We had heavy rain last night, followed by cooler temperatures, so what’s a birder to do but head to the sewage beds? It was plenty hot by the time I finished walking the ponds at Avra Valley, but still an improvement over last time.
The juvenile Brown Pelican is still floating morosely around on the north [...]

This summer’s incursion of Aztec Thrush is shaping up to be a good one! At least 2 males have appeared in the Huachuca Mountains in the last couple of weeks, and I’ve heard a rumor that one was in New Mexico recently, too.
Now at least 7 birds, males and females, are feeding on Prunus fruits in upper [...]

The author isn’t always responsible for the title that appears on his or her books, and though I don’t know for sure, I’d guess that at least the typography on the cover of this one caused its authors a moment’s discomfort. The Shorebird Guide, it’s called. The designer’s italics were probably meant as nothing more [...]

Saturday in late July, and the southeast Arizona hotspots are full of birders, a few locals, but mostly out-of-town, out-of-state, out-of-country visitors enjoying the avian wonders of this birding mecca.
After a failed vigil for the Garden Canyon Aztec Thrush, Darlene and I headed back west to Patagonia. After lunch at the famous picnic table, we [...]

Reading proof for the July/August 2006 issue of Winging It. It’s a full issue this time! ABA members should have it in their hands in early August, and the rest of you, well, join up! www.americanbirding.org.
This issue includes the following, along with Membership News, Books for Birders, Milestones, Classifieds, and the Sightings column:
Jeffery S. Bolsinger [...]