I birded the lunch hour at Encanto Park, in search of Harris' Hawks, and nice duck shots. Later in the evening I had a little bit of time, so I checked out some ponds on Hayden Road in Scottsdale. Because of traffic, I didn't get much time for that! The hot weather (mid 80's and sunny) felt nice! Brief look at the Harris' Hawk, but saw lots of Ring-Necked Ducks, Mallards, Canada and Domestic Geese, Curve Billed Thrasher, Mockingbirds, Yellow Rumped Warbler, Verdin, and lots of Gila Woodpecker.
ENCANTO PARK (Phoenix, Arizona)
I got some nice shots of the park's tame Ring-Necked Ducks (who apparently have not flown north yet). See below....
Now for some other bird shots from Encanto Park....
Curve-Billed Thrasher
Northern (Red-Shafted Race) Flicker
Gila Woodpecker
Rock Pigeon
Domestic "Swan Goose"I also got some nice shots of American Coots.... (below)
Mourning Doves (2 below)
Ponds on Hayden Rd, south of Chapparal (Scottsdale, Arizona)
Chapparal Ranch had lots of Mallards, Coots, and Canada Geese, and a few Ring-Necked Ducks. There were also Double-Crested Cormorants. Some temporary looking ponds a bit further south on Hayden had a wide variety of waterfowl, including Redhead, Canvasback, Coots, Wigeon, Shovelers, Ruddys and Cinnamon Teal. There was also a Great Egret.
Nice assortment of ducks on the ponds (Canvasback, Ring-Necked Ducks, Shovelers, and Coots!) (above and below)
Great Egret
Gambel's Quail (Paradise Rd, Scottsdale)
American Wigeon (McCormack Ranch, Scottsdale) . There were also lots of Cactus Wren, and Gila Woodpeckers in this neighborhood (but I missed the Lovebirds and Harris' Hawk in this area)
Ponds on Hayden Road, Scottsdale Location (South of Chaparral and east of Hayden, it is NOT a Golf Course as labeled)
GAMBEL'S QUAIL (Paradise Rd near 65th in Scottsdale)
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