Welcome To The Desert

Missed the publication cutoff yesterday due to travel, but a ‘double post’ today, and lots of great birds sighted outside the BIRDS field station yesterday in Tucson, AZ, starting with a beautiful Brown-crested Flycatcher:

Brown-crested Flycatcher

Lovely male Verdin:

Male Verdin I
Anna’s Hummingbird (f)
Brown-crested Flycatcher II
Juvenile Verdin
Male Verdin II
More Anna’s
Lesser Goldfinch (f) I
Male Verdin III
Immature male Costa’s Hummingbird
Immature male (?) Lesser Goldfinch
Gila Woodpecker on palm tree I
Male Verdin IV
Lesser Goldfinch (f) II

The Mourning Dove desert equivalent is, well, Mourning Dove – lots of Mourning Dove all over. But also plenty of White-winged Dove, as in this very nice shot:

Immature Costa’s Hummingbird (m) II
Cactus Wren in tree
Costa’s III
More Gila Woodpecker

Weather in Tucson Sunday: sunny morning/afternoon w/ high of about 38 deg C (100 deg F), transitioning to monsoon clouds (thunder/lightning) and rain late afternoon with temps around a pleasant 26 deg C (80 deg F); flash flood warnings off to the east due to heavy rain in the mountains.

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