Field notes, v667
Page 437
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bruary 19, 1951, Phoenix, Maricopa Co. Arizona. 1045-1200 MST Mourning Doves Mockingbirds Mourning Doves at golf club. Audubon Warbler Red-shafted Flicker English Sparrows Gila Woodpecker House Finches Scalder-backed Woodpecker Abert's Towhees Phoenix, Feb. 19, 1951, Tucson, Base Line Road from S. Central Ave. to Chandler, Maricopa Co. Ariz. 1245-1400 MST. Some irrigated pasture, flower seeds, and citrus groves. Culture Gila Woodpecker Shrike Brewer Blackbird Red-tailed Hawk W. Mockingbird Meadowlarks Dwarf Cowbird Wilkinson Hawk Palmer's Curve-billed Thrasher - Toxostoma curvirostre palmeri - new life-lister! Marsh Hawk on wires adjacent to citrus trees. Parrow Hawk Bendire Thrasher - Toxostoma bendirei - new life-lister! Killdeer in open country, scattered shrubs on fence rows, and with Mourning Dove grain and sugar beet crops. House Finch Roadrunner Robins English Sparrow Green-back Goldfinch Red-shafted Flicker Western Bluebirds Sonora Redwings Abert Towhee Brewer Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow. Feb. 19, 1951, Casa Grande National Monument, Pima Co. Arizona. 1445-1530 MST. Mourning Dove Near Coolidge. Red-shafted Flicker Scalder-back Woodpecker Mockingbird Rissal Thrasher House Finch Feb. 19, 1951, Tucson, Ariz. and vicinity, Pima County, Ariz. 1645-1800 MST. Mourning Doves - 200 on wires Roadrunner White-rump Shrike Meadowlarks February 20, 1951, Las Cruces, Dona Ana Co. New Mexico, down the southwest side of the Rio Grande to Camutille, El Paso Co. Texas. 0845-1015 MST. Most farmland. Shoveller - 1 pair adults Red-tailed Hawk Sparrow Hawk Western or Least Sandpipers Mourning Doves Roadrunner Red-shafted Flicker Long-crested Stellar Jay Crows chasing Red-tailed Hawk W. Marsh Wren Mockingbirds Robin Western Bluebirds Mountain Bluebirds very widespread over farming areas. Pipits - Sprague? - no streaking on breast - Anthus spraguei - a new life-lister! Shrike, White-rumped Audubon Warbler English Sparrow Rio Grande Meadowlark - Sturnella magna hoopesi - new life lister!.- song different. Western Meadowlarks also in this area. Thick-billed Redwings (3 colors) - A. P. Fortis Brewer Blackbird Great-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus mexicanus monsoni - new life-lister! First thing out of the Dona Ana Motel I saw a pair of them at a garbage can nearby. OVER