Xmas bird pictures, Southern Arizona
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Pictures of some common birds in the area around Portal, AZ. Taken around Xmas
2006.
Portal is situated in the South-East of Arizona, at the feet of the Chiricahua mountains and in between two deserts. It is a well-known birding hot spot. See for instance the description given here. |
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| Acorn woodpecker |  |
| Yellow-eyed junco |  |
| Cooper's hawk. When it is around all other birds disappear. |  |
| Bridled titmouse |  |
| Pyrrhuloxia |  |
| Mexican jay |  |
| Northern cardinal |  |
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| The girl keeps an eye on her mate. |  |
| Cactus wren |  |
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| Acorn woodpecker |  |
| Harris's hawk |  |
| Arizona woodpecker |  |
| A few pictures of the landscape these birds live in |  |
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| Greater roadrunner. It waited carefully for two trucks to pass, giving me time to set up the tripod. It then calmly crossed the road. |  |
| Made it! |  |
| At Gin Road (between Rodeo and State Line Road) a Curve-billed Thrasher is curious enough to almost fly into the car. |  |
| Ladder-backed woodpecker |  |
| Green-tailed towhee |  |
| Black-throated sparrow |  |
| Gambel's quail |  |
| A Cactus wren is furiously yelling to a competitor, the black bib all ruffled up. |  |
| This is a memorial picture. This guy disappeared halfway our stay at Cave Creek. Others started to fight about the territory. |  |
| Mexican jay |  |
| For comparison: Western scrub jay |  |
| Blue-throated hummingbird |  |
| Bridled titmouse |  |
| This Ladder-backed woodpecker looks for the peanut butter the people smear all over the place. |  |
| The Cardinal likes peanut butter too. |  |
| Pyrrhuloxia. Note the different bill shape compared to the Cardinal. |  |
| Spotted towhee |  |
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