With some time to kill before my flight home, my friend Mike Hawk and I did some birding in the morning. Though I had been there multiple times already, I was not tiring of Gilbert Water Ranch at all (great place!) so we met there in the early morning. We would be glad that we did!
While a lot of the same ducks and shorebirds and waders persisted (see previous days), we also added the much desired STREAK-BACKED ORIOLE, and HARRIS SPARROW. We also saw ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, COMMON SNIPE, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and SAY'S PHOEBE, species that had eluded me previously.
GILBERT WATER RANCH: Gilbert, Arizona
Great Blue HeronSome more nice shots of Black-Necked Stilt
Common Snipe
This female Cardinal kept pretending to be a Pyhrruloxia! 
The bird of the trip! This is a Streak-Backed Oriole! (above and below)
Orange-Crowned Warbler
Say's Phoebe (not the best shot, but the only one I got!)
Least Sandpiper
Killdeer
Abert's Towhee (above and below)
Long Billed Dowitcher
Yellow-Rumped Warbler (Audubon race)
Green Heron
Black Crowned Night Heron
Greater Yellowlegs
Green Winged Teal
Ruddy Duck (male above, female below)
Harris' Sparrow! (unusual this far west) (above and below)
With a little more free time available, we decided to try the ASU Research ponds in Tempe. Not a huge variety, but nice looks at LESSER SCAUP, RING NECKED DUCK, MALLARDS and CANADA GEESE amd AMERICAN COOTS.ASU RESEARCH AREA: Tempe, Arizona
Lesser Scaup
A Ring-Necked Duck, in a more natural setting this time!
An American Coot with his big feet!
Lesser ScaupSome nice Mallard shots
A Ring-Necked Duck, in a more natural setting this time!
An American Coot with his big feet!Finally, I left Phoenix, flying home via Detroit. Only a few photos on the trip home, as it was mostly cloudy and or in the dark.
Rio Salado Natural Area, Phoenix
Rio Salado Natural Area, Phoenix
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