misc Bird/White Mtns

Dateline: August 2022

With the Erie team out scouring Presque Isle State Park for more warbler, time for an epic roundup of recently sighted birds in the White Mtns near Pinetop/Lakeside, Arizona. (Note: no birds actually rounded up.)

View from Mogollon Rim
Red-Tailed Hawk
House Wren outside Greer, AZ
Common Raven, Timber Camp Recreation Area
Ravens are awesome

Could this be an Olive-sided Flycatcher?!? Gray “vest” is very delineated with a strong/contrasted white center-breast = more like Olive-sided than Western Wood-Pewee.

Let’s go with Olive-sided Flycatcher
Excellent! Pine Siskin!
Hairy Woodpecker/upside down
Probably female/immature Yellow-rumped Warbler
Steller’s Jay
De-tail

In a BirdingPI.com first, a really bad shot of a really amazing Lewis’s Woodpecker:

Too dark

Following crop is augmented to show detail – dark back, pink belly, red face, black head, and white/gray collar:

Turning the color knob to 11

Following three shots all Dark-eyed Junco (Red-backed form), a local favorite:

Uno Junco
Dos junco
Tres junco
More Pine Siskin

Following shots probably all Western Bluebird:

Adult
Juvenile/flowers
Perched I/juvenile
Perched II/juvenile
Sting