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Southwest Region: Arizona Two FulvousWhistling-Ducks were found at the Kachina Wetlands, s. of foundat GilbertS.T.E, Apr. 3 (DE); this Flagstaff,Mar. 13 (E. Morrall)were very Southwest speciescontinues to bea very rare visitor to s. earlyto bemigrants, and may have wintered Arizona.Out of place,and seemingly late, locallyin c. Arizonawhere temperatures wasa singleSnow Goose at Peck'sL. near wereunseasonably mild. In contrast,one at Region: CottonwoodMay 17(TC). Springand sum- WillcoxMay 26 (ph.DS) was one of the lat- merreports of CanadaGeese in s.Arizona estspring records of thisspecies for the state. typicallyreferred to crippledindividuals, After last spring'shuge numbersof Arizona thereforea pair breeding in Scottsdale,with FranklinsGulls, only seven individuals from youngpresent Apr. 16 (S.Schwartz), repre- scatteredlocalities were reported between sented the first such occurrence for this Apr. 16-May 2. Greaterthan usual reports speciesin Arizonas. of theMogollon Rim. ofad. Heermann'sGulls were received,in- CHRIS D. BENESH, SingleAm. Wigeons lingered late in s.Ari- cludingone at NogalesS.T.E, Mar. 18 GARYH. ROSENBERG,AND zona,with one present at Willcox May 28 (J. (GHe);one at Avondale, s.w. Phoenix, Apr. DAVID STEJSKAL Paton),and another at Kino Springsnear 10 (CBa);and another at P.R.D.,May 5 Whilegenerally speaking this was a relatively NogalesMay 29 (RH). A GreaterScaup (CBa).This species occurs in Arizonapre- quietspring in Arizona, there were good num- foundat G.EE,Mar. 27 (DE) mayhave rep- dominantlyduring the fall. LeastTerns bersof westernmigrants reported by several resented the same individual that was found once again appearedin s. Arizona this observers.Additionally, several locally rare duringthe winter nearby in Chandler. spring,with two at WillcoxMay 14 (SGo, specieswere found at newlocalitites, illus- BlackVultures seen away from normal CW, GHR; ph.T. Doyle),and another (or tratingthe dynamic nature of birddistribu- areas of occurrence in s. Arizona included oneof theprevious two) there May 19 (B. tion. Rare visiters included two Fulvous twoin SycamoreCanyon Mar. 16 (LD, JBo Nevilleet al.) andMay 30 (ph.DS); there Whistling-Ducks,two or threeFlame-col- etal.),and two at Arivaca Apr. 16 (JBo).At have been no fewer than 13 individuals oredTanagers, and the continued presence of leasteight White-tailed Kites were reported found in s. Arizona since 1990. at leasttwo Eared Trogons in Arizona.Once from around s. Arizona, the most notewor- again,Least Terns made a good showing, and thyrecoM being a pair nesting at Cabeza Pri- fromsouth of theborder, a cooperativeRu- etaN.W.R., May 13 (D. Griffin);there are a fous-cappedWarbler was viewed by many growingnumber of nestingrecords of this birdersfrom throughout the country. speciesin thestate. Unusual migrant records of Com. Black-Hawks included one at an Abbreviations:A.B.C. (ArizonaBird Com- unusuallyhigh elevation at FlagstaffApr. 1 mittee);B.A.N.W.R. (BuenosAires N. W.R.); (E. Morrall), anda lateindMdual at CaveCr. L.C.R.V.(Lower Colorado R. Valley);G.EE CanyonMay 10-11 (DS,DJa, J. Paton).Ex- (Gila FarmsPond); M.EL. (Many Farms tremelyearly for a migrant,and probably Lake);N.I.R. (NavajoIndian Reservation); representinganindividual that wintered lo- EA.E (PinalAir Park);ER.D. (PaintedRock cally,was a Broad-wingedHawk found dead Adult Least Ter. (right, with immature Dam);S.ER. (San Pedro R.); S.T.E (Sewage alongW. TurkeyCreek, Chiricahua Mrs., BlackTer.) at Willcox,Arizona, May 30, 1994. 7•eatmentPlant); S.W.R.S. (SouthwesternRe- Feb. 25 (GM, *U. of A.). Another imm. Photograph/DavidStejskal. searchStation). Broad-wingedHawk was well documented fromCave Cr. Canyon May 13(ph. BZ, KZ The RuddyGround-Dove that wintered Grebesto Raptors etal.). Scarceanywhere away from the To- at the San Xavier Mission s. of Tucson was At least seven individual Eared Grebes were hono O'odham Indian Reservation in the presentthrough the end of March(m.ob.), presentthrough the period at Willcox (m.ob.); s.w.,an imm.-plumagedCrested Caracara andof thethree that were at theEA.E pecan thisspecies was first detected breeding at this wasreported from n. ofFlorence May 19 (M. grovein January, one remained to Apr. 10 (B. localityin 1992.A highcount of 182W. Weise,L. L. Ordway). Pinter).Although this species has apparently Grebesreported from Mormon L., Apr. 27 (E. becomesomewhat of a regularwinter visitor Morrall)was one of the largest concentrations Shorebirdsto Woodpeckers to the Southwest,caution is still advisedin everof this species in n. Arizona. Single Clark's Twopair of Am. Avocets, with young, were identifyingspring individuals, as brightly Grebes,a scarcemigrant in s.Arizona, were foundat GilbertS.T.E, Apr. 30 (T. Brodner, plumagedCorn. Ground-Doves are a source foundat P.R.D.,Mar. 5 (RBr),and at Willcox P.Moulton, A. Dooley);this species isan ir- of confusionand are poorly depicted in the May28-31 (J.Paton, DS etal.).The Brown regularbreeder at sewage treatment plants in currentfidd guides. A Long-earedOwl seen Pelicanthat wintered at Arizona City was srill s.Arizona away from Willcox, where it ap- belowMadera Canyon May 19 (DS) was out presentthere May 7 (MS),while one of the two pearsto beregular. Two Whimbrels, still an of place.At leastfour N. Saw-whetOwls Brown Pelicansthat wintered at P.R.D. was still unusualmigrant away from the L.C.R.V., were discoveredin the Sierra Ancha Mts., presentMay 12 (m.ob.).Neotropic Cor- wereat GilbertS.T.P. on the earlydate of n.e.of Phoenix,Apr. 22-May 19 (K. Faw- morantsare infrequently reported in Arizona Apr.8 (SGa).A Short-billedDowitcher de- cett),establishing what is likely a newbreed- awayfrom Patagonia L., thereforetwo at scribedfrom Big L., ApacheMay 5 (GHe) inglocation for the state. P.R.D.,May 10,with one remaining to May would representone of the few spring Again this spring,White-eared Hum- 17 (TC, SGa),were noteworthy Single Little recordsfor the state;although plumage mingbirds(all males) appeared at scattered BlueHerons were reported from Sierra Vista characteristicsfound in thedescription sug- localitiesaround the s.e. portionof the S.T.E,Apr. 25 (B&C Arnberg),and at the gestShort-billed, we still urgecaution in state:one was again at RamseyCanyon be- PhoenixZoo May 27 (RJ);akhough rare and identifying"non-calling" individuals atthis ginning in mid-April and remaining irregular,most records of thisspecies in the season,when birds in "transitional"plumage throughthe period,while onewas away stateare from the late spring. are likely. Two Long-billedDowitchers from feedersin Carr CanyonMay 12 VOLUME48, NUMBER3 FIELDNOTES (GHR); onewas at the S.W.R.S.,Cave Cr. Apr.10-14 (DJa), and one was in Rucker statebeginning in mid-May;of particular Canyon,May 9-11 (fideDJa);one was in CanyonMay 10(RH). An E. Phoebeat St. localinterest was one in ChinoValley May PortalMay 12-16 (DJa);one in CaveCr. DavidMay 12 (DK) represents one of only a 20-24 (L. Muehlbach)providing a first CanyonMay 16-22 (DJa); and another was fewspring state records after late March. A local record.A VariedThrush reported in MaderaCanyon May 17+(fideLD). Vi- pairof Tropical Kingbirds returned for the fromPatagonia May 15(B. Ambrose) pro- olet-crownedHummingbirds are still rarely 2ndconsecutive year to theP.A.P pecan grove videdperhaps only the 3rd spring record. reportedaway from known recent nesting May 4 (DS). Providingonly a 2nd local A Curve-billedThrasher found along areasin thestate (Le. Patagonia, Guadalupe recordwas a Thick-billed Kingbird at Portal House Rock Wash near the Utah border Canyon),therefore one in Whitetail May 13+(ph. BZ, KZ etal.).Thick-billed n.e.of the KaibabPlateau May 27 (tDTr) Canyonnear Paradise, Chiricahua Mts., Kingbirdswere also reported from Proctor waswell n. of anyknown breeding local- Apr.18 (tL Taylor) was of interest. As usual, Rd.,May 1+ (LD), andfrom the Florida ity in Arizona;this species has been slowly severalLucifer Hummingbirds were re- WorkCenter bdow Madera Canyon Apr. 28 spreadingN andW overthe pastcen- portedin andaround Portal, once again (LD).Two reports of Scissor-tailedFlycatch- tury-stragglershave been previously re- suggestinglocal breeding. A persisting c• erswere received this spring, including one portedas far north in Arizonaas King- EaredTrogon was reported sporadically in fromthe e. entrance of Aravaipa Canyon Apr. man(one Nov. 27, 1992,and a pairthere upperRamsey Canyon throughout the pe- 28 (D&B Stephens),and another from Ft. Jan. 24, 1993; K. Garrett, K. Molina). riod. Similarlythe individualpresent in HuachucaMay 26 (A.Decaur); this species is There are extralimital records from SouthFork of CaveCr. Canyonwas again a rarebut regular spring visitor. Nevada and California. reportedonce or twiceduring the spring Twopairs of Tree Swallows were found Veryearly for a returningmigrant was a (fideDJa)suggesting a continuing presence; nestingin snagsat MormonL., s.of Flag- Bell'sVireo in Oro ValleyMar. 7 (GM). A boththese individuals are likely remnants of staff,May 30 (E Brandt);the only previ- Yellow-throatedVireo, still a veryscarce visi- themajor invasion of August 1991. In addi- ouslyknown breeding localities for Ari- tor,was found at PortalMay 6 (S.Russell). tionto thetwo-four pairs of GreenKing- zona were on the Kaibab Plateau, and at One of thefew recentrecords of Red-eyed fisherscontinuing to bereported along the highelevations in the White Mts. Two Vireofor the state was one along Sonoita Cr., upperS.P.R., two pairs were found along BankSwallows at Willcox May 30 (DS) s.of Patagonia, Apr. 24-30 (S. Sharer etal.). SonoitaCr. s.w. of Patagonia;the status of wereunusually late for migrants.A Mt. thisspecies at theselocalities in recentyears Chickadee at Florida Saddle, Santa Rita Warblers to Orioles haschanged from that of a rarewinter visi- Mts., Mar. 31 (RH) wasof interestas this Forthe 3rd consecutive spring, multiple torto an apparently rare but regular breeder. speciesdoes not nest in Arizonas. of the N. Parulaswere reported: one at Portal A Red-napedSapsucker found at Madera Santa Catalina Mts.
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