For a non-lister, I sure keep a lot of lists.
When I moved to Tucson three years ago, the first thing I did was tape a checklist to the refrigerator for our new yard list. The tick marks came fast and furious for the first few weeks, but, inevitably, it has become harder and harder to [...]

Jane and I hit some of the high points today in southeast Arizona, coming up with a great list at the end of a very pleasant day. A highlight for both of us was the hummingbird total: 7 species at only two sites!
Mary Jo Ballator’s B&B in Ash Canyon, along with Tom Beatty’s place one [...]

Chris Benesh of Field Guides generously leads a “thank you” trip for TAS leaders each year, a great chance to get together with the rest of the crew and to learn from the very best. This year’s trip went to St. David Monastery and to the Benson Sewage Ponds. The morning was a quiet one, but [...]

Caracaras are what I think of as “toggle birds,” on or off, you see ‘em or you don’t; and yesterday was an off day. Elizabeth, Eileen, and Mark and Stephanie and I visited the exact same places at exactly the same early hour as yesterday, and found not a one.
We did, though, come across a [...]

Labor Day is past, the weather is improving, and none of us had been to Puerto Peñasco in September before, so Frank and Beth and I made the long drive down this morning in search of surprises.
Passing through Sells just at sunup, we flushed a total of 3 Crested Caracaras from their still steaming breakfasts [...]