Date: 10/16/25 6:52 pm From: Olga Harbour (via aznmbirds Mailing List) <aznmbirds...> Subject: [AZNMbirds] SE AZ Las Cienegas
Hi folks,
Bob and I spent a couple of hours this morning at Las Cienegas in Sonoita. We weren't expecting a huge variety of birds, but we ended up with 21 total.
By sheer numbers, Vesper Sparrow and Cassin's Kingbird were number one and two. I'm sure we missed a few sparrows, but they were really hard to get good looks when they dove into the grass. We were able to ID a Lark Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, and a Rufous-crowned Sparrow.
For raptors, we saw male and female Northern Harriers, Red-tailed Hawks, and a couple of American Kestrels.
Flycatchers included Say's Phoebe, Ash-throated Flycatcher, and Phainopepla.
We did see a single Loggerhead Shrike on a wire.
We didn't stop at Cottonwood Tanks due to a large number of cattle nearby and LOTS of mud.
