ARIZONA TRIP, 2009
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Bird List (excel)
Day Date Miles Start Miles Traveled Location Night State Bird Sp. Trip Birds Trip Totals Notes Bird of Day  R=recording
1 5/17/2009 0 167.5 Mifflinville PA NY, NJ, PA 10 10 10 finally got started Common Grackle-nest building
2 5/18/2009 167.5 589.3 Greenfield IN PA,OH,IN 22 14 24 made great headway- on the road all day Green Heron
3 5/19/2009 756.8 444.5 Lebanon MO IN, IL, MO 15 2 26 1st cowboy hat American Kestrel
4 5/20/2009 1201.3 531.2 McLean TX MO, OK, TX 31 16 42 armadillo-DOR,MIKI,WEKI,SWHA,FEHA Mississippi Kite
5 5/21/2009 1732.5 299.8 Tucumcari NM OK,NM 41 26 68 McClellan Creek, Palo Duro Mississippi Kite, Bewick's Wren
6 5/22/2009 2032.3 359.1 Truth or Consequences NM NM 47 19 87  rain, Bosque del Apache NWR Greater Roadrunner, Lesser Nighthawks
7 5/23/2009 2391.4 259.3 AMNH SW Res. NM,AZ 24 11 98 CBTH, whiptail Buff-bellied Flycatcher, Canyon Wren
8 5/24/2009 2650.7 38.3 AMNH SW Res. AZ 36 25 123 ELTR, WESO,WISO,NPOW,ELOW,SPOW Grace's Warbler, Painted Redstart
9 5/25/2009 2689 13.9 AMNH SW Res. AZ 41 11 134 Portal, Dave Jasper's, CAWR,PYRR Cactus Wren, Pyrrhuloxia, Black-throated Sparrow
10 5/26/2009 2702.9 30.6 Rustler Park AZ 41 10 144 Herb Martyr, Desert Loop, Pinery Canyon Campground, Rustler Park Cassin's Finch-R
11 5/27/2009 2733.5 6.8 Rustler Park AZ 21 5 149 Campgrd, burn, Barfoot Lkout Red-faced Warbler-R
12 5/28/2009 2740.3 114.5 Benson AZ 23 1 150 Campgrd,Chirachua Ntl.Mon,songBTGray Black-throated GrayW
13 5/29/2009 2854.8 103.2 Sierra Vista/Huachuca AZ 28 6 156 Scouting: Ft. Huachuca, San Pedro Sulfur-bellied Flyc-R,  West Diamond-back Rattlesnake
14 5/30/2009 2958 109.5 Sierra Vista/Huachuca AZ 53 4 160 Ft. Hauchuca, San Pedro  Slevin Bunchgrass Lizard, Western Wood Pewee
15 5/31/2009 3067.5 63.2 Sonoita Inn, Sonoita AZ 39 3 163 Ramsey & Miller Canyons, Beatty Ranch Arizona Woodpecker, Plumbeous Vireo (nest)
16 6/1/2009 3130.7 107.4 GreenValley AZ 52 10 173 Patagonia Rest Stop, Park, Patton's Grey Hawk, Zone-tailed Hawk
17 6/2/2009 3238.1 113.2 Tucson AZ 41 1 174 Madera Canyon: Fla.Wash,Kubo,Hopkins Bell's Vireo very vocal
18 6/3/2009 3351.3 46.7 Tucson AZ 17 0 174 residential desert, Sonoran Desert Museum, Sonora National Park Black-tailed Gnatcatcher, Gila Woodpeckers
19 6/4/2009 3398 75.2 Mt. Lemmon (Spencer Cmpg) AZ 13 0 174 to Mt. Lemmon - drive up mountain Pygmy Nuthatch
20 6/5/2009 3473.2 85.8 Mt. Lemmon (Spencer Cmpg) AZ 25 1 175 Mt. Lemmon / Molina  Verdin (nest bldg)
21 6/6/2009 3559 105.2 N. Tucson / Oro Valley AZ 33 1 176 Molina at dawn, Catalina St Pk at night Scott's Oriole, Lesser Nighthawks, Poorwill, ElfOwls
22 6/7/2009 3664.2 95.8 Kierney AZ 35 2 178 Aravaipa Canyon:  Black Hawk Quest! Common Black Hawk!
23 6/8/2009 3760 323.5 Williams AZ 35 1 179 Aravaipa Rd, Dudleyville, Phoenix-car O2 sensor replaced Song Sparrow -fishing!
24 6/9/2009 4083.5 168.5 Tuba City AZ 31 5 184 Grand Canyon, Gray Mountain Canyon California Condor, Gray Vireo
25 6/10/2009 4252 396.2 Fruita AZ,UT,CO 15 2 186 Monument Valley, Arches Natl. Park - spectacular rocks Burrowing Owl chick
26 6/11/2009 4648.2 276.7 Grand Lake CO 33 7 193 Vail CO - snow on mountains, rain Black-billed Magpie
27 6/12/2009 4924.9 122.9 Ft. Collins CO 26 5 198 Rocky Mtn NP-road closed till noon, snow, rain Gray Jay, Am.Pipits, Clark's Nutcracker, Elk
28 6/13/2009 5047.8 167.3 Sterling CO 35 6 204 Pawnee National Grasslands Swift Fox, Loggerhead Sh, Sp.Pipits, C.Nighthawk on Roost, Burrowing Owl
29 6/14/2009 5215.1 409.7 Seward CO,NE 42 6 210 Ogallala Lake, Keystone Rd, NE cow pasture w breeding Burrowing Owl and Upland Sandpipers; Dickcissel
30 6/15/2009 5624.8 287.6 Newton IA NE, IA 42 4 214 Neal Smith NWR Dickcissel, Henslow's Sparrow, Sedge Wren
31 6/16/2009 5912.4 459 Fremont IN IA, IL, IN 12 0 214 heavy rain Bobolink, Cliff Swallow
32 6/17/2009 6371.4 388.6 Clearfield PA IN, OH, PA 28 3 217 Rocky River Reservation Picnic Area Green Heron, Eastern Wood Pewee, Ring-billed Gull
33 6/18/2009 6760 299.1 HOME PA, NJ, NY 18 1 218 rain Great Black-backed Gull
    7059.1 total miles              
  License plates seen from all states except four:  Alaska, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Vermont.   Yes, we saw Hawaii.  
  License plates seen for outside US:  Ontario, Manitoba, Mexica Sonoran, Mexico Frontiera    
     

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