BIRDS OF ARIZONA The following photos were taken at various places in Arizona. The birds (except for the parakeets) are all natives of Arizona. The sites include the Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson; The Nature Conservancy Reserve in Patagonia, AZ; The Sweetwater Marsh in Tucson, which is the tertiary waste water treatment area for Tucson's waste water and a rich site for water fowl; and our backyard. Click on each photo for an enlarged view

BARN OWL - Sonora Desert Museum

Barn Owl 1	Barn Owl 2	Barn Owl 3
Barn Owl 4	Barn Owl 5	Barn Owl 6
Barn Owl 7	Barn Owl 8

COOPERS HAWK - Our Backyard

Coopers Hawk - meal in waiting	Coopers Hawk - meal in flight	Coopers Hawk - meal in tallons
Coopers Hawk - satisfied	Coopers Hawk - satisfied	Coopers Hawk - satisfied
Coopers Hawk - satisfied

CURVED BILL THRASHER - nesting in our backyard desert area

Curved Bill Thrasher 1	Curved Bill Thrasher 2	Curved Bill Thrasher 3
Curved Bill Thrasher 4

WHITE WINGED DOVE - our backyard

White winged Dove 1	White winged Dove 2	White winged Dove 3

HUMMINGBIRDS - Sonora Desert Museum

Hummingbird 1	Hummingbird 2
Hummingbird 3	Hummingbird 4

HUMMINGBIRDS - Our Backyard

Hummingbird 5	Hummingbird 6
Hummingbird - TucsonSnow 1	Hummingbird - TucsonSnow 2

HUMMINGBIRDS, seven on one feeder - Patagonia, AZ

Hummingbird - Patagonia 1	Hummingbird - Patagonia 2
Hummingbird - Patagonia 3	Hummingbird - Patagonia 4	Hummingbird - Patagonia 5

PARAKEETS - Our living room

Parakeets on lamp

PYRRHULOXIA - Our backyard

PYRRHULOXIA

GREATER ROAD RUNNER - Sonora Desert Musuem and a Tucson parking lot

Greater Road Runner - male	Greater Road Runner - female

MALLARD - Scottsdale, AZ

Mallard - Scottsdale 1	Mallard - Scottsdale 2

BIRDS OF SWEETWATER MARSH IN TUCSON

Moore Hen	Northern Shoveler 1	Northern Shoveler 2
Northern Shoveler 3	Mixed Water Fowl	Mallards at Rest
Ruddy Duck - breeding plumage	Yellow-headed Blackbirds	Red-winged Blackbirds