ARIZONA & CALIFORNIA SPECIALITIES – a quest for the key birds of a spectacular part of the world

ARIZONA & CALIFORNIA SPECIALITIES BIRDING TOUR: OVERVIEW

Full details of this very special itinerary, which could be a ‘one-off’, will be published at a later date. The tour will explore both southern and northern Arizona (including the amazing Grand Canyon) and a swathe of California from the south to the north!

The United States together with Canada hold a large number of endemic or near-endemic bird species as well as some species it is hard to connect with elsewhere. Far more than most birders realise! This specially targeted itinerary will produce many of these.

Take a look at the following list of bird species we plan to find on the tour (only a small minority are tricky). The size of the list may surprise you!

You can make a provisional reservation by emailing or calling the Birdquest office. We will hold space for you until the full tour description is published (when we will alert you). No booking form or deposit is required.

Brandt’s Cormorant

Clark’s Grebe

Wood Duck

California Condor

Red-shouldered Hawk

Prairie Falcon

Sooty Grouse

Ruffed Grouse

Mountain Quail

California Quail

Gambel’s Quail

Black Oystercatcher

Ridgway’s Rail

Virginia Rail

Marbled Murrelet

Scripp’s Murrelet

Western Gull

California Gull

Spotted Owl

Barred Owl

Flammulated Owl

Northern Pygmy Owl

Northern Saw-whet Owl

Anna’s Hummingbird

Allen’s Hummingbird

Red-breasted Sapsucker

Williamson’s Sapsucker

Lewis’s Woodpecker

Black-backed Woodpecker

American Three-toed Woodpecker (possibly)

Downy Woodpecker

Nuttall’s Woodpecker

White-headed Woodpecker

Pileated Woodpecker

Island Scrub Jay

Pinyon Jay

Canada Jay

Black-billed Magpie

Yellow-billed Magpie

Clark’s Nutcracker

American Crow

Bendire’s Thrasher

California Thrasher

Le Conte’s Thrasher

Crissal Thrasher

Sage Thrasher

Mountain Bluebird

Varied Thrush

Wrentit

Mountain Chickadee

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Black-capped Chickadee

Oak Titmouse

Juniper Titmouse

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Pacific Wren

Rufous-winged Sparrow

Five-striped Sparrow

Brewer’s Sparrow

Thick-billed or California (Fox) Sparrow

Sagebrush Sparrow

Bell’s Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Abert’s Towhee

Evening Grosbeak

Purple Finch

Cassin’s Finch

Lawrence’s Goldfinch

American Goldfinch

Tricoloured Blackbird