Talk:List of birds of Yuma County, Arizona

Waters

No real comments.

There are "pumped"-fresh water ponds that are in the low desert. (Doves, hawks, crows (the quail seldom use water) are common there.)01-21-2006

Ring-necked Duck

Male duck

The Ring-necked Duck cannot be identified from the brownish ring around its neck(faintly visible on male). However it has some very distinguishingly features: two pure white bands surround its gray bill. One white band is near the bill tip, with a very black and obvious tip. The male's head(shiny purple) and (neck/upper) breast is pure blackish, white central breast, and the body side (wings) are a soft gray. The tail is very short, and very upturned. The males and females are presently gathering in a 2–foot elevation fall at the Eastward canal from the Imperial Dam. The birds start their Yuma, LCRV(lower Colo. R. Valley) stay(intermittent) in Nov and Dec, and are continuous here until March 30.--MMcAnnis--Mmcannis 21:44, 17 February 2006 (UTC)...The ducks departed by March 31. Observed in there place, along the canal, east of Imperial Dam, 8-15 Common Yellowthroats. They are hard to distinguish with the naked eye, since they are actively, and energetically feeding, and thus inside the brush.--MMcAnnis--Mmcannis 22:58, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

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  Male Ring-necked Duck
  Aythya collaris
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  female Ring-necked Duck
  Aythya collaris

Black Phoebe, etc: urban/ canals

The City:, urban/ canals have: often, paired, Black Phoebes, often vocal. The Killdeer, as with its Latin name, is also vocal. I flushed up a pair near dusk, and need to check if they were guarding a nest, (near the Ring-necked Ducks).

• Black Phoebe, Sayornis nigricans

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  Greater
  Charadrius vociferus
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  Four Killdeer eggs in
  their characteristic pattern
• Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
  Black Phoebe
  Sayornis nigricans

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  Greater
  Roadrunner
• Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
  Black Phoebe
  Sayornis nigricans
• Burrowing Owl
  Burrowing Owl

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  Greater
  Roadrunner
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  Osprey
  Pandion haliaetus
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  Osprey
  Pandion haliaetus

Cormorants

Double-crested
Cormorant

Imperial Dam observations: winter spell of 8/9/10 Mar 2006.
At Imperial Dam and Road: Calif S24, 8 Mar, early evening, on Colorado River outlet, below dam: Cable over the river: 38 perching cormorants, about 5 juveniles (multi-colored(w/ white). Often 1 or 2 can be seen perching on this cable. (Only a few of the bills appeared this Orange; most appeared yellow, or yellow/orange.)--MMcAnnis--Mmcannis 06:09, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Cactus Wren

One of my favorite low desert birds. I have only seen them in groups of 2, but mostly groups of 3 or 4. They hunt under a parked vehicle, then move to the next (I don't know if they find anything(?). Searching intensive; hottest parts of summer.01--21-2006

Common Raven

Apparently the American Crow does not range down to the Yuma area.--/Mmcannis 22:44, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Great-tailed Grackle

The Common Grackle is in the SE USA, etc.--/Mmcannis 22:44, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Sparrow group

A very cool bird. Is in small groups(6-11+ individuals). Don't know Wiki name yet.01-21-2006MMcAnnisMmcannis 16:10, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
This is the Black-throated Sparrow--/--Mmcannis 22:44, 29 January 2006 (UTC)--This is the Black-throated Sparrow, no pic available--Mmcannis 21:44, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Abert's Towhee

Abert's Towhee
Bird is much lighter
w/ large black mask about eyes.
Pipilo aberti

These can be observed on Calif/S-24, riparian environment along the Colorado, south of Laguna Dam. (observed at near-dusk, April 10, 2006). This is the hot desert bird, Permanent in our locale (first time seen by myself).--MMcAnnis--Mmcannis 22:58, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Added the latest Picture: ...-Mmcannis (talk) 02:38, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Abert's Towhee
Pic in bright sun?
Pipilo aberti

Brown-crested Flycatcher, flycatchers, kingbirds

These birds have an extensive presence, in the shrubland, low desert. ---MMcAnnis--/Mmcannis 22:44, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

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  Greater
  Charadrius vociferus
• 
  Four Killdeer eggs in
  their characteristic pattern
• Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
  Black Phoebe
  Sayornis nigricans

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  Greater
  Roadrunner
• Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
  Black Phoebe
  Sayornis nigricans
• Burrowing Owl
  Burrowing Owl

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  Osprey
  Pandion haliaetus
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  Osprey
  Pandion haliaetus
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  Common Yellowthroat
  Geothlypis trichas

Y: Common Yellowthroat

See note on Ring-necked Duck. On March 31, a troop of Common Yellowthroats were feeding along the canal, east of Imperial Dam.--MMcAnnis--Mmcannis 22:58, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Pic of SE Ariz Biome

Pic of SE Ariz Biome:--Mmcannis 02:11, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

File:Madrean sky islands.jpg

NW-SE trending Mtn ranges, (former: Basin and Range Geol. province), now: the Madrean sky islands Biome of SE Az(New Mex) and Northern Mexico, Sierra Madre Occidental(West) Mtn. Range. ( Tucson,AZ is in NW, south of Catalina Mtns., (word Rincon)).

Area pic: Colorado Desert

The Colorado Desert borders the SE Colorado River—border of Arizona.

The Colorado Desert (yellow) showing Joshua Tree National Park.

Disambiguation questions

Sparrowhawk

In the table found at List_of_birds,_Yuma,_Arizona_(low_deserts,_river,_elevations)#Listing-C.2Fcity.2CD.2Flow_desert.2CR.2Friver.2CM.2FMountain, the term sparrowhawk is included. This link leads to a disambiguation page. Could some knowledgeable person edit this link so it leads to a proper article? Thanks. --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 15:31, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

The Desert section had the reference to both the Sparrowhawk, and the American Kestrel. I just fixed the city section you referred to. -Mmcannis 16:59, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

American Kestrel

There were a lot of Kestrels out in the desert this winter. (Winter of 2006-2007). They also can be seen down through the Colorado River areas, along with some occasional Kingfishers, (the Belted Kingfisher). -(from the SonoranDesert of Ariz) -Mmcannis 16:59, 1 April 2007 (UTC) Again, winter 2007-08 a lot of Kestrels...-Mmcannis (talk) 02:38, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

15Febr2008-Common Merganser, Common Goldeneye

Female, Common Merganser

The Common Merganser, female was seen about Feb 1,2008 at the Feed Canal, Imperial Dam, near entrance to Yuma Proving Ground main post; (the ripple area (From Concrete) is there--Where the Ring-necked Ducks would hang out.--(a group of 9 males-4 females once in the riffle-area)). (They were dredging there in "Winter 2007"). The cormorants, and Osprey are there(in the Imperial Dam area) every winter; (three separate ospreys seen in 7-mile stretch).

The female merganser is large, with the red head, but easily identified from its tufted head, (and long pointed bill). It constantly looks around, no male in sight.
The Common Goldeneyes were a female–male pair, lighter than the photos. Both were doing their "diving"(they were near each other(around the corner), but in separate areas).

The Abert's Towhee show up each year, north and south of Laguna Dam. I haven't figured out if there are 2 pair, maybe 3 along that stretch (?). The eye patch on the bird I was watching was small, as in the photo(but I couldn't get very close). ...NoteFrom aSonoranDesertFellow...-Mmcannis (talk) 02:38, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

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  Common
  Goldeneye
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  Common Goldeneye
  Bucephala clangula
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  Female
  Common Merganser

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  Common
  Goldeneye
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  Abert's Towhee
• 
  Female
  Common Merganser

List of Arizona-SW birds (Yuma County, Arizona)

I've been trying to figure out why there are two separate lists. Any reason the other one shouldn't be merged here? Postdlf (talk) 22:32, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Merge discussion for List of birds of Yuma, Arizona

I propose that List of birds of Yuma, Arizona be merged into List of birds of Yuma County, Arizona. I think that the content in the article can easily be explained in the county list, and the list is of a reasonable size in which the merging will not cause any problems as far as list size or undue weight is concerned. Pvmoutside (talk) 01:32, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

It's not clear to me that there's much to merge at all. The List of birds of Yuma, Arizona seems organized on a completely different principle as this one, but nothing that seems notable. It seems like the point of that article is to note the seasonality of bird species presence in Yuma, Arizona. I don't know that that's a notable subject, and the article certainly needs significant cleanup, but it seems at least distinct in scope from this article. If it is notable, the scope of the other article should probably be expanded to cover whatever geographical region has those properties, so if Yuma is some sort of birding town that does a lot of birding tourism business, otherwise maybe all of Yuma County, all of Arizona, etc. Either way, the title should be changed to reflect that it's not supposed to be a straightforward list. If we're to take it as a straightforward list, I'd just merge whatever refs are in the other article into this one and redirect. Just checked, the entire thing is unreferenced. If this seasonal variation thing the original author was going for isn't notable, we should probably just redirect it to this page. 0x0077BE ^{(talk · contrib)} 14:23, 19 November 2014 (UTC)