Yarnell

We had an interesting start to our trip to Yarnell when we almost ran over a Roadrunner crossing the road, but he took flight and escaped unharmed. The stream in Yarnell Park was flowing and we saw a pair of Blue Grosbeaks and lots of Lesser Goldfinches drinking along the banks. We hiked the stream area and up into the desert scrub where we saw Spotted Towhee and a close up view of a Canyon Towhee.

Leaving the Park we traveled to the Shrine and walked down the road. Acorn Woodpeckers and Kingbirds nest in the trees. Phainopeplas were flying over everywhere. A Cooper's Hawk was getting chased off by the Kingbirds.

19 Birders: George Williams, Anne Durning, George Wall, Dick Fogle, Vera Markham, Chuck and Loretta Richards, Andrea Nesbitt, Ken Clark, Sally Sabo, Donna Vedvik, Robert and Debbie Grilli, Carolyn Modeen, Betty Roberts, Brenda Inskeep, Frank and Pearl Shewfelt, Donna Smith, Leader.

39 species of Birds: Turkey Vulture, Cooper's Hawk, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Greater Roadrunner, Anna's Hummingbird, Black-chinned Hummingbird, Acorn Woodpecker, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Western Wood Pewee, Empidonax Species, Black Phoebe, Brown-crested Flycatcher, Western Kingbird, Cassin's Kingbird, Western Scrub-Jay, Juniper Titmouse, Bushtit, Cactus Wren, Rock Wren, Bewick's Wren, Phainopepla, Summer Tanager, Western Tanager, Canyon Towhee, Abert's Towhee, Spotted Towhee, Black-headed Grosbeak, Northern Cardinal, Blue Grosbeak, Brown-headed Cowbird, Brewer's Blackbird, Bullock's Oriole, Scott's Oriole, House Finch, Lesser Goldfinch, Yellow Warbler, European Starling, American Robin.