I guess while son Myles (12) and I were away the winter broke and spring birding started. Nothing like a bit of travel to dispel the winter blues (though we had 5" snow and some cold). Myles and I ventured to Tucson AZ for 9 days, back sat am. We did a variety of things including visiting the Karchtner Caverns, the AZ Desert Museum, Tombstone with an authentic gunfight at the OK corral. We hiked and even road horses. Tenting was altered by the weather a bit as were some of our walks. We pretty much used the South East AZ Birding Trail map as our guide. Many great spots ! Our focus was not birds but time together (and birds). What follows is the bird list in chronological order (sorry). "Paton's" in Patagonia produced the most firsts (3 visits). Some superb scenery, friendly folks, and fun birds. Y'all should check it out, I can't wait to return (didn't find a few species). 106 species and 22 firsts. No orioles, swallows and few flycatchers. House Sparrow Red-t Hawk (lots) Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove (lots) Gila Woodpecker Black Phoebe Lesser Goldfinch lots Phainopepela AM Kestrel Gt-tailed Grackle No Shoveler Am Coot Pied-b Grebe GB Heron *Red-naped Sapsucker RWBb Vermillion Flycatcher Lawrence's Goldfinch 1male *Bewick's Wren White-winged Dove Bridled Titmouse Inca Dove House Finch (lots) Black-chinned Hummingbird Yellow-rumped Warbler *Broad-billed Hummingbird many Yellow Warbler Pyrroloxia Lincoln's Sparrow Black-throated Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Chipping Sparrow lots ! Lark Sparrow Turkey Vulture Osprey White-br Nuthatch Ladder-backed Woodpecker 1 Common Ground Dove Say's Phoebe Curve-billed Thrasher Common Black Hawk 1 Savannah Sparrow Mockingbird 1 Common Raven Horned Lark Greater Roadrunner 2 Brown-headed Cowbird *Green-tailed Towhee (@Paton's) *Abert's Towhee " *Lazuli Bunting " *Ringed Turtle Dove " Gambel's Quail White-throated Sparrow *Violet-crowned Hummingbird Bufflehead Dbl-cr Cormorant Green Heron Green-w Teal Cinnamon Teal Ruddy Duck Mallard and Mexican Duck Ring-n Duck Wilson's Snipe Ruby-cr Kinglet No Harrier Canyon Towhee Bronzed Cowbird Song Sparrow Rufous Hummingbird Anna'a Hummingbird *Painted Redstart Hermit Thrush Dark-eyed Junco *Yellow-eyed Junco *Hutton's Vireo Am Robin Acorn Woodpecker Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Loggerhead Shrike Red-shafted Flicker Cooper's Hawk Western Meadowlark Yellow-headed Blackbird Gadwall Mexican Jay *Hepatic Tanager Magnificent Hummingbird Blue-throated Hummingbird Wild Turkey Rock Wren Canyon Wren House Wren *Rufous-capped Warbler 2 Arizona Woodpecker 1 Spotted Towhee 1 Black-chinned Sparrow 1 *Rufous-winged Sparrow *Brewer's Sparrow Verdin *Costa's Hummingbird 1 Red/*/italics is a "first". Bill Shepard Project Coordinator CT River Birding Trail 2360 Academy Road Thetford Center, VT 05075 Home: 802 785-2855