Return To El Rio (3)

Heavy rain overnight (Friday night) here in Erie County, Pennsylvania. While waiting to see if the flooding’s subsided enough for some rain birding at Presque Isle State Park, it’s a quick but long post of the final recent, Saturday-morning content (early March) at El Rio Preserve in Marana, Arizona.

El Rio Preserve

Anecdotally, not nearly as much Greater Roadrunner activity this time of year relative to summertime. So it pays to keep an ‘eagle eye’ out:

Greater Roadrunner

(It’s way, way up there on the hillside, right at the center of the shot above against the skyline.)

Zoomed in
Even more zoomed in

Say’s Phoebe
Anna’s Hummingbird (f)
Vesper Sparrow
Violet-green Swallow (m)
Gadwall
Black-crowned Night Heron (juvenile)
Say’s Phoebe II
Anna’s Hummingbird (f) II
Vesper Sparrow II
Mallard or Mexican Duck (f)
Violet-green Swallow (f)
Anna’s Hummingbird (f) III
Gadwall (l) & Mallard (r)
Marsh Wren
Hummingbird, perhaps female Costa’s
More Gadwall
Hummingbird, rear view
Violet-green Swallow (m) II
More sunny Gadwall
Female Mallard or Mexican Duck II

Not the best pictures, but still so nice to see a small flock of Neotropic Cormorant:


Dabbling I
Hummingbird, rear view II
Northern Shoveler (m)
More Anna’s Hummingbird
Dabbling II
Perched Anna’s Hummingbird
Green-winged Teal
Say’s Phoebe III
Goodbye to El Rio. For now.
Bike path & rocky ridge @ El Rio Preserve

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