SE Arizona Day 7: Sweetwater Wetlands and Mt. Lemmon

After the break-neck pace we had kept up for the previous six days, our final morning of birding Arizona felt quite leisurely as we hung around Tucson, picking up trip, state, and county birds. We started at Sweetwater Wetlands, which is a very euphemistically named waste water treatment plant that had a nice assortment of birds, including more Black-necked Stilts and an American Avocet. Abert's Towhees were everywhere too.

Ruddy Duck

Sweetwater Wetlands, Pima Co, AZ

May 25, 2014

Common Gallinule

Sweetwater Wetlands, Pima Co, AZ

May 25, 2014

Ground squirrel

Sweetwater Wetlands, Pima Co, AZ

May 25, 2014

Then it was back up Mt. Lemmon, where we didn't add any new birds for the trip, but did get some excellent looks at a few we had only seen briefly already. I was thrilled to hear and get pics of Greater Pewee and Red-faced Warbler. Watching a tussle between a Red-faced Warbler and Painted Redstart was probably the highlight of the day and will stick with me as it will likely be a while before I see either of them.

Rock Wren

Mt Lemmon, Pima Co, AZ

May 25, 2014

Grace's Warbler

Rose Canyon, Pima Co, AZ

May 25, 2014

Cordilleran Flycathcer

Rose Canyon, Pima Co, AZ

May 25, 2014

Greater Pewee

Rose Canyon, Pima Co, AZ

May 25, 2014

Red-faced Warbler

Rose Canyon, Pima Co, AZ

May 25, 2014

And with that, the trip came to a close and we headed to our respective homes. Over the course of the week, here's what we racked up:

Total species: 185 (list below)

Cochise Co: 156
Pima Co: 116
Santa Cruz Co: 100

Both of our state lists flew past 200, and mine landed at 216. This is my fifth state over 200 species; Oregon, Texas, Washington, and Illinois are the others.

2 lifers for my dad, bringing him to 650 for the ABA.
37 lifers for me, bringing me to 569 for the ABA, and awfully close to 700 for my world list.

I had right around a hundred year birds, bringing me close to 400 for 2014 (which I have now passed).

And here's all the birdies we saw:

1. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
2. Mallard
3. Blue-winged Teal
4. Cinnamon Teal
5. Northern Shoveler
6. Ruddy Duck
7. Scaled Quail
8. Gambel's Quail
9. Montezuma Quail
10. Wild Turkey
11. Pied-billed Grebe
12. Neotropic Cormorant
13. Great Blue Heron
14. Green Heron
15. Black-crowned Night-Heron
16. White-faced Ibis
17. Black Vulture
18. Turkey Vulture
19. Cooper's Hawk
20. Harris's Hawk
21. Gray Hawk
22. Swainson's Hawk
23. Zone-tailed Hawk
24. Red-tailed Hawk
25. Common Gallinule
26. American Coot
27. Black-necked Stilt
28. American Avocet
29. American Golden-Plover
30. Snowy Plover
31. Killdeer
32. Spotted Sandpiper
33. Willet
34. Long-billed Curlew
35. Baird's Sandpiper
36. Wilson's Phalarope
37. Red-necked Phalarope
38. Bonaparte's Gull
39. Ring-billed Gull
40. Black Tern
41. Elegant Tern
42. Rock Pigeon
43. Band-tailed Pigeon
44. Eurasian Collared-Dove
45. White-winged Dove
46. Mourning Dove
47. Inca Dove
48. Common Ground-Dove
49. Whiskered Screech-Owl
50. Great Horned Owl
51. Elf Owl
52. Spotted Owl
53. Lesser Nighthawk
54. Common Poorwill
55. Buff-collared Nightjar
56. Mexican Whip-poor-will
57. White-throated Swift
58. Magnificent Hummingbird
59. Blue-throated Hummingbird
60. Black-chinned Hummingbird
61. Anna's Hummingbird
62. Costa's Hummingbird
63. Broad-tailed Hummingbird
64. Broad-billed Hummingbird
65. Violet-crowned Hummingbird
66. White-eared Hummingbird
67. Elegant Trogon
68. Acorn Woodpecker
69. Gila Woodpecker
70. Ladder-backed Woodpecker
71. Hairy Woodpecker
72. Arizona Woodpecker
73. Northern Flicker
74. American Kestrel
75. Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
76. Olive-sided Flycatcher
77. Greater Pewee
78. Western Wood-Pewee
79. Pacific-slope Flycatcher
80. Cordilleran Flycatcher
81. Buff-breasted Flycatcher
82. Say's Phoebe
83. Vermilion Flycatcher
84. Dusky-capped Flycatcher
85. Ash-throated Flycatcher
86. Brown-crested Flycatcher
87. Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
88. Tropical Kingbird
89. Cassin's Kingbird
90. Thick-billed Kingbird
91. Western Kingbird
92. Loggerhead Shrike
93. Bell's Vireo
94. Plumbeous Vireo
95. Hutton's Vireo
96. Warbling Vireo
97. Steller's Jay
98. Western Scrub-Jay
99. Mexican Jay
100. Chihuahuan Raven
101. Common Raven
102. Horned Lark
103. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
104. Violet-green Swallow
105. Bank Swallow
106. Barn Swallow
107. Cliff Swallow
108. Mexican Chickadee
109. Bridled Titmouse
110. Juniper Titmouse
111. Verdin
112. Bushtit
113. Red-breasted Nuthatch
114. White-breasted Nuthatch
115. Pygmy Nuthatch
116. Brown Creeper
117. Rock Wren
118. Canyon Wren
119. House Wren
120. Bewick's Wren
121. Cactus Wren
122. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
123. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
124. Black-capped Gnatcatcher
125. Western Bluebird
126. Hermit Thrush
127. American Robin
128. Curve-billed Thrasher
129. Northern Mockingbird
130. European Starling
131. American Pipit
132. Phainopepla
133. Olive Warbler
134. Black-and-white Warbler
135. Lucy's Warbler
136. Virginia's Warbler
137. Common Yellowthroat
138. Hooded Warbler
139. Bay-breasted Warbler
140. Yellow Warbler
141. Yellow-rumped Warbler
142. Grace's Warbler
143. Black-throated Gray Warbler
144. Rufous-capped Warbler
145. Wilson's Warbler
146. Red-faced Warbler
147. Painted Redstart
148. Yellow-breasted Chat
149. Green-tailed Towhee
150. Spotted Towhee
151. Rufous-crowned Sparrow
152. Canyon Towhee
153. Abert's Towhee
154. Rufous-winged Sparrow
155. Botteri's Sparrow
156. Chipping Sparrow
157. Black-chinned Sparrow
158. Lark Sparrow
159. Five-striped Sparrow
160. Black-throated Sparrow
161. Song Sparrow
162. White-crowned Sparrow
163. Yellow-eyed Junco
164. Hepatic Tanager
165. Summer Tanager
166. Western Tanager
167. Northern Cardinal
168. Pyrrhuloxia
169. Black-headed Grosbeak
170. Blue Grosbeak
171. Lazuli Bunting
172. Indigo Bunting
173. Varied Bunting
174. Red-winged Blackbird
175. Eastern Meadowlark
176. Great-tailed Grackle
177. Bronzed Cowbird
178. Brown-headed Cowbird
179. Hooded Oriole
180. Bullock's Oriole
181. Scott's Oriole
182. House Finch
183. Pine Siskin
184. Lesser Goldfinch
185. House Sparrow