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Searching for ‘Spurs
I admit it, my blogging has suffered lately as it falls further down on my list of priorities. I have made a personal resolution to post more, and I have a draft post half-written about my recent revisit to the … Continue reading
Posted in LCRV, Mohave County, Techniques, Vagrants
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LCRV Rarity Photos
I’ve been promising for a while to post photos of rarities that have been seen lately in the LCRV. The thing is, the rarities just keep coming! I have finally caught up, for now, and I present a suite of … Continue reading
Long-tailed? Jaeger
We’ve been scouring the lake lately for jaegers – those wonderful winged pirates – given all the reports coming from the inland southwest. We were rewarded a few days ago with a flyby Parasitic that hasn’t shown itself since. What … Continue reading
Posted in Identification, Lake Havasu, LCRV, Mohave County, Vagrants
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Short-billed Dowitchers
As I mentioned in my Beal Lake post, we have had quite a few Short-billed Dowitchers in the area lately. Our first was at the Island STP August 24. The next day, David and I counted 18 on Beal Lake. … Continue reading
Posted in Havasu NWR, Identification, LCRV, Migration, Mohave County, Vagrants
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Birding Beal Lake
The past week, since returning from the Western Field Ornithologists meeting in Sierra Vista, David and I have made several trips to Beal Lake. When we moved to this area last December, we were only vaguely aware of Beal Lake, … Continue reading
Posted in Birding Locations, Havasu NWR, LCRV, Mohave County
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Shorebird migration begins!
I guess I jinxed myself the other day when I said birding has been slow around Lake Havasu. The next morning (August 10), David and I went to the north end of the lake and found an adult Tricolored Heron! … Continue reading
Posted in Havasu NWR, LCRV, Migration, Mohave County, San Bernardino County, Vagrants
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How I Spent My Spring
To say I had a busy spring would be an impressive understatement! I continued my part-time job with the City of Lake Havasu, but caved to my desire to get out in the field by working for the Great Basin … Continue reading
Posted in Bill Williams, Conservation, La Paz County, LCRV, Migration
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Monsoon
I promise I am working on a post to explain my long blogging hiatus. But for right now, I just have to note that our first monsoon storms paid us a visit! On July 3, a thick, dusty haze blocked … Continue reading
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Migration and Big Year Update, spring storms
Blogging has been put on the back-burner in the past few weeks, due to increased demands from birding, work, and my immune system. I’m starting to get back into the swing of things, though, so here is an update about … Continue reading
Posted in Big Year, Havasu NWR, Lake Havasu, LCRV, Migration, Mohave County
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Big Year update
Things have been very busy lately, and unfortunately I’m not referring to birding! The past two weekends I’ve gone out of town, first to Phoenix then to Santa Cruz, CA. Not to mention the intervening week which I spent working … Continue reading
Posted in Big Year, Havasu NWR, LCRV, Mohave County, Vagrants
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Phainopepla Fables 