Sunny
High - 85
Low - 48
With the really warm weather of the past week or so, the birds have really started migrating. We've been reading reports online from all kinds of interesting sightings, so we decided to head for Tubac yesterday, about a hour's drive south of here. The Santa Cruz River passes through there, and there's a bridge just north of town that's a great spot to watch for passing raptors, as well as other species drawn to the water and greenery.
We found a few warblers, including a newly arrived Lucy's. But what we were really hoping to see was migrating Common Black Hawks and Zone-tailed Hawks. Unfortunately, we arrived about ten minutes after several large groups passed over. We did see one that other birders identified as a Black Hawk, but it was so high we couldn't tell.
After spending some time there we went into the town of Tubac, which is really a neat place. It's a very old Spanish settlement, complete with a mission, but the town now is mostly art galleries, garden art shops and restaurants. We had been there recently for an art festival, but this time the town was much quieter.
Here are a few photos of Tubac.
We've found another place, closer to home, to watch for migrating hawks, so we'll try again tomorrow.
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