Belated "RBA"
Not a real RBA -- Phoenix still doesn't have one yet.
Fall migration has officially commenced. All sightings within the last week.
Rio Salado Wetlands
(CR, TC) *HOODED WARBLER, LITTLE BLUE HERON
Gilbert Water Ranch
(CR, MM, SG) SNOWY PLOVER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, WESTERN SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Reported at El Mirage Pond and environs:
(CB, TC) LEAST BITTERN, CLAPPER RAIL, BLACK-NECKED STILT, AMERICAN AVOCET, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, WESTERN SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, INDIGO BUNTING, BREWER'S SPARROW
Lower River Road Ponds (near Palo Verde):
(DL fide TC) BROWN PELICAN, ?FORSTER'S TERN
CB - Charles Babbitt
CR - Carlos Ross
DL - Dean Luehrs
MM - Michael Moore
SG - Steve Ganley
TC - Troy Corman
Fall migration has officially commenced. All sightings within the last week.
Rio Salado Wetlands
(CR, TC) *HOODED WARBLER, LITTLE BLUE HERON
Gilbert Water Ranch
(CR, MM, SG) SNOWY PLOVER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, WESTERN SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Reported at El Mirage Pond and environs:
(CB, TC) LEAST BITTERN, CLAPPER RAIL, BLACK-NECKED STILT, AMERICAN AVOCET, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, WESTERN SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, INDIGO BUNTING, BREWER'S SPARROW
Lower River Road Ponds (near Palo Verde):
(DL fide TC) BROWN PELICAN, ?FORSTER'S TERN
CB - Charles Babbitt
CR - Carlos Ross
DL - Dean Luehrs
MM - Michael Moore
SG - Steve Ganley
TC - Troy Corman