Seven of us (Marge Eckman, Pat Kifer, Vera Markham, Carol Maroney, Lois Peterson, Donna Smith & George Wall) went on the field trip.

It was a very nice morning and we saw a number of birds – Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Gambel’s Quail, Mourning Dove, Greater Roadrunner, Anna’s Hummingbird, Costa’s Hummingbird, Gila Woodpecker, Red-naped Sapsucker, Gilded Flicker, Say’s Phoebe, Common Raven, Loggerhead Shrike, Northern Mockingbird, Curve-billed Thrasher, Cactus Wren, Verdin, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, House Finch, House Sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler, White-crowned Sparrow, Abert’s Towhee, Northern Cardinal and Great-tailed Grackle for a total of 25 species.

Four of us continued on to the El Mirage Pond that we found to be quite low with lots of mud flats. This seemed fine to the birds that we found there. We saw a Green-winged Teal, Mallard, Northern Pintail, Great Egret, Ferrginous Hawk, American Kestrel, Sora, Common Moorhen, American Coot, Greater Yellowlegs, Long-billed Dowitcher, Western Sandpiper, Black-necked Stilt, Ring-billed Gull, Rock Dove, and Western Medowlark - a total of 17 more species.

After getting back to the Sun Bowl parking lot and dropping off 2, I took Vera Markham to drop her off and on the way there we saw a Common Blackhawk sitting on a pole right near the road on 111th Avenue in Sun City.

A great day!