It was a nice clear brisk morning when George Wall (leader), Bob Cirillo, Marshall Esty, Gerry Horton and Ian Jeffrey headed out for a joint Birders’ Anonymous/Sonoran Audubon Society birding trip. We had to fight the morning traffic, but after an hour we arrived at the Pavilion Ponds where we met up with Randy Schilling. At the Pavilion Ponds, we saw our first 24 birds. We then went to a couple of stops on McCormick Ranch Lake where we saw 16 additional species. Then on the way home we made a quick stop at Thunderbird Park where we picked up an additional 5 species. All total 45 species were seen. They were Pied-billed Grebe, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Green Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Ruddy Duck, Canada Goose, American Wigeon, Mallard, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, Harris’s Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Gambel’s Quail, American Coot, Black-necked Stilt, Killdeer, Spotted Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Costa’s Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Gila Woodpecker, Black Phoebe, Violet-green Swallow, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, American Pipit, Northern Mockingbird, Curve-billed Thrasher, American Robin, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, European Starling, Abert’s Towhee, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Lesser Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird and Great-tailed Grackle.