Category Archives: Yuma County

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

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

Inland Seabirds

Posted on August 7, 2013 by David Vander Pluym

On August 5 Lauren and I made a mad dash down to Mittry Lake after Bobby Wilcox found Arizona’s potential second state record of a Sooty Shearwater and the first one found alive (though see below about a third individual)! … Continue reading →

Posted in Imperial County, LCRV, Migration, Vagrants, Yuma County | Tagged Brown Booby, Gulf of California, Salton Sink, Seabirds, Sooty Shearwater, Tubenoses | 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

Filling eBird Data Gaps

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Lauren Harter

I am a big believer in eBird, its mission and its utility to researchers, observers, and anyone with an interest in birds. One criticism of eBird is that it only goes where birders go; as a result, more data come … Continue reading →

Posted in Arizona Strip, Birding Locations, eBird, Imperial County, La Paz County, Mohave County, Nevada, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, Yuma County | 12 Comments

Christmas Birding Trip: Bill Williams to Yuma

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Lauren Harter

This post is a bit belated, but December 15 was my first Christmas Bird Count of the season, the Yuma/Martinez Lake count. Centered on Imperial Dam, the count circle is equal parts Yuma County, AZ and Imperial County, AZ. Since … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas Bird Counts, Cibola NWR, Imperial County, La Paz County, LCRV, Sound Recordings, Trip reports, Vagrants, Yuma County | 4 Comments

A Spectacle of Swallows

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Lauren Harter

The field season has kicked off once again, and I spent the past ten days with the 2012 Great Basin Bird Observatory (GBBO) crew around Blythe and Yuma (Cibola and Imperial NWRs). The beginning of the field season is the … Continue reading →

Posted in LCRV, Migration, Yuma County | 1 Comment