BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e8460936cb4a379bf23b227eb0daa888 CATEGORIES:North America CREATED:20170801T162433 SUMMARY:Arizona: Hummingbird Run 2 DESCRIPTION:\nSoutheastern Arizona is where Mexico’s Sierra Madre mountains, and the So noran and Chihuahuan Deserts all spill across the international boundary. W ith them come an array of “Mexican” hummingbirds found nowhere else in the U.S., as well as the richest overall bird species diversity of any land-bou nded area in the entire country. August is the month to see it. Summer rain s have greened the landscape, restarted the creeks, and decreased the tempe ratures. Late-arriving, tropical specialties like the Berylline, White-eare d, Lucifer, and Violet-crowned Hummingbirds compete for nectar on flowering agaves with returning Allen’s, Rufous, Broad-tailed, and Calliope Hummingb irds, already moving south to their winter quarters in the Sierra Madre. Na turally the breeding hummers: Blue-throated, Magnificent, Broad-billed, Bla ck-chinned, Costa’s, and Anna’s, strive heroically to stem this tide of col orful invaders. To observe these pinwheels of iridescence in combat at favo red agave stands, mountain meadows, and feeding stations such as Patagonia and Miller Canyon, is to behold one of the great bird spectacles of the ent ire United States. It is not uncommon to observe 10 species of hummingbirds on a single day, and up to 15 species are possible over the course of the tour. We will also look for resident Gray and Zone-tailed Hawks, Montezuma Quail, Elegant Trogons, Vermilion Flycatchers, Black-capped Gnatcatchers, B endire’s and Crissal Thrashers, Painted Redstarts, Red-faced Warblers, and jazzy purple and red Varied Buntings. Strategic outings could give us the l egendary Five-striped Sparrow and even the potential of an incredibly rare Rufous-capped Warbler. More recently Plain-capped Starthroat has become an almost annual, mid-to-late summer visitor at feeders in the border ranges. The scenery ranges from magnificent stands of tree-sized Saguaro Cactus nea r Tucson to the southernmost Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir forest in N orth America in Arizona’s high, cool “Sky Island” ranges.\nWith this format for our “Hummingbird Run,” you can select a set of dates that best fits yo ur schedule!  Hummingbird Run 1 runs Wednesday through Sunday;  Hummingbird Run 2 runs Monday through Thursday.\nLeader:  John Yerger (index.php?optio n=com_content&view=article&id=29:john-yerger&catid=18:leaders-a nd-staff&Itemid=155)\n (information-forms/tour-leaders/23-rick-taylor.h tml)\nCost of an Arizona Hummingbird Run includes all meals, accommodations , entrance fees, and transportation from Tucson, Arizona—$1595.\nSee also   Arizona: Hummingbird Run 1 (August 1-5, 2018)\nPhoto: Costa's Hummingbird\n Photo by: Rick Taylor\n (https://borderland-tours.com/component/joomgallery /arizona-photo-gallery.html?Itemid=139)\nView Photo Gallery (https://border land-tours.com/component/joomgallery/arizona-photo-gallery.html?Itemid=139) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Southea stern Arizona is where Mexico’s Sierra Madre mountains, and the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts all spill across the international boundary . With them come an array of “Mexican” hummingbirds found nowhere else in t he U.S., as well as the richest overall bird species diversity of any land- bounded area in the entire country. August is the month to see it. Summer r ains have greened the landscape, restarted the creeks, and decreased the te mperatures. Late-arriving, tropical specialties like the Berylline, White-e ared, Lucifer, and Violet-crowned Hummingbirds compete for nectar on flower ing agaves with returning Allen’s, Rufous, Broad-tailed, and Calliope Hummi ngbirds, already moving south to their winter quarters in the Sierra Madre. Naturally the breeding hummers: Blue-throated, Magnificent, Broad-billed, Black-chinned, Costa’s, and Anna’s, strive heroically to stem this tide of colorful invaders. To observe these pinwheels of iridescence in combat at f avored agave stands, mountain meadows, and feeding stations such as Patagon ia and Miller Canyon, is to behold one of the great bird spectacles of the entire United States. It is not uncommon to observe 10 species of hummingbi rds on a single day, and up to 15 species are possible over the course of t he tour. We will also look for resident Gray and Zone-tailed Hawks, Montezu ma Quail, Elegant Trogons, Vermilion Flycatchers, Black-capped Gnatcatchers , Bendire’s and Crissal Thrashers, Painted Redstarts, Red-faced Warblers, a nd jazzy purple and red Varied Buntings. Strategic outings could give us th e legendary Five-striped Sparrow and even the potential of an incredibly ra re Rufous-capped Warbler. More recently Plain-capped Starthroat has become an almost annual, mid-to-late summer visitor at feeders in the border range s. The scenery ranges from magnificent stands of tree-sized Saguaro Cactus near Tucson to the southernmost Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir forest i n North America in Arizona’s high, cool “Sky Island” ranges.

With this format for our “Hummingbird Run ,” you can select a set of dates that best fits your schedule!  Hummin gbird Run 1 runs Wednesday through Sunday;  Hummingbird Run 2 runs Mon day through Thursday.

Leader:  John Yerger

Cost of an Arizona Hummingbird Run includes all meals, a ccommodations, entrance fees, and transportation from Tucson, Arizona—$1595.

See also  Arizona: Hummingbird Run 1 (August 1-5, 2018)

Photo: Costa's Hummingbi rd
Photo by: Rick Taylor

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