Category Archives: La Paz County

NAMC 2014

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Lauren Harter

The birds don’t need to see the Equinox on the calendar to know that spring is here. Here in western Arizona, they’ve been on the move for a few weeks now! Lucy’s Warblers are in full song on territories, Bell’s … Continue reading →

Posted in AZFO, Events, La Paz County, Migration, North American Migration Count | Tagged North American Migration Count | 9 Comments

Early, early spring

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Lauren Harter

While the icy grip of winter closes ever tighter on every other corner of this country, here on Arizona’s west coast we have watched as winter disappeared in January and February, with winds much calmer than usual and the sun’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Big Year, Bill Williams, La Paz County, LCRV, Migration, Vagrants | Tagged Alamo Lake, Arizona Birding, Big year birding, bird migration, County Big Year, La Paz County | Leave a comment

Chipping away: Early January birds

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Lauren Harter

I admit it: it’s 15 days into the new year, and I’ve only made five trips to La Paz County. Meetings and deadlines have done plenty to keep me busy, and daily gusty winds have done their part to keep … Continue reading →

Posted in Big Year, Bill Williams, La Paz County, LCRV, Trip reports, Vagrants | Tagged Arizona Birding, Bill Williams River NWR, Birding, County Big Year, Nutting's Flycatcher, Outdoors activities, Target birding | 1 Comment

Big Times in La Paz County

Posted on January 2, 2014 by Lauren Harter

This past November, while David and I were out birding with Susan and Bob Steele, we got to talking about county Big Years. The excitement, the rush, the disappointment, the car miles adding up. This conversation struck a chord in … Continue reading →

Posted in Big Year, Bill Williams, Cibola NWR, Imperial County, La Paz County, LCRV, Trip reports, Vagrants | Tagged Arizona Birding, Big Day, Big Year, County Big Year | 7 Comments

CBCs 2013

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Lauren Harter

The Christmas Bird Count season is always an exciting time of year, with more eyes and ears out in the field looking at birds, gathering data and finding rarities; birders getting together, seeing old friends and meeting new people; and … Continue reading →

Posted in Butterflies, Christmas Bird Counts, Havasu NWR, Imperial County, La Paz County, LCRV, Mexico, Mohave County, Trip reports, Vagrants, Yuma County | Tagged Alamos, Birding Mexico, CBC, Christmas Bird Count, Mexican butterflies, Sonora | Leave a comment

Streak-backed Oriole at CVCA

Posted on November 18, 2013 by David Vander Pluym

It’s been a busy past couple months with doing vegetation surveys for GBBO as well as trying to get in as much birding as possible (along with the usual ebird and documenting rarities seen that results from such birding), that I … Continue reading →

Posted in AZFO, eBird, Identification, La Paz County, Species Profiles, Vagrants | Tagged Arizona, Coyote Willow, CVCA, Streak-backed Oriole, Vagrant | Leave a comment

The Government Shutdown and Western Arizona

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Lauren Harter

The current shutdown of the federal government is having a significant impact on birders as we try to figure out which of our favorite birding locations are off-limits, and which are still accessible. On a recent trip to southeastern Arizona, … Continue reading →

Posted in Birding Locations, Cibola NWR, Havasu NWR, Imperial County, La Paz County, Lake Havasu, LCRV, Mohave County, Nevada, News, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, Yuma County | Tagged Bill Williams River NWR, Cibola NWR, Havasu NWR, Imperial NWR, Lake Havasu, Lake Havasu City Arizona, Lake Havasu State Park, Lake Mead NRA, Lake Mohave, Martinez Lake, Parker Valley | 5 Comments

Sage Sparrow

Posted on August 14, 2013 by David Vander Pluym

By now I am sure that most everyone has heard about the split of Sage Sparrow into (at present) two species: Bell’s Sparrow (Artemisiospiza belli) and Sagebrush Sparrow (A. nevadensis), two names I think are appropriate or at least I … Continue reading →

Posted in Birding Locations, Havasu NWR, High desert, Identification, Imperial County, La Paz County, LCRV, Mohave County, San Bernardino County, Species Profiles, Uncategorized | Tagged Arizona, California, LCRV, Mojave Desert, Sage Sparrow, Salton Sink | 5 Comments

Viewing the LCRV Swallow Spectacle

Posted on March 15, 2013 by David Vander Pluym

I love spectacles of migration, huge numbers of animals moving; no photos can do it justice. I have been lucky to have had the opportunity to see some of these amazing sights. Hundreds of thousands of Sooty Shearwaters off the California … Continue reading →

Posted in Birding Locations, La Paz County, Lake Havasu, LCRV, Migration, Mohave County, San Bernardino County, Techniques, Yuma County | Tagged Colorado River, Lake Havasu, LCRV, Martinez Lake, Mittry Lake, Tree Swallow | 1 Comment

An interesting Ferruginous Hawk

Posted on February 27, 2013 by David Vander Pluym

Ferrugunios Hawk, the “Regal Eagle,” a magnificent bird and a species I never see often enough. Though the light morph birds are beautiful, I am always amazed at the beauty of intermediate/dark morph birds. The rufous tones to the dark … Continue reading →